Quantum Leap

During a government experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back home to the present.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Cast:Scott Bakula , Dean Stockwell , Deborah Pratt , Dennis Wolfberg , W.K. Stratton , Carolyn Seymour , Fran Bennett , Brad Silverman , Michael Bellisario , Howard Matthew Johnson , Adam Logan , John D'Aquino , Willie Garson , RenÃ©e Coleman , Stephen Lee , Meg Foster , Eric Bruskotter , Rodney Kageyama

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Genesis: Part 1 - September 13, 1956

Sun, Mar 26, 1989

Although the Project Quantum Leap isn't ready yet, Sam Beckett doesn't listen to supercomputer Ziggy, hops into the Accelerator and leaps. As Tom Stratton, an Air Force test pilot about to attempt a dangerous flight. Sam finds his memory Swiss cheesed, with only enough left to know that he is not where or when he belongs. According to Sam's friend and partner Al, who appears to him as a hologram nobody else can see, Al explains that the Project has gone awry and in order to leap out of the pilot's body, Sam must successfully fly the X-2 to Mach 3, which according to historical records, ended in a fatal crash.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Genesis: Part 2 - September 13, 1956

Sun, Mar 26, 1989

As Tom Stratton, Sam comforts his (Tom's) wife and prevents her from having a premature birth. This is what he was sent to do, allowing him to leap home (he hopes). But instead of leaping home, he leaps into Tim Fox, a minor league baseball player in Texas at the end of the 1968 season, in the middle of a game, where he must make the winning play in order to leap further. Aided by errors, Tim Fox, after a dropped third strike on a wild pitch, rounds the bases for the winning score, and Sam leaps into Dr. Gerald Bryant as a college professor in the middle of a class.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Star-Crossed - June 15, 1972

Fri, Mar 31, 1989

At a small Ohio college, Sam Beckett is a literature professor who must discourage the amorous advances of a student and finds the woman who left him at the altar. Sam hopes that resolving her conflicts with her father will prevent her from deserting him.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Right Hand of God - October 24, 1974

Fri, Apr 7, 1989

Sam leaps into a boxer that is owned by a convent of nuns who need him to win a boxing match to finance their new chapel.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ How the Tess Was Won - August 5, 1956

Fri, Apr 14, 1989

Sam finds himself as a veterinarian who has to compete as a cowboy to win the heart of a cowgirl heiress.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Double Identity - November 8, 1965

Fri, Apr 21, 1989

Sam leaps into a mafia hit-man who may not live long since he is romancing the godfather's girlfriend. Also an attempt to bring Sam home causes the 1965 east coast blackout.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Color of Truth - August 8, 1955

Wed, May 3, 1989

As the black chauffeur of an elderly southern woman, Sam must overcome prejudice to prevent the death of a black woman.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Camikazi Kid - June 6, 1961

Wed, May 10, 1989

Sam leaps into the body of a gawky teenager to keep the boy's older sister from marrying an abusive alcoholic. Taking advice from Al, Sam hopes to reveal the young man's true nature by challenging him to a drag race.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Play It Again, Seymour - April 14, 1953

Wed, May 17, 1989

Sam, in the body of a Bogie-like shamus, teams up with a 'neat kid' to find the hit man who killed his partner.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Honeymoon Express - April 27, 1960

Wed, Sep 20, 1989

Sam must save himself, while on his honeymoon, from his new bride's ex-husband. Also, Congress wants Sam to change history by stopping the U2 flight that was shot down over Russia in 1960.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Disco Inferno - April 1, 1976

Wed, Sep 27, 1989

Sam has to save his host's younger brother from his obsessed father who wants him to go into the family business as a movie stuntman.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Americanization of Machiko - August 4, 1953

Wed, Oct 11, 1989

As a returning sailor Sam brings home a Japanese wife and must battle the prejudice of his hometown and his own mother.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ What Price Gloria? - October 16, 1961

Wed, Oct 25, 1989

For his first leap into a woman, Sam is a gorgeous secretary. He must deal with the sexual harassment of his boss and the attempted suicide of his roommate.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Blind Faith - February 6, 1964

Wed, Nov 1, 1989

As a blind concert pianist, Sam must save his girlfriend from a serial killer despite the interference of her overbearing mother.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Good Morning, Peoria - September 9, 1959

Wed, Nov 8, 1989

Sam is a radio DJ and has to help bring Rock and Roll to Peoria.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Thou Shalt Not... - February 2, 1974

Wed, Nov 15, 1989

Sam leaps into a rabbi to prevent his host's sister-in-law from falling for a sleazy author.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Jimmy - October 14, 1964

Wed, Nov 22, 1989

Sam leaps into a young intellectually disabled man and has to keep him out of an institution.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ So Help Me God - July 29, 1957

Wed, Nov 29, 1989

Sam must defend a young black woman charged with murdering the son of a powerful Southern political figure.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Catch a Falling Star - May 21, 1979

Wed, Dec 6, 1989

Sam must save an alcoholic actor from a fall during a performance of "Man of LaMancha." His old piano teacher is also present and finds Sam's host very attractive.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ A Portrait for Troian - February 7, 1971

Wed, Dec 13, 1989

Sam must save a young woman who drowns while insisting that she is hearing the calls of her dead husband.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Animal Frat - October 19, 1967

Wed, Jan 3, 1990

Finding himself the king of an "Animal House" fraternity, Sam must win the confidence of a beautiful female activist and prevent the bombing of a school building.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Another Mother - September 30, 1981

Wed, Jan 10, 1990

After leaping into a single mother, Sam must prevent the 15-year-old son of his host from disappearing. Al and Sam also find out that very young children can see them as they really are.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ All-Americans - November 6, 1962

Wed, Jan 17, 1990

Sam must prevent a fellow high school football player from throwing the championship game and losing his scholarship.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Her Charm - September 26, 1973

Wed, Feb 7, 1990

As an FBI agent Sam has to protect a female witness when the people after her seem to know his every step.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Freedom - November 22, 1970

Wed, Feb 14, 1990

As an American Indian, Sam escapes from jail to get his grandfather back to the reservation so he can die at home.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Good Night, Dear Heart - November 9, 1957

Wed, Mar 7, 1990

Sam leaps into a coroner who must play detective and prove that a female victim was murdered.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Pool Hall Blues - September 4, 1954

Wed, Mar 14, 1990

Sam leaps into an old pool playing acquaintance of Al's and must win a pool game so that his granddaughter doesn't lose her bar.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Leaping in Without a Net - November 18, 1958

Wed, Mar 28, 1990

Sam must overcome his fear of heights when he leaps into a trapeze artist whose sister dies doing a stunt without a net.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Maybe Baby - March 11, 1963

Wed, Apr 4, 1990

Sam is involved with the kidnapping of a baby while crossing Texas with his stripper accomplice.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Sea Bride - June 3, 1954

Wed, May 2, 1990

Aboard the RMS Queen Mary, Sam must prevent the marriage of his host's ex-wife.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ M.I.A. - April 1, 1969

Wed, May 9, 1990

Al tells Sam that he has to convince a Navy nurse that her MIA husband is still alive, but Sam keeps getting signals that he has another mission.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ The Leap Home: Part 1 - November 25, 1969

Fri, Sep 28, 1990

Sam leaps into himself as a 16-year-old boy to help his high school basketball team win the championship. He also tries to help the other members of his family including his father who died from smoking, his brother who was killed in Vietnam and his sister who married an abusive alcoholic.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) - April 7, 1970

Fri, Oct 5, 1990

Still involved in his brother Tom's life, Sam leaps into Vietnam to either save his brother or ensure the success of the team's mission.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Leap of Faith - August 19, 1963

Fri, Oct 12, 1990

As a priest, Sam must save another priest from alcoholism and prevent a murder.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ One Strobe Over the Line - June 15, 1965

Fri, Oct 19, 1990

Sam leaps into a fashion photographer and must save a model from a drug dependency due to an ambitious agent.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The Boogieman - October 31, 1964

Fri, Oct 26, 1990

Everything goes wrong when Sam leaps into a Gothic horror novelist on Halloween.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Miss Deep South - June 7, 1958

Fri, Nov 2, 1990

While entered in the "Miss Deep South" beauty pageant, Sam must prevent a fellow contestant from posing for some nude photos and make sure his host comes in third in the contest.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Black on White on Fire - August 11, 1965

Fri, Nov 9, 1990

As a black medical student during the 1965 Watts riots, Sam must save his white fiancée.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ The Great Spontini - May 9, 1974

Fri, Nov 16, 1990

Sam leaps into a magician who must keep custody of his daughter and save her from an accidental death.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Rebel Without a Clue - September 1, 1958

Fri, Nov 30, 1990

As a member of a motorcycle gang Sam has to keep a young woman from going on the road.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ A Little Miracle - December 24, 1962

Fri, Dec 21, 1990

Sam and Al scare the Dickens out of a rich Scrooge character who wants to tear down a mission and build a high rise.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Runaway - July 4, 1964

Fri, Jan 4, 1991

Sam must put up with a bratty older sister and keep the family together while saving his mother who disappears.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ 8½ Months - November 15, 1955

Wed, Mar 6, 1991

Sam leaps into a very pregnant teenager and must convince her father to help her keep the baby.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Future Boy - October 6, 1957

Wed, Mar 13, 1991

As the sidekick on the 1950s children's science fiction series "Time Patrol", Sam must prevent the death of the star of the show.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Private Dancer - October 6, 1979

Wed, Mar 20, 1991

As a male stripper, Sam must save a deaf girl from a life of prostitution and get her an audition with a professional dance company.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Piano Man - November 10, 1985

Wed, Mar 27, 1991

Sam is a piano player who is on the run from a killer with an ex-girlfriend.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Southern Comforts - August 4, 1961

Wed, Apr 3, 1991

Sam leaps into the proprietor of a New Orleans brothel and has to prevent the death of a girl who really doesn't belong there.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Glitter Rock - April 12, 1974

Wed, Apr 10, 1991

Sam becomes a member of a rock band who is stabbed to death after a concert by one of a long list of suspects.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ A Hunting Will We Go - June 18, 1976

Wed, Apr 17, 1991

Sam leaps into a bounty hunter who is handcuffed to a female fugitive who will do anything to escape from him.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Last Dance Before an Execution - May 12, 1971

Wed, May 1, 1991

Sam leaps into a death row convict moments before his execution. A last minute stay of execution order gives him 48 hours to determine his innocence in a leap with an unclear mission.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Heart of a Champion - July 23, 1955

Wed, May 8, 1991

Sam leaps into a wrestler who must convince his partner-brother to quit due to a heart problem.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Nuclear Family - October 26, 1962

Wed, May 15, 1991

Sam must deal with the panic associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Florida fallout shelter salesman.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Shock Theater - October 3, 1954

Wed, May 22, 1991

Sam leaps into a patient at a Mental Hospital and undergoes electroshock therapy. The treatment causes Sam to act like other people he's been. It also weakens his link to Al. Al must find a way to get his friend back to normal, and figure a way to carry out Sam's mission.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Leap Back - June 15, 1945

Wed, Sep 18, 1991

Sam and Al have switched places. Now Sam is the hologram, and Al is the leaper. Al must reunite a returning WWII veteran with the woman he left due to the war. Sam and Al must figure a way to communicate with the future, because Al has the comm device, and Sam has no way to contact Ziggy.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Play Ball - August 6, 1961

Wed, Sep 25, 1991

Sam is a minor league baseball pitcher who has plenty of female admirers and a porcine team mascot to watch out for.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Hurricane - August 17, 1969

Wed, Oct 2, 1991

As a deputy sheriff, Sam must prevent a murder as Hurricane Camile hits the Mississippi gulf coast.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Justice - May 11, 1965

Wed, Oct 9, 1991

Having leaped into a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Sam must save the life of a civil rights worker.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Permanent Wave - June 2, 1983

Wed, Oct 16, 1991

Sam leaps into a hair dresser to prevent the death of a murder witness.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Raped - June 20, 1980

Wed, Oct 30, 1991

Sam leaps into a rape victim and must testify against the attacker who is an outstanding member of the community.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ The Wrong Stuff - January 24, 1961

Wed, Nov 6, 1991

Sam leaps into a chimpanzee used in the early days of the space program and has to save a fellow chimp from testing that will result in his death.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Dreams - February 28, 1979

Wed, Nov 13, 1991

Sam leaps into a detective that is working on a gruesome murder and must deal with flashbacks from the mind of his leapee.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ A Single Drop of Rain - September 7, 1953

Wed, Nov 20, 1991

Sam leaps into a rainmaker who returns to his drought-stricken hometown and has to keep his family together.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Unchained - November 2, 1956

Wed, Nov 27, 1991

Sam must save a fellow convict from a chain gang in 1956.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ The Play's the Thing - September 9, 1969

Wed, Jan 8, 1992

Sam finds himself as a young man involved with an older woman who has singing aspirations and needs a confidence boost from Sam.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Running for Honor - June 11, 1964

Wed, Jan 15, 1992

At a Naval college, Sam must prevent a gay fellow classmate from being killed by a gang of other students.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Temptation Eyes - February 1, 1985

Wed, Jan 22, 1992

As a television reporter Sam protects a psychic, who can tell who Sam Beckett really is, from a serial killer.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ The Last Gunfighter - November 28, 1957

Wed, Jan 29, 1992

Sam leaps into an elderly man who likes his whiskey and tells tall tales. His former partner and fellow gunfighter shows up wanting recognition and revenge.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ A Song for the Soul - April 7, 1963

Wed, Feb 26, 1992

Singing in a 1960s black girl band, Sam must save one member from an unscrupulous nightclub owner.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Ghost Ship - August 13, 1956

Wed, Mar 4, 1992

Flying through the Bermuda Triangle strange things occur as Sam must get a sick passenger to a doctor.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Roberto! - January 27, 1982

Wed, Mar 11, 1992

In the role of a "Geraldo" type journalist, Sam and an asthmatic woman try and uncover the truth about what is going on at a local chemical plant.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ It's a Wonderful Leap - May 10, 1958

Wed, Apr 1, 1992

As a New York City cab driver, Sam has to win a contest to get his own taxi medallion. Sam also has the help of a woman named Angelita who knows about Sam and claims to be an angel.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Moments to Live - May 4, 1985

Wed, Apr 8, 1992

Sam is kidnapped by an obsessed soap opera fan.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ The Curse of Ptah-Hotep - March 2, 1957

Wed, Apr 22, 1992

At an archaeological dig in Egypt Sam has to deal with an approaching sandstorm and a 3000 year old curse.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Stand Up - April 30, 1959

Wed, May 13, 1992

As part of a Catskills comedy act trio, Sam has to convince the other two members that they are in love while saving one of them from the mob.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ A Leap for Lisa - June 25, 1957

Wed, May 20, 1992

While trying to save a married woman, Sam changes history and Al is sent to the gas chamber giving Sam a new observer.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 1

Tue, Sep 22, 1992

Sam's leap takes a dramatic turn when he begins leaping randomly throughout the life of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Matters are complicated further when Sam's mind becomes tangled with Oswald's.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 2

Tue, Sep 22, 1992

As the date for Dallas draws nearer, Oswald's personality is getting harder to control. Al is finding it harder to connect with Sam. Is Sam supposed to save the President, or unearth the conspiracy?

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 1956

Tue, Sep 29, 1992

Sam is a Greek sailor lost at sea with a bratty debutante, who was on what was supposed to be a honeymoon cruise.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Nowhere to Run - August 10, 1968

Tue, Oct 6, 1992

As a double amputee Vietnam veteran, Sam must prevent the suicide of a fellow hospital patient.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Killin' Time - June 18, 1958

Tue, Oct 20, 1992

Sam leaps into a hostage situation as a fugitive killer. The real killer breaks out of the Project facility and is on the run in 1999.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Star Light, Star Bright - May 21, 1966

Tue, Oct 27, 1992

Sam leaps into a 79-year-old man who claims to have seen UFOs to save him from being committed and his grandson from dying of a drug overdose.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Deliver Us from Evil - March 19, 1966

Tue, Nov 10, 1992

Sam discovers another set of leapers who are messing with history.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Trilogy: Part 1 - August 8, 1955

Tue, Nov 17, 1992

Sam is a small-town sheriff whose young daughter has a suspicious connection to a mysterious death.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Trilogy: Part 2 - June 14, 1966

Tue, Nov 24, 1992

Sam leaps back into the life of Abigail Fuller, this time as her fiancé, who must save her when she again is suspected of a killing.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Trilogy: Part 3 - July 28, 1978

Tue, Nov 24, 1992

Sam leaps into Abigail Fuller's attorney in a murder trial with personal implications.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Promised Land - December 22, 1971

Tue, Dec 15, 1992

Sam finds himself back in his hometown at Christmas time to save the farm of a neighbor.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ A Tale of Two Sweeties - February 25, 1958

Tue, Jan 5, 1993

Sam must decide between families when he leaps into a salesman with two wives.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Liberation - October 16, 1968

Tue, Jan 12, 1993

Leaping into the middle of the woman's liberation movement Sam must prevent the death of a young lady at a sit-in and convince her father to live with a liberated daughter.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Dr. Ruth - April 25, 1985

Tue, Jan 19, 1993

Sam leaps into the sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, plays matchmaker for a couple on the staff of her radio show and helps a woman deal with sexual harassment.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Blood Moon - March 10, 1975

Tue, Feb 9, 1993

Sam leaps into an English castle where the occupants practice vampire rituals. He must save the young wife of the castle owner.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Return of the Evil Leaper - October 8, 1956

Tue, Feb 23, 1993

Sam leaps into a college fraternity and again meets Alia from the Evil Leaper Project.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ Revenge of the Evil Leaper - September 16, 1987

Tue, Feb 23, 1993

After saving Alia from the Evil Leaper Project, Sam is trapped with her in a women's prison with the evil observer Zoey in charge as the prison warden.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ Goodbye Norma Jean - April 4, 1960

Tue, Mar 2, 1993

As the chauffeur of Marilyn Monroe, Sam must save her life and help her to make one final film, The Misfits (1961).

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ The Beast Within - November 6, 1972

Tue, Mar 16, 1993

As a Vietnam veteran, Sam is mistaken for Bigfoot in rural Washington state.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ The Leap Between the States - September 20, 1862

Tue, Mar 30, 1993

Sam Beckett leaps into his great-grandfather during the Civil War and must not interfere with his great-grandparents meeting nor get captured behind Confederate lines.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954

Tue, Apr 20, 1993

While impersonating the King, Elvis Presley, Sam must save a Memphis Belle from a bad marriage.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Mirror Image - August 8, 1953

Wed, May 5, 1993

Sam leaps into a bar with a bartender that's more than he appears. When Sam looks into a mirror, he sees his own reflection. In the future, they realize that Sam has leaped into himself, they search history for Sam. Sam learns more about Quantum Leap, and who's responsible for his leaps. Before he takes his next leap, he realizes he must correct something that could affect his personal history.