Quantum Leap Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - Genesis, Pt. 1 - September 13, 1956On the premiere episode of "Quantum Leap," Sam Beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization that he does not belong there. He is Captain Hank Stratton, Air Force Pilot. He has a pregnant wife named Peg and a son named Mikey. When Sam goes up in the B-50 aircraft with Hank's best friend Capt. "Bird Dog" Birdell and Capt. Tony LaMott, they think he is joking when he insists he does not know how to fly. Part 1 of 2.
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Episode 1 - Season 1, Episode 1: Genesis, Pt. 1 - September 13, 1956On the premiere episode of "Quantum Leap," Sam Beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization that he does not belong there. He is Captain Hank Stratton, Air Force Pilot. He has a pregnant wife named Peg and a son named Mikey. When Sam goes up in the B-50 aircraft with Hank's best friend Capt. "Bird Dog" Birdell and Capt. Tony LaMott, they think he is joking when he insists he does not know how to fly. Part 1 of 2.
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Episode 2 - Genesis, Pt. 2 - September 13, 1956Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula), a brilliant scientist, takes part in the Quantum Leap experiment which lands him in 1956 as a test pilot. With the help of his holographic "Observer" (Dean Stockwell), Sam remembers the experiment and learns that his fate is to "quantum leap" back and forth in time with the hope of returning to his own present in the conclusion of the premiere episode of "Quantum Leap." The episode was written by series executive producer Donald P. Bellisario and directed by David Hemmings.
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Episode 2 - Season 1, Episode 2: Genesis, Pt. 2 - September 13, 1956Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula), a brilliant scientist, takes part in the Quantum Leap experiment which lands him in 1956 as a test pilot. With the help of his holographic "Observer" (Dean Stockwell), Sam remembers the experiment and learns that his fate is to "quantum leap" back and forth in time with the hope of returning to his own present in the conclusion of the premiere episode written by series executive producer Donald P. Bellisario and directed by David Hemmings. Part 2 of 2.
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Episode 3 - Star-Crossed - June 15, 1972Poised with chalk in hand, Sam is Dr. Gerald Bryant, an English Literature professor, who faces a classroom filled with 'adoring' mini-skirted college co-eds. The Observer informs Sam that he has become Bryant to steer Jamie Lee, who is hopelessly in love with him, back to her boyfriend Oscar, a football player from Ohio State University. Apparently, Dr. Bryant and Jamie Lee were married in a shotgun wedding that ruined their lives. However, Sam is solely interested in rekindling a relationship with Donna – the girl who left him at the altar.
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Episode 3 - Season 1, Episode 3: Star-Crossed - June 15, 1972Poised with chalk in hand, Sam is Dr. Gerald Bryant, an English Literature professor, who faces a classroom filled with ‘adoring’ mini-skirted college co-eds. The Observer informs Sam that he has become Bryant to steer Jamie Lee, who is hopelessly in love with him, back to her boyfriend Oscar, a football player from Ohio State University. Apparently, Dr. Bryant and Jamie Lee were married in a shotgun wedding that ruined their lives. However, Sam is solely interested in rekindling a relationship with Donna (guest star Teri Hatcher) -- the girl who left him at the altar.
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Episode 4 - Season 1, Episode 4: The Right Hand of God - October 24, 1974Sam Beckett looks into the mirror and sees the face of "Kid Cody," a boxer who has won the majority of his 37 fights but bears scar tissue on his face and his soul. He learns from Sister Sarah and Sister Angela that his previous owner willed his contract to Saint Mary's Church. The good Sisters and Father Muldooney transform their bingo parlor into a workout room to prepare for Cody's upcoming championship fight. Sister Angela hopes that with the $20,000 winnings from Cody's match they will build a new chapel to help the poor.
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Episode 4 - The Right Hand of God - October 24, 1974Sam Beckett looks into the mirror and sees the face of "Kid Cody," a boxer who has won the majority of his 37 fights but bears scar tissue on his face and his soul. He learns from Sister Sarah and Sister Angela that his previous owner willed his contract to Saint Mary's Church. The good Sisters and Father Muldooney transform their bingo parlor into a workout room to prepare for Cody's upcoming championship fight. Sister Angela hopes that with the $20,000 winnings from Cody's match they will build a new chapel to help the poor.
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Episode 5 - How the Tess Was Won - September 28, 1956Sam finds himself tending to a sick piglet, knee-deep in muck on the formidable 50,000 acre ranch known as Riata. He overhears Tess tell her father Chance McGill she will not marry any man who cannot keep up with her. Tess bets her father if any man she picks can keep up with her for one week -- she will marry him; if not, Chance will drop the word marriage altogether. She scans the ranch hands' faces, settling on handsome Wayne...but to everyone's surprise, chooses Doc/Sam whose name is actually Patrick Young.
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Episode 5 - Season 1, Episode 5: How the Tess Was Won - September 28, 1956Sam finds himself tending to a sick piglet, knee-deep in muck on the formidable 50,000 acre ranch known as Riata. He overhears Tess tell her father Chance McGill she will not marry any man who cannot keep up with her. Tess bets her father if any man she picks can keep up with her for one week -- she will marry him; if not, Chance will drop the word marriage altogether. She scans the ranch hands' faces, settling on handsome Wayne...but to everyone's surprise, chooses Doc/Sam whose name is actually Patrick Young.
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Episode 6 - Season 1, Episode 6: Double Identity - November 8, 1965Following a quantum leap, Sam is in a dusty attic and Teresa is telling Frankie he is a terrific lover. He tidies up his tuxedo and rejoins the wedding reception for Primo, Frankie's brother and Angela, the Godfather's daughter. Sam is treated like royalty despite the fact he does not understand or speak Italian. While his wife is busy with the reception, Don Geno wants his men to find out who is 'messing' with his girlfriend Teresa. Sam is even coaxed into singing 'Volare' and is relieved when the Observer/Albert prompts him with the lyrics. The Observer has little information on Frankie, except for the fact that he is a hit man and the son of Tony, a small-time Mafia hood who took a bullet meant for Geno.
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Episode 6 - Double Identity - November 8, 1965Following a quantum leap, Sam is in a dusty attic and Teresa is telling Frankie he is a terrific lover. He tidies up his tuxedo and rejoins the wedding reception for Primo, Frankie's brother and Angela, the Godfather's daughter. Sam is treated like royalty despite the fact he does not understand or speak Italian. While his wife is busy with the reception, Don Geno wants his men to find out who is 'messing' with his girlfriend Teresa. Sam is even coaxed into singing 'Volare' and is relieved when the Observer/Albert prompts him with the lyrics. The Observer has little information on Frankie, except for the fact that he is a hit man and the son of Tony, a small-time Mafia hood who took a bullet meant for Geno.
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Episode 7 - Season 1, Episode 7: The Color of Truth - August 8, 1955Sam leaps into the body of Jessie Tyler, a 70 year old black man who lives in Red Dog, Alabama, and works for Miz Melny, the 75 year old widow of the one-time Governor of Alabama. Sam/Jessie drives her to the cemetery where she visits her husband's grave. Albert informs him that Miz Melny will be killed tomorrow when a train hits her car at a crossing. Sam/Jessie brings Miz Melny home and is chastised by Clayton, Miz Melny's son, for sitting at the lunch counter at Miz Patty's diner. Sam/Jessie becomes livid when Clayton tells his mother to keep her "negro" in line. Albert, who participated in the Civil Rights marches, orders Sam to stay out of politics, but Sam begs to differ, hoping that his reason for the quantum leap is to initiate the Civil Rights movement.
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Episode 7 - The Color of Truth - August 8, 1955Sam leaps into the body of Jessie Tyler, a 70 year old black man who lives in Red Dog, Alabama, and works for Miz Melny, the 75 year old widow of the one-time Governor of Alabama. Sam/Jessie drives her to the cemetery where she visits her husband's grave. Albert informs him that Miz Melny will be killed tomorrow when a train hits her car at a crossing. Sam/Jessie brings Miz Melny home and is chastised by Clayton, Miz Melny's son, for sitting at the lunch counter at Miz Patty's diner. Sam/Jessie becomes livid when Clayton tells his mother to keep her "negro" in line. Albert, who participated in the Civil Rights marches, orders Sam to stay out of politics, but Sam begs to differ, hoping that his reason for the quantum leap is to initiate the Civil Rights movement.
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Episode 8 - Season 1, Episode 8: Camikazi Kid - June 6, 1961Sam becomes Cameron Wilson, an awkward 17-year-old high school student, with a penchant for junk food and the acne to prove it. Cam's car, the 'Nomad' is the subject of ridicule by the cool car club members, and he himself is the object of first love by Jill, a tomboy. Cheryl, Cam's sister, excitedly announces that she and her fiance, Bob Thompson, have been accepted to the Peace Corps. Albert, the Observer, informs Sam that according to Ziggy, Bob ended up selling used cars for his father and was arrested for drunk driving; Cheryl, who never joined the Peace Corps, was a battered wife. Sam must stop the wedding.
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Episode 8 - Camikazi KidSam becomes Cameron Wilson, an awkward 17-year-old high school student, with a penchant for junk food and the acne to prove it. Cam's car, the 'Nomad' is the subject of ridicule by the cool car club members, and he himself is the object of first love by Jill, a tomboy. Cheryl, Cam's sister, excitedly announces that she and her fiancé, Bob Thompson, have been accepted to the Peace Corps. Albert, the Observer, informs Sam that according to Ziggy, Bob ended up selling used cars for his father and was arrested for drunk driving; Cheryl, who never joined the Peace Corps, was a battered wife. Sam must stop the wedding.
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Episode 9 - Play It Again, Seymour - April 14, 1953Sam quantum leaps to find himself gun in hand looking at a dead man's body. He is now Nick Allen, private investigator, and the dead man was his partner Phil Grimsley. Nick bears a striking resemblance to Humphrey Bogart. Sam fights the feeling of deja vu because he knows beforehand that he is going to meet...Seymour, who works at the magazine stand and reveres Nick. Seymour tells Nick the word is that Phil was killed by a man called the "Klapper." Sam enters Nick's office and is met by a drop-dead, gorgeous redhead named Allison, who also happens to be Phil's widow and Nick's platonic love interest. In the office desk, Nick finds a manuscript. He realizes he is not experiencing deja vu...he read the book!
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Episode 9 - Season 1, Episode 9: Play it Again, Seymour - April 14, 1953Sam quantum leaps to find himself gun in hand looking at a dead man's body. He is now Nick Allen, private investigator, and the dead man was his partner Phil Grimsley. Nick bears a striking resemblance to Humphrey Bogart. Sam fights the feeling of deja vu because he knows beforehand that he is going to meet...Seymour, who works at the magazine stand and reveres Nick. Seymour tells Nick the word is that Phil was killed by a man called the "Klapper". Sam enters Nick's office and is met by a drop-dead, gorgeous redhead named Allison, who also happens to be Phil's widow and Nick's platonic love interest. In the office desk, Nick finds a manuscript. He realizes he is not experiencing deja vu...he read the book!
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Episode 10 - Season 2, Episode 1: Honeymoon Express - April 27, 1960In order to convince a Senate Committee to renew funding for the Quantum Leap project, Albert must have Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) prove his existence in the past by altering a historical event, and Sam (Scott Bakula) is also a busy newlywed faced with his bride's ex-husband who is intent on killing him.
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Episode 10 - What Price Gloria? - October 16, 1961In a flash of light, Sam becomes a gorgeous woman named Samantha who is languishing in a bubble bath. Samantha's roommate Gloria reminds her that it is her first day on the job as the youngest executive secretary in their company. Sam/Samantha and Gloria arrive at National Motor Company, and they find out that Samantha's new boss is Buddy Wright, who has just been promoted to Vice President. Sam prays for help when Wright calls her into the office and chases her around the desk. Samantha does not date married men, but Wright points out that he is responsible for her promotion. Sam tells Wright this is a case of sexual harassment, but of course, this is a moot issue in 1961.
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Episode 11 - Season 2, Episode 2: Disco Inferno - April 1, 1976Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the life of a stuntman on a low-budget disaster movie who must prevent his frail brother from emulating him. With Dean Stockwell.
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Episode 11 - A Portrait for Troian - February 7, 1971Sam becomes Dr. Timothy Mintz, a parapsychologist from a California university who is helping expose the ghost of Troian Claridge's dead husband Julian. Sam meets first the stern housekeeper, Miss Stoltz and Jimmy, Troian's brother, who does not like Dr. Mintz' involvement with his sister. Albert informs Sam that historically, all the Claridges died violent and unnatural deaths -- for instance, in 1840, Nathaniel Claridge found his wife and butler together and drowned them in the lake behind the mansion.
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Episode 12 - Season 2, Episode 3: The Americanization of Machiko - August 4, 1953Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps back to Ohio in 1953 and becomes a Navy man with a Japanese wife, who must make his family, as well as the townspeople, accept her and their marriage to change the course of events.
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Episode 13 - Season 2, Episode 4: What Price Gloria? - October 16, 1961In a flash of light, Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes a gorgeous woman named Samantha who is languishing in a bubble bath. Samantha's roommate Gloria reminds her that it is her first day on the job as the youngest executive secretary in their company. Sam/Samantha (Scott Bakula) and Gloria arrive at National Motor Company, and they find out that Samantha's new boss is Buddy Wright, who has just been promoted to Vice President. Sam (Scott Bakula) prays for help when Wright calls her into the office and chases her around the desk. Samantha does not date married men, but Wright points out that he is responsible for her promotion. Sam (Scott Bakula) tells Wright this is a case of sexual harassment, but of course, this is a moot issue in 1961.
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Episode 14 - Season 2, Episode 5: Blind Faith - February 6, 1964Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body Andrew Ross, a brilliant, blind pianist, who must save his assistant Michele from being murdered in Central Park.
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Episode 15 - Season 2, Episode 6: Good Morning, Peoria - September 9, 1959It is 1959 and Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) has quantum leaped into Howlin' Chick Howell, a disc jockey who must save the radio station from its demise when rock 'n' roll is banned.
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Episode 16 - Season 2, Episode 7: Thou Shalt Not.... February 2, 1974Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of a Rabbi who must help his brother's family resolve their anger and guilt over the death of their son, which drove his brother's wife into an affair, and ruined their marriage and their lives.
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Episode 17 - Season 2, Episode 8: Jimmy - October 14, 1964Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) is given the difficult task of "mainstreaming" a mentally retarded man into the everyday world, or he will live out his days in an institution.
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Episode 18 - Season 2, Episode 9: So Help Me, God... July 29, 1957Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into a courtroom as a defense attorney, and by pleading his client, a lovely black woman innocent of murder, must win her case despite the bigoted courtroom atmosphere and fixed trial, or she will be sentenced to the electric chair.
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Episode 19 - Season 2, Episode 10: Catch a Falling Star - May 21, 1979Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes an actor in a Broadway production, who must save the lead, a brilliant performer with a drinking problem, from falling on stage and ruining his life and is given the opportunity to court his piano teacher who was his first love when he was fourteen.
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Episode 20 - Season 2, Episode 11: A Portrait for Troian - February 7, 1971Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes Dr. Timothy Mintz, a parapsychologist from a California university who is helping expose the ghost of Troian Claridge's dead husband Julian. Sam (Scott Baula) meets first the stern housekeeper, Miss Stoltz and Jimmy, Troian's brother, who does not like Dr. Mintz' involvement with his sister. Albert informs Sam (Scott Bakula) that historically, all the Claridges died violent and unnatural deaths -- for instance, in 1840, Nathaniel Claridge found his wife and butler together and drowned them in the lake behind the mansion.
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Episode 21 - Season 2, Episode 12: Animal Frat - October 19, 1967Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps to 1968 into Knut Wileton, the wildest brother on fraternity row, but he has a purpose beyond guzzling beer; he must prevent an anti-war radical from making a fatal mistake by blowing up the chemistry building.
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Episode 22 - Season 2, Episode 13: Another Mother - September 30, 1981Sam (Scott Bakula) learns about single parenthood when he becomes a newly-divorced mother of three, who must keep her son from running away from home after being humiliated by his friends, not learning until the last minute that a third party has turned the boy's disappearance into an abduction.
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Episode 23 - Season 2, Episode 14: All-Americans - November 6, 1962Sam (Scott Bakula) touches down as a high school quarterback whose goal is to prevent his best friend, a sure-handed wide receiver, from throwing the city championship game.
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Episode 24 - Season 2, Episode 15: Her Charm - September 26, 1973Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of an FBI agent assigned to protect a feisty but fearful woman from the murderous crook she used to work for.
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Episode 25 - Season 2, Episode 16: Freedom - November 22, 1970Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes a native American who helped his grandfather escape from a nursing home, but now he has to help find a way for him to die with dignity.
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Episode 26 - Season 2, Episode 17: Goodnight, Dear Heart - November 9, 1957Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into a mortician's body who becomes obsessed with preserving the memory of a young German woman by proving that she did not commit suicide, but was murdered.
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Episode 27 - Season 2, Episode 18: Pool Hall Blues - September 4, 1954Sam (Scott Bakula) picks up the cue of a 1950's Chicago pool shark, and finds himself committed to a winner-take-all game that will determine his granddaughter's future.
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Episode 28 - Season 2, Episode 19: Leaping in Without a Net - November 18, 1958Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of a trapeze artist with the greatest of ease, but things get difficult very quickly when he must prevent his sister from having a fatal fall in a death-defying stunt.
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Episode 29 - Season 2, Episode 20: Maybe Baby - March 11, 1963Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the formidable body of a bouncer who helps Bunny O'Hare, a stripper, kidnap a beautiful baby girl, and for the first time he does not heed Al's computer read-outs but trusts his instincts, knowing that if he is wrong, he could spend the next twenty years in jail.
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Episode 30 - Season 2, Episode 21: Sea Bride - June 3, 1954Sam (Scott Bakula) drops anchor as a debonair globe-trotter aboard a cruise ship where he must capsize the wedding plans of his aristocratic ex-wife and a venomous hood.
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Episode 31 - Season 2, Episode 22: Mia - April 1, 1969Sam's (Scott Bakula) latest leap lands close to home for Albert when he becomes a detective, torn between helping his partner and helping a young woman who believes her husband, listed M.I.A., is dead.
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Episode 32 - Season 3, Episode 1: The Leap Home, Pt. 1 - November 25, 1969Sam (Scott Bakula) realizes a leap-long wish and becomes himself in 1969, tempted to change the course of his family's future. David Newsom guest stars. With Dean Stockwell.
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Episode 33 - Season 3, Episode 2: The Leap Home, Pt. 2 - April 7, 1970Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the life of an American soldier in Vietnam whose field officer is Tom Beckett (David Newsom) -Sam's brother.
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Episode 34 - Season 3, Episode 3: Leap of Faith - August 19, 1963Sam (Scott Bakula) takes his own life into his hands when he leaps into the body of Father Pistano, a young priest who must stop Father Mac from avenging Pistano's murder.
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Episode 35 - Season 3, Episode 4: One Strobe Over the Line - June 15, 1965Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes a high-fashion photographer who must keep a model, to whom he is attracted, from overdosing on pills and alcohol.
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Episode 36 - Season 3, Episode 5: The Boogieman - October 31, 1964The date is Halloween 1964 and Sam (Scott Bakula) as Joshua Rey, a second-rate horror novelist, witnesses three bizarre, unexplainable murders which lead him into a deadly battle of wills with the devil himself.
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Episode 37 - Season 3, Episode 6: Miss Deep South - June 7, 1958Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes a contestant in the Miss Deep South Beauty Pageant with the double task of insuring that he places third in the contest, while keeping a beautiful young girl from destroying her life by posing nude for a photographer.
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Episode 38 - Season 3, Episode 7: Black On White On Fire - August 11, 1965The year is 1965 in Los Angeles, the time of Malcolm X and black awareness---and Sam (Scott Bakula), a black pre-med student, must keep his love for a white girl alive, despite the prejudice and anger surrounding them on the eve of the Watts riots.
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Episode 39 - Season 3, Episode 8: Great Spontini - May 9, 1974Sam (Scott Bakula) must perform a different kind of magic when he becomes Harry Spontini, and he must fight his estranged wife who wants to take custody of their daughter.
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Episode 40 - Season 3, Episode 9: Rebel Without a Clue - September 1, 1958Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes a member of a biker gang in the 1950's to stop the tragic and senseless death of a beautiful young girl obsessed with experiencing life and the ideologies expressed in Jack Kerouac's novel "On The Road".
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Episode 41 - Season 3, Episode 10: A Little Miracle - December 24, 1962It is the night before Christmas, and Sam (Scott Bakula) is working for Michael Blake, one of the richest men in the country, and he re-enacts Dickens' "Scrooge" to remind his boss that there is more to life than material wealth, before a Salvation Army mission for the poor and destitute is demolished to make room for Blake Plaza.
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Episode 42 - Season 3, Episode 11: Runaway - July 3, 1964Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of thirteen year old Butchie Rickett, who must keep his mother from running out on her family.
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Episode 43 - Season 3, Episode 12: 8-1/2 Months - November 15, 1955Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) must labor to make things right when he leaps into the body of an unwed, pregnant teenager, and he must find a way for her to keep the baby.
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Episode 44 - Season 3, Episode 13: Future Boy - October 6, 1957Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes sidekick to Captain Galaxy, a popular 1957 children’s TV character, in order to keep the actor who plays the Captain out of a mental institution due to his obsession with a time travel machine, which is curiously based on Sam’s Quantum Leap theory.
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Episode 45 - Season 3, Episode 14: Private Dancer - October 6, 1979Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the life of an "exotic" dancer who must help a talented, deaf dancer avoid falling into a tragic life.
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Episode 46 - Season 3, Episode 15: Piano Man - November 10, 1985Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of a piano-lounge player who finds himself on the run, together with his former music partner, from a mob killer who wants the lounge lizard eliminated.
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Episode 47 - Season 3, Episode 16: Southern Comforts - August 4, 1961Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of a pimp running a New Orleans bordello, and he is called on to save one of the women in the house from an unseemly demise.
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Episode 48 - Season 3, Episode 17: Glitter Rock - April 12, 1974When Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Geoffrey 'Tonic' Mole, the lead singer of the 70’s English rock band named King Thunder, Sam’s mission is to prevent the brutal stabbing of "Tonic" by an unknown assailant.
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Episode 49 - Season 3, Episode 18: A Hunting We Will Go - June 18, 1976Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of bounty hunter Gordon O’Reilly who has prisoner (Diane Frost) in his custody, wrongly accused of embezzling a million dollars.
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Episode 50 - Season 3, Episode 19: Last Dance Before an Execution - May 12, 1971Sam Beckett’s (Scott Bakula) mission is to be Jesus Ortega, who, along with his accomplice Raul Casta, is held on Florida’s death row for the robbery and murder of a priest, Father Torrelli. Enlisting the help of a powerhouse new female attorney, Tearsa Lorrea, Jesus Ortega attempts to clear himself of the murder charges.
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Episode 51 - Season 3, Episode 20: Heart of a Champion - July 23, 1955Sam (Scott Bakula) finds himself up against two-300 lb. wrestlers, known as the Shiloh Boys.
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Episode 52 - Season 3, Episode 21: Nuclear Family - October 26, 1962Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of a nineteen year old college student in Oklahoma to stop his older brother from shooting their neighbor for breaking into their atom bomb shelter.
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Episode 53 - Season 3, Episode 22: Shock Theater - October 3, 1954Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into a mental institution and is soon electro-shocked into manifesting multiple personalities from his previous personas.
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Episode 54 - Season 4, Episode 1: The Leap Back - June 15, 1945A lightning bolt strikes Sam (Scott Bakula) and Al (Dean Stockwell), causing them to trade places and personalities: Al (Dean Stockwell) becomes a World War II ex-POW just returned home in 1945; Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps ``home'' to the Q.L. control center in 1999.
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Episode 55 - Season 4, Episode 2: Play Ball - August 6, 1961Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Lester "Doc" Fuller, pitcher for the Galveston "Mustangs," a minor league baseball team. Sam (Scott Bakula) is here to get Doc from the minors to the majors and to prevent his premature death.
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Episode 56 - Season 4, Episode 3: Hurricane - August 17, 1969For the duration of Hurricane Camille, Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) becomes Sheriff Archie Necaise in order to save nurse Cissy Davis, Archie’s girlfriend, from getting killed by the storm.
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Episode 57 - Season 4, Episode 4: Justice - May 11, 1965Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Clyde, who works in the voter’s registration office at the county courthouse and has just been inducted into the KKK. Sam (Scott Bakula) is there to prevent the hanging of a black rights activist.
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Episode 58 - Season 4, Episode 5: Permanent Wave - June 2, 1983Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into Frank Bianca during a hectic day at Frank’s Beverly Hills hair salon. He must save the lives of Frank’s girlfriend Laura and her young crippled son Kyle, who is witness to a murder.
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Episode 59 - Season 4, Episode 6: Raped - June 20, 1980Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into Katie McBain right after she is examined at the hospital following a brutal date rape, and he figures out that he must file charges and testify against the young man to get him convicted.
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Episode 60 - Season 4, Episode 7: The Wrong Stuff - January 24, 1961Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Bobo, a chimp, who is in a special program to select three chimps to be sent into space.
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Episode 61 - Season 4, Episode 8: Dreams - February 28, 1979Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Lt. Jack Stone as he investigates the murder of a woman in her Malibu Colony home, and Sam (Scott Bakula) is strangely affected by something horrible that happened to Jack Stone, which he must overcome in order to identify the killer and save himself.
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Episode 62 - Season 4, Episode 9: A Single Drop of Rain - September 7, 1953Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Billy Beaumont, a 27-year-old traveling meteorologist and climatologist. He travels from town to town-convincing people to pay him to make it rain and then runs away with their money.
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Episode 63 - Season 4, Episode 10: Unchained Melody - November 2, 1956Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) finds himself in the body of Chance Cole, a 40-year old prisoner sentenced to 9 months on a county prison road gang, for passing bad checks.
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Episode 64 - Season 4, Episode 11: The Play's the Thing - September 9, 1969Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of New York actor Joe Thurlow, 25, living with Jane Lindhurst, who is 50 years old. Sam must persuade Jane to stay in New York and follow her dream to become a singer.
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Episode 65 - Season 4, Episode 12: Running for Honor - June 11, 1964Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into 18-year-old Cadet Commander Tommy York, a brilliant student at Prescott Naval Academy and their star sprinter. Sam (Scott Bakula) must save Tommy's career and the life of Phillip Ashcroft, Tommy's ex-roommate, who has been run out of the Academy by a "gay bashing" clique.
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Episode 66 - Season 4, Episode 13: Temptation Eyes - February 1, 1985Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Dylan Powell, a TV newsman who is receiving a tip-off from a serial killer after each murder. A beautiful psychic, Tamlyn Matsuda, identifies a man connected with the latest murder.
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Episode 67 - Season 4, Episode 14: The Last Gunfighter - November 28, 1957Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of 82-year old Tyler Mean as he re-enacts a shootout for tourists in the town of Coffin, Arizona.
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Episode 68 - Season 4, Episode 15: A Song for the Soul - April 7, 1963Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Cheree, a member of the Lovettes singing group, and he must stop Lynell, one of the young women in the trio, from leaving school and running away, trying to make it as a singer.
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Episode 69 - Season 4, Episode 16: Ghost Ship - August 13, 1956Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Eddie Brackett, co-pilot of a private plane in order to get the plane through the Bermuda Triangle and reach Bermuda before one of the passengers dies of a burst appendix.
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Episode 70 - Season 4, Episode 17: Roberto - January 27, 1982Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Roberto Gutierrez, a TV talk show host in New Mexico. As an investigative reporter, Roberto seeks to uncover the source of deadly gases being produced at a nearby pesticide plant.
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Episode 71 - Season 4, Episode 18: It's a Wonderful Leap - May 10, 1958Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of New York City cab driver Max Greenman who accidentally runs over his guardian angel.
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Episode 72 - Season 4, Episode 19: Moments to Live May 4, 1985Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Lyle Hart, a soap opera super star who portrays a doctor on a very popular show. A woman who won a date with him kidnaps him, and the woman has fantasized about having his child.
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Episode 73 - Season 4, Episode 20: The Curse of Ptah-hotep - March 2, 1957Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Dale Conway, a professor of archaeology at Kansas State University. He is exploring the tomb of Ptah-hotep in Egypt with Ginny Will, an attractive 32-year old professor.
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Episode 74 - Season 4, Episode 21: Stand Up - April 30, 1959Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) becomes singer Davey Parker to funny man Mack MacKay. The nightclub performers find themselves booked into Las Vegas when a powerful club owner takes a liking to Mack’s girlfriend Frankie. Sam must save Mack from being killed over Frankie.
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Episode 75 - Season 4, Episode 22: A Leap for Lisa - June 25, 1957Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of young Naval pilot Al Calavicci, then known as Bingo, and he must prove that he did not kill the wife of his commander.
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Episode 76 - Season 5, Episode 1: Lee Harvey Oswald, Pt. 1 - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963Part 1 of 2. Sam (Scott Bakula) has an opportunity to change history forever when he leaps into the body of Lee Harvey Oswald on several occasions, including the day of JFK's assassination. With Dean Stockwell.
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Episode 77 - Season 5, Episode 2: Lee Harvey Oswald, Pt. 2 - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963Part 2 of 2. Sam (Scott Bakula) has an opportunity to change history forever when he leaps into the body of Lee Harvey Oswald on several occasions, including the day of JFK's assassination. With Dean Stockwell.
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Episode 78 - Season 5, Episode 3: Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 1956Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into a Greek sailor’s body that is shipwrecked with a beautiful debutante, and teaches her to follow her heart.
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Episode 79 - Season 5, Episode 4: Nowhere To Run - August 10, 1968Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of handicapped war veteran Ron Miller, who is trying to adjust to life back home in the U.S.A.
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Episode 80 - Season 5, Episode 5: Killin' Time - June 18, 1958Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of mass murderer (Leon Stiles) who has escaped custody and taken a mother and her daughter hostage.
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Episode 81 - Season 5, Episode 6: Star Light, Star Bright - May 21, 1966Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Max Stoddard, 79 years old, who must prove he has seen a UFO so his family does not have him committed to a mental institution.
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Episode 82 - Season 5, Episode 7: Deliver Us from Evil - March 19, 1966Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Jimmy La Matta and realizes the leap is very familiar. He meet Alia, another time traveler but is unaware that she is evil. Sam (Scott Bakula), Jimmy, must stop his brother Frank from leaving his wife Connie because there is an abiding love, even though they are not aware of it.
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Episode 83 - Season 5, Episode 8: Trilogy, Pt.1 (One Little Heart) - August 8, 1955Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes a Louisiana sheriff who is investigating a murder that the townspeople believe was committed by his 10-year-old daughter (Kimberly Cullum). Guest star: Mary Gordon Murray. With Dean Stockwell.
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Episode 84 - Season 5, Episode 9: Trilogy, Pt. 2 (For Your Love) - June 14, 1966Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of a deputy sheriff 11 years after his previous leap and finds himself engaged to Abigail (Melora Hardin). With Dean Stockwell.
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Episode 85 - Season 5, Episode 10: Trilogy. Pt. 3 (The Last Door) - July 28, 1978Sam (Scott Bakula) returns to Abigail's (Melora Hardin) life 12 years later as a lawyer to defend her against murder charges. With Dean Stockwell.
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Episode 86 - Season 5, Episode 11: Promised Land - December 22, 1971Sam (Scott Bakula) returns to his hometown as Bill Walter, who, with his two brothers, hold up the town’s bank for money owed by the Walters farm.
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Episode 87 - Season 5, Episode 12: A Tale of Two Sweeties - February 25, 1958Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Marty Ellroy who is married to two women and has two children from each marriage. Sam (Scott Bakula) must make Marty select one wife over the other and must stop Marty from his excessive gambling problem.
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Episode 88 - Season 5, Episode 13: Liberation - October 16, 1968Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Margaret Sanders, a housewife who joins her daughter in the fight for equal rights for women. Sam (Scott Bakula) must save Margaret’s marriage to George and stop their daughter Suzi, and her associate Diana, from being killed at a sit-in.
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Episode 89 - Season 5, Episode 14: Dr. Ruth - April 25, 1985Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes Dr. Ruth Westheimer to help a girl fight sexual harassment and to keep a couple together, but also the jump places the doctor in the Imaging Chamber so she can help Al (Dean Stockwell) with his love life.
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Episode 90 - Season 5, Episode 15: Blood Moon - March 10, 1975Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Nigel Covington, a vampire, he must stop his wife, Alexandria from being sacrificed for her blood at the Blood Moon ritual.
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Episode 91 - Season 5, Episode 16: Return of the Evil Leaper - October 8, 1956Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Arnold Watkins, a wimpy college freshman who has been disguising himself as the "Midnight Marauder" and protecting the innocent from evil. Sam (Scott Bakula) is there to save Arnold from attempting death-defying feats as well as making certain that Alia, the evil leaper, leaps out with him.
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Episode 92 - Season 5, Episode 17: Revenge of the Evil Leaper - September 16, 1987Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Liz Tate who has been accused of murdering Carol Benning while they were both in jail. Alia, another leaper, has also leapt with Sam (Scott Bakula), and her observer, Zoey, has become a leaper herself.
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Episode 93 - Season 5, Episode 18: Goodbye Norma Jean - April 4, 1960Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Dennis Boardman, Marilyn Monroe’s chauffeur and must save her from killing herself before she completes her present picture.
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Episode 94 - Season 5, Episode 19: The Beast Within - November 6, 1972Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Henry Akers, a homeless Vietnam veteran, to save the lives of Roy Brown, a high school buddy and fellow veteran, and Daniel Burke, the 13-year-old son of a high school classmate.
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Episode 95 - Season 5, Episode 20: The Leap Between the States - September 20, 1862Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Captain John Beckett, his great grandfather, a union infantry officer shot by confederate soldiers in the middle of the Civil War. Sam’s (Scott Bakula) mission is to save Isaac, a slave, from being killed and also to make sure his great grandfather marries Olivia, a Southern aristocrat so they can have children.
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Episode 96 - Season 5, Episode 21: Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Elvis Presley two days before he is signed by Mr. Phillips, of Sun Records. He is there to make certain that not only Elvis but also Sue Anne Winters gets a recording contract as well so they can both follow their dreams.
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Episode 97 - Season 5, Episode 22: Mirror Image - August 8, 1953Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into a tavern in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania, as himself on his day of birth. He befriends a wise bartender, Alberto Bellisario and a group of coal miners, on the series finale.
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