Favorite Quantum Leap Episodes
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- DirectorMark SobelStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellTeri HatcherAt 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.
- 1989–199348mTV-PG7.4 (690)TV EpisodeDirectorAaron LipstadtStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellTerri GarberSam 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.
- DirectorAlan J. LeviStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellRomy WalthallSam 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.
- 1989–19931hTV-PG7.2 (682)TV EpisodeDirectorAaron LipstadtStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellClaudia ChristianSam, in the body of a Bogie-like shamus, teams up with a 'neat kid' to find the hit man who killed his partner.>>>
- 1989–199348mTV-PG7.4 (624)TV EpisodeDirectorAaron LipstadtStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellAlice AdairSam 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.>>>
- DirectorGilbert M. ShiltonStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMichael GreeneSam 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.>>> Sam remembers Tom
- 1989–19931hTV-PG7.7 (642)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan J. LeviStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellJean SagalFor 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.
- 1989–19931hTV-PG8.1 (660)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael ZinbergStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellPatricia RichardsonSam is a radio DJ and has to help bring Rock and Roll to Peoria.
- 1989–199348mTV-PG7.1 (554)TV EpisodeDirectorRandy RobertsStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellJames SutoriusSam leaps into a rabbi to prevent his host's sister-in-law from falling for a sleazy author.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellJohn D'AquinoSam leaps into a young intellectually disabled man and has to keep him out of an institution.Al's childhood
- DirectorChristopher T. WelchStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellTeri AustinAs an FBI agent Sam has to protect a female witness when the people after her seem to know his every step.>>>
- 1989–199348mTV-PG7.6 (510)TV EpisodeDirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellShari HeadleySam 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.>>>
- DirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellBeverly LeechAboard the RMS Queen Mary, Sam must prevent the marriage of his host's ex-wife.>>>
- DirectorMichael ZinbergStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellJason BegheAl 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.*** Great Al stuff…his first wife
- 1989–199348mTV-PG9.2 (921)TV EpisodeDirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDavid NewsomSam 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.
- 1989–199347mTV-PG9.1 (848)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael ZinbergStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDavid NewsomStill 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.***
- 1989–199348mTV-PG7.0 (462)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael ZinbergStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellSusan AntonSam leaps into a fashion photographer and must save a model from a drug dependency due to an ambitious agent.>>>
- DirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellValerie MahaffeyEverything goes wrong when Sam leaps into a Gothic horror novelist on Halloween.>>>
- DirectorMichael SwitzerStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellRichard HerdAs the sidekick on the 1950s children's science fiction series "Time Patrol", Sam must prevent the death of the star of the show.>>>
- 1989–199349mTV-PG7.0 (415)TV EpisodeDirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellJerry BossardSam leaps into a wrestler who must convince his partner-brother to quit due to a heart problem.
- DirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDavid ProvalSam 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.
- DirectorMichael ZinbergStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMimi KuzykSam 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.
- DirectorMichael W. WatkinsStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellBasil WallaceSam must save a fellow convict from a chain gang in 1956.
- DirectorMichael W. WatkinsStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellBasil WallaceSam must save a fellow convict from a chain gang in 1956.
- 1989–199348mTV-PG7.8 (462)TV EpisodeDirectorBob HulmeStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellJohn FinnAt a Naval college, Sam must prevent a gay fellow classmate from being killed by a gang of other students.
- DirectorMichael ZinbergStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellBob SagetAs 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.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellCharles RocketWhile trying to save a married woman, Sam changes history and Al is sent to the gas chamber giving Sam a new observer.
- 1989–199347mTV-PG7.4 (511)TV EpisodeDirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellReni SantoniSam'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.
- 1989–19931hTV-PG7.6 (481)TV EpisodeDirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellReni SantoniAs 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?
- 1989–19931hTV-PG8.0 (481)TV EpisodeDirectorBob HulmeStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellCarolyn SeymourSam discovers another set of leapers who are messing with history.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMary Gordon MurraySam is a small-town sheriff whose young daughter has a suspicious connection to a mysterious death.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMelora HardinSam 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.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMelora HardinSam leaps into Abigail Fuller's attorney in a murder trial with personal implications.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMelora HardinSam leaps into Abigail Fuller's attorney in a murder trial with personal implications.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMelora HardinSam leaps into Abigail Fuller's attorney in a murder trial with personal implications.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMelora HardinSam leaps into Abigail Fuller's attorney in a murder trial with personal implications.
- 1989–199347mTV-PG6.9 (390)TV EpisodeDirectorChristopher HiblerStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMary Lou ChildsSam must decide between families when he leaps into a salesman with two wives.
- 1989–199346mTV-PG7.4 (429)TV EpisodeDirectorChristopher HiblerStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellSusan GriffithsAs the chauffeur of Marilyn Monroe, Sam must save her life and help her to make one final film, The Misfits (1961).
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellMary Elizabeth McGlynnWhile impersonating the King, Elvis Presley, Sam must save a Memphis Belle from a bad marriage.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellBruce McGillOn 8 August 1953, Sam leaps into himself in a tavern in the middle of a coal-mining town filled with familiar faces, and gets an opportunity to change Al's life.