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- 1989–199344mTV-PG7.8 (5.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid HemmingsStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellJennifer RunyonAlthough 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.
- 1989–199345mTV-PG7.8 (853)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid HemmingsStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellBrent ChalemAs 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.
- 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-PG7.0 (777)TV EpisodeDirectorGilbert M. ShiltonStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellGuy StockwellSam 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.
- 1989–199349mTV-PG7.2 (719)TV EpisodeDirectorIvan DixonStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellLance LeGaultSam finds himself as a veterinarian who has to compete as a cowboy to win the heart of a cowgirl heiress.
- 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.
- 1989–199348mTV-PG8.4 (809)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael VejarStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellSusan FrenchAs the black chauffeur of an elderly southern woman, Sam must overcome prejudice to prevent the death of a black woman.
- 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.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer is forced to become a department store Santa when Marge spends the family's Christmas savings on removing Bart's tattoo.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart ends up at a school for gifted children after cheating on an IQ test.
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter losing his job, Homer contemplates ending it all, until he discovers a new life path as a safety advocate.
- DirectorKent ButterworthGregg VanzoStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter being embarrassed by the rest of the family at a company picnic, Homer becomes obsessed with improving their behavior towards each other.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter being beaten up by Nelson Muntz one too many times, Bart turns to Grampa for help, and soon leads a rebellion against the school bully.
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightA depressed Lisa's spirit is lifted when she meets a jazz-man, Bleeding Gums Murphy.
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer takes the family camping, but it soon becomes a misadventure when they lose their equipment and Homer is mistaken for Bigfoot.
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart gets more than he bargained for when he saws the head off a statue of the town's founder.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge contemplates an affair with a handsome bowling instructor.
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter a photograph of Homer gyrating with an exotic dancer is distributed throughout Springfield, he finds himself kicked out of the house by Marge.
- DirectorWesley ArcherMilton GrayStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart is sent to France on a student exchange program, where he's treated like a slave; an Albanian student with suspicious motives takes Bart's place in the family.
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Krusty is found guilty of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart following Homer's eyewitness testimony, Bart and Lisa set out to prove his innocence.
- DirectorKent ButterworthDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer and Marge enjoy a night on the town, leaving the kids with a diabolical babysitter, with a surprising secret.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMrs. Krabappel, fed up with Bart's lackadaisical approach to his studies, gives him an ultimatum: shape up or repeat the fourth grade.
- DirectorTom CheronesStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsJerry and George stake out the lobby of an office building to find a woman Jerry met at a party but whose name and phone number he didn't get.
- DirectorTom CheronesStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsAfter Jerry's apartment is robbed, Jerry starts to look for other apartments. But Jerry and George both want the same apartment, and Elaine wants the apartment of whoever loses out.
- DirectorTom CheronesStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsJerry tries various excuses to avoid meeting with an old friend with whom he no longer shares any interests.
- DirectorTom CheronesStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsJerry becomes apprehensive when he and George buy stock and the price falls while the person who suggested the stock is in hospital and can't tell them when to sell.
- DirectorTom CheronesStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsAfter George breaks up with his girlfriend, Jerry decides that he wants to see her.
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieSusie BlakeAt the age of 60, Victor Meldrew is retired from his job as a security guard to be replaced by a box and a recorded message.
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieFaye MaguireVictor's cousin Geoffrey, who had also just taken early retirement at 60, dies; the Meldrews' local keep-fit class takes a deadly turn.
- DirectorDuwayne DunhamStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAgent Cooper enjoys the comforts of the Great Northern Hotel. Bobby Briggs and Mike Nelson are released from jail. Doctor Hayward hands over the autopsy report on Laura Palmer.
- DirectorGareth GwenlanStarsGraham CrowdenStephanie ColeDaniel HillTom Ballard is put in Bayview retirement home by his weak willed son Geoffrey and his domineering, drunk daughter-in-law Marion. Many of the residents are very passive but not retired journalist Diana Trent, whose mission in life it is to annoy 'the idiot Baines' - Harvey Baines,the home's manager. Initially she thinks Tom is rather dotty but when he tries to organize the residents into action against the home's poor food she knows she has found an ally.
- DirectorStephen CraggStarsRob MorrowBarry CorbinJanine TurnerDr. Joel Fleischman is depressed when grumpy old patient Soapy Sanderson completely ignores his medical advice, and is stunned when he and Maggie are named joint executors of his 140 acres forest estate where only wolves live. Maggie wants to turn it into a nature reserve, however un-required it is in this part of Alaska. Joel is rather tempted by the Indian chief Ronkomkoma's idea to turn it into a tax shelter by formally drilling for oil which everybody knows isn't there, hoping it may pay his way back to New York. Later Joel learns Soapy was a spirituality college professor for 20 years. Soapy also left them a $200 Lafitte-Latour for their trouble, which nearly works a romantic wonder, and a journal. Meanwhile the press gets interested.
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsRowan AtkinsonPaul BownRudolph WalkerMr. Bean sits an exam and is confident until he realizes he has studied the wrong math equations. Mr. Bean tries to change into his swim trunks at the beach without anyone seeing his bits. Last, Mr. Bean tries to stifle a sneeze in church.
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsRowan AtkinsonDave O'HigginsPaul McDowellMr. Bean goes to a department store and buys various items. Afterwards, he goes to a fancy restaurant where he tries to dispose his awful-tasting meal. Finally, Bean goes to a Royal greeting and gets into mischief.
- DirectorHarold SnoadStarsPatricia RoutledgeJosephine TewsonJudy CornwellHyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet), an overbearing hostess, is stunned when her less-than-well-off sisters Daisy and Rose inform her that their father has been taken to the hospital. Hyacinth is even more stunned however when she finds out why he was taken there.
- DirectorHarold SnoadStarsPatricia RoutledgeJosephine TewsonJudy CornwellHyacinth's plans to have the vicar and his wife over for a formal afternoon tea are squashed when her sister Daisy and Onslow come to her house informing her that Daddy had been kidnapped by a gypsy. Then, to make matters worse, Rose arrives, on her way to her own funeral.
- DirectorPaul SeedStarsIan RichardsonSusannah HarkerDavid LyonFrancis Urquhart is the Conservative Party Chief Whip who keeps the party's Members of Parliament in line. The party has selected a new leader, Henry Collingridge, and at the general election the government is returned with a reduced majority. Urquhart expects his proper reward - a senior Cabinet post - but is shocked when the Prime Minister tells him he's to stay where he is. Urquhart decides to exact his revenge. Using an ambitious young journalist, Mattie Storin, he plants rumors of dissension in party. Through the Party's PR expert Roger O'Neill - who has had his fingers in the till and developed a coke habit - he arranges for Opposition MPs to have access to Cabinet decisions making for an uncomfortable time in the House. Finally, he lays the foundation for a money scandal.
- DirectorLiddy OldroydStarsRobert DuncanHaydn GwynneNeil PearsonA computer virus is introduced into the GlobeLink newsroom, causing lots of personal information about the staff to appear onscreen, creating friction among the personnel.
- DirectorLiddy OldroydStarsRobert DuncanHaydn GwynneNeil PearsonGlobeLink is taken over by Sir Royston Merchant, and Gus Hedges takes over as the newsroom manager. Full of management-speak, he interferes in the running of the newsroom despite claiming to be 'hands-off.'
- DirectorLiddy OldroydStarsRobert DuncanHaydn GwynneNeil PearsonGus employs a new, popular newsreader who manages to irritate all members of staff. However, an increase in ratings that results from her performance, and a bonus pay increase, makes the staff much happier.