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TV-PG
NBC
Mar 16, 1993
45 m

TV-PG
NBC
Mar 16, 1993
45 m

Quantum Leap

Summary "Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observe...

Directed By: Gus Trikonis

Written By: Donald P. Bellisario, John D'Aquino

TV-PG
NBC
Mar 16, 1993
45 m

TV-PG
NBC
Mar 16, 1993
45 m

S5 • Episode 19

The Beast Within - November 6, 1972

Air Date: Mar 16, 1993

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Summary "Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observe...

Created By: Donald P. Bellisario

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Episode 1 • Sep 22, 1992 • 47 m

Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 1

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.

Episode 2 • Sep 22, 1992 • 1 h

Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 2

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?

Episode 3 • Sep 29, 1992 • 47 m

Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 1956

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

Episode 4 • Oct 6, 1992 • 47 m

Nowhere to Run - August 10, 1968

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

Episode 5 • Oct 20, 1992 • 46 m

Killin' Time - June 18, 1958

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.

Episode 6 • Oct 27, 1992 • 47 m

Star Light, Star Bright - May 21, 1966

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.

Episode 7 • Nov 10, 1992 • 1 h

Deliver Us from Evil - March 19, 1966

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

Episode 8 • Nov 17, 1992 • 46 m

Trilogy: Part 1 - August 8, 1955

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

Episode 9 • Nov 24, 1992 • 45 m

Trilogy: Part 2 - June 14, 1966

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.

Episode 10 • Nov 24, 1992 • 48 m

Trilogy: Part 3 - July 28, 1978

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

Episode 11 • Dec 15, 1992 • 47 m

Promised Land - December 22, 1971

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

Episode 12 • Jan 5, 1993 • 47 m

A Tale of Two Sweeties - February 25, 1958

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

Episode 13 • Jan 12, 1993 • 46 m

Liberation - October 16, 1968

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.

Episode 14 • Jan 19, 1993 • 47 m

Dr. Ruth - April 25, 1985

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.

Episode 15 • Feb 9, 1993 • 47 m

Blood Moon - March 10, 1975

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

Episode 16 • Feb 23, 1993 • 45 m

Return of the Evil Leaper - October 8, 1956

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

Episode 17 • Feb 23, 1993 • 49 m

Revenge of the Evil Leaper - September 16, 1987

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.

Episode 18 • Mar 2, 1993 • 46 m

Goodbye Norma Jean - April 4, 1960

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

Episode 19 • Mar 16, 1993 • 45 m

The Beast Within - November 6, 1972

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

Episode 20 • Mar 30, 1993 • 46 m

The Leap Between the States - September 20, 1862

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.

Episode 21 • Apr 20, 1993 • 47 m

Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954

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

Episode 22 • May 5, 1993 • 47 m

Mirror Image - August 8, 1953

On 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.

5 Seasons

Top Cast

Scott Bakula

Dr. Sam Beckett, Captain Tom Stratton, Jimmy LaMotta

Dean Stockwell

Al

Deborah Pratt

Narrator, Ziggy, Troian Claridge

Dennis Wolfberg

Irving 'Gooshie' Gushman

W.K. Stratton

Lawrence 'Larry' Stanton III, Dr. Berger, Sheriff Lyle Roundtree

Brad Silverman

Jimmy LaMotta, Pete

Michael Bellisario

Martin Elroy Jr., Billy, Kid #2

Carolyn Seymour

Zoey, Priscilla Stoltz

Fran Bennett

Marie Billings, Ada Simpson

John D'Aquino

Frank LaMotta, Tonchi

Eric Bruskotter

Beau, Glen, Red

Howard Matthew Johnson

Jesse Tyler

Adam Logan

Young Sam Beckett, Young Sam

Willie Garson

Alik Idell, Lee Harvey Oswald, Seymour

Renée Coleman

Alia

Stephen Lee

Sheriff Bo Loman, Deputy Sheriff Bo Loman

Meg Foster

Laura Fuller

Rodney Kageyama

Joda, Choo Choo

Mary Gordon Murray

Leta Aider

Richard Herd

Moe Stein, Ziggy Ziganovich

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