Quantum Leap

(Quantum Leap)

 Season 1

9 Episodes

Episodes from the first season

1 - GENESIS (1/2)

Score
10.0
1 vote

Original title : Genesis (1/2)
First Aired : 26.03.1989 (USA) - 19.02.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : David Hemmings
Writing credits : Donald P. Bellisario
Cast : Jennifer Runyon (Peggy Stratton), John Allen Nelson (Captain "Bird Dog" Birdell), W.K. Stratton (Dr. Berger), Newell Alexander (Young Sam), Lee de Broux (Coach), Larry Poindexter (Captain Tony LaMotta), Bruce McGill ("Weird Ernie")


The Story : Although the Project Quantum Leap (PQL) isn't ready yet, and doesn't listen his supercomputer Ziggy, Sam hops into the Accelerator and leaps. As Tom Stratton, an Air Force test pilot, Sam finds his memory Swiss cheesed, with only enough left to know that he is not where or when he belongs. Al explains that the Project has gone awry and that the only way Sam can leap out is by flying the X-2 to Mach 3. Instead, Sam leaps after saving his wife and child, only to find that rather than leaping home, he's leapt into Ken Fox, a minor league baseball player in Texas, at the end of the 1968 season, where he must make the winning play in order to leap.
Note : Quantum Date September 13, 1956

2 - GENESIS (2/2)

Score
10.0
1 vote

Original title : Genesis (2/2)
First Aired : 26.03.1989 (USA) - 19.02.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : David Hemmings
Writing credits : Donald P. Bellisario
Cast : Jennifer Runyon (Peggy Stratton), John Allen Nelson (Captain "Bird Dog" Birdell), W. K. Stratton (Dr. Berger), Newell Alexander (Young Sam), Lee de Broux (Coach), Larry Poindexter (Captain Tony LaMotta), Bruce McGill ("Weird Ernie")


The Story : Although the Project isn't ready yet, Sam hops into the Accelerator and leaps. As Tom Stratton, an Air Force test pilot, Sam finds his memory Swiss cheesed, with only enough left to know that he is not where or when he belongs. Al explains that the Project has gone awry and that the only way Sam can leap out is by flying the X-2 to Mach 3. Instead, Sam leaps after saving his wife and child, only to find that rather than leaping home, he's leapt into Ken Fox, a minor league baseball player in Texas, at the end of the 1968 season, where he must make the winning play in order to leap.
Note : Second part Genesis Pilot.
Quantum Date September 13, 1956

3 - STAR-CROSSED

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Star-Crossed
First Aired : 31.03.1989 (USA) - 25.09.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : David Hemmings
Writing credits : Deborah Pratt
Cast : Teri Hatcher, Leslie Sachs, Michael Gregory, Michael McGrady


The Story : As Dr. Gerald Bryant, a literature professor at the Ohio College attended by his one-time fiancée, Sam has to prevent an amorous co-ed from attaching to him and ruining her life. Despite threats to his job, Al gives Sam the information he needs to reunite his star-crossed lover with her father and, maybe, give himself a second shot at marriage.
Note : Quantum Date June 15, 1972

4 - THE RIGHT OF GOD

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : The Right of God
First Aired : 07.04.1989 (USA) - 27.09.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Gilbert Shilton
Writing credits : John Hill
Cast : Guy Stockwell, Michelle Joyner, Teri Copley, Alex Colon, Nancy Culp


The Story : Having leaped into Kid Cody, a boxer on the take, Sam has to win the championship to fund a new church for his trainers, a group of nuns. Sam must face the bookie who counts on him to take a dive in the final bout, and, with the help of several trainers, streaking, and Al's appearance in the ring to guide his punches, Sam wins the bout and finances the chapel.
Note : Quantum Date October 24, 1974

5 - HOW THE TESS WAS WON

Score
5.0
1 vote

Original title : How the Tess Was Won
First Aired : 14.04.1989 (USA) - 28.09.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Ivan Dixon
Writing credits : Deborah Arakelian
Cast : Lance LeGault, Kari Lizer, Marshall R. Teague, Scott Fults


The Story : As a veterinarian in rural Texas, Sam's mission appears to be winning the love of an heiress to a large ranch. Sabotaged by another suitor, Sam fails and finds that his true goal was to save the life of a sick piglet, and to help an unnamed cohort with a task he's performing.
Note : Quantum Date August 5, 1956

6 - DOUBLE IDENTITY

Score
10.0
1 vote

Original title : Double Identity
First Aired : 21.04.1989 (USA) - 29.09.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Aaron Lipstadt
Writing credits : Donald P. Bellisario
Cast : Terri Garber, Michael Genovese, Joe Santos, Tom Silardi, Page Moseley, Nick Cassavetes


The Story : Though his goal as a Mafia hitman named Frankie is unclear, Sam follows a list of instructions, supplied by Ziggy in an effort to bring Sam back to the Project. These instructions result in the Great East Coast Blackout and, rather than leaping home, Sam finds himself in the life of the Mafia don who's been jealously preventing a romance between Frankie and the don's girlfriend. Sam believes he knows his mission, and publicly announces Frankie's marriage to the girlfriend, putting himself in a position to call a winning Bingo number.
Note : Quantum Date November 8, 1965

7 - THE COLOR OF TRUTH

Score
10.0
1 vote

Original title : The Color of Truth
First Aired : 03.05.1989 (USA) - 30.09.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Vejar
Writing credits : Deborah Pratt
Cast : Susan French, Royce D. Applegate, Michael D. Roberts, James Ingersoll, Kimberly Bailey


The Story : In the life of Jesse Tyler, an aging black chauffeur, Sam must face discrimination in the South while trying to prevent the death of an elderly white woman. Actions motivated by his own belief in equality cause violent reactions, as Sam tries to convince one of the pillars of the community to change her views on racism and the futility of trying to change a society for the better.
Note : Quantum Date August 8, 1955

8 - CAMIKAZE KID

Score
5.0
1 vote

Original title : Camikaze Kid
First Aired : 10.05.1989 (USA) - 01.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Alan J. Levi
Writing credits : Paul Brown
Cast : Romy Windsor, Kevin Blair, Robert Costanzo, Holly Fields, Jason Priestly, Richard McGonagle, Janet Carroll


The Story : As a high school nerd, Sam is required to prevent the marriage of his sister to an abusive drinker, with the wedding only three days away. By drag racing the prospective husband, beating him with a car that couldn't have won without nitrous oxide, Sam shows the groom's true tendencies.
Note : Quantum Date June 6, 1961

9 - PLAY IT AGAIN, SEYMOUR

Score
9.0
1 vote

Original title : Play It Again, Seymour
First Aired : 17.05.1989 (USA) - 04.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Aaron Lipstadt
Writing credits : Scott Shepard & Donald P. Bellisario From a Story by Tom Blomquist, Scott Shepard, & Donald P. Bellisario
Cast : Claudia Christian, Willie Garson, Paul Linke


The Story : With looks that could double for Humphrey Bogart, Sam is Nick Allen, a private investigator looking for the murderer of his partner and, if he doesn't find the answer in time, himself. The case is solved with a number of Casablanca references as Sam launches a new pulp novelist along the way.
Note : Quantum Date April 14, 1953