Quantum Leap

(Quantum Leap)

 Season 2

22 Episodes

Episodes from the second season

10 - HONEYMOON EXPRESS

Score
7.0
1 vote

Original title : Honeymoon Express
First Aired : 20.09.1989 (USA) - 05.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Aaron Lipstadt
Writing credits : Donald P. Bellisario
Cast : Alice Adair, Mathieu Carriere, Hank Rolike, Warren Frost, James Mastrantanio


The Story : As Tom McBride, a New York City cop on his honeymoon, Sam must save himself from a jealous, and sociopath, ex-husband. To make matters worse, the Project's funding will be cut off, stranding Sam alone in the past, unless he can prevent the U2 flight from being shot down over Russia.
Note : Quantum Date April 27, 1960

11 - DISCO INFERNO

Score
7.0
1 vote

Original title : Disco Inferno
First Aired : 27.09.1989 (USA) - 06.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Gilbert Shilton
Writing credits : Paul Brown
Cast : Michael Greene, Kris Kamm, Kelli Williams, Peter Onorato, Arnetia Walker


The Story : As a stuntman, Sam is to save the life of his younger brother, while trying to convince the pair's obsessive father to let the younger son go his own way, even if it means going into country-western music, rather than following the family tradition of stunt work.
Note : Quantum Date April 1, 1976

12 - THE AMERICANIZATION OF MACHIKO

Score
6.0
1 vote

Original title : The Americanization of Machiko
First Aired : 11.10.1989 (USA) - 07.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Gilbert Shilton
Writing credits : Charlie Coffey
Cast : K Callan, Wayne Tippit, Leila Hee Olsen, Elena Stiteler, Patrick Massett


The Story : As a sailor returning from Japan, Sam brings a foreign wife to a small town. He then has to fight against the prejudice of both a scheming ex- girlfriend, as well as his mother, in order to gain acceptance of his new bride.
Note : Quantum Date August 4, 1953

13 - WHAT PRICE GLORIA?

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : What Price Gloria?
First Aired : 25.10.1989 (USA) - 08.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Alan J. Levi
Writing credits : Deborah Pratt
Cast : Jean Sagal, John Calvin


The Story : Sam is shocked when he learns he's leaped into a woman, Samantha Stormer. As a gorgeous secretary for an automobile company, Sam has to cope with sexual harassment by the boss, a suicide attempt by a roommate, and the effect his looks have on Al's lecherous tendencies.
Note : Quantum Date October 16, 1961

14 - BLIND FAITH

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Blind Faith
First Aired : 01.11.1989 (USA) - 11.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : David J. Finney
Writing credits : Scott Sheperd
Cast : Cynthia Bain, Jennifer Rhodes, Kevin Skousen


The Story : Although the concert pianist he leaps into is blind, a fact, which bothers his girlfriend's disapproving mother, Sam can still see. At least until an exploding flashbulb blinds him at the crucial moment: when he must rescue his girlfriend from a serial killer.
Note : Quantum Date February 6, 1964

15 - GOOD MORNING, PEORIA

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Good Morning, Peoria
First Aired : 08.11.1989 (USA) - 12.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Zinberg
Writing credits : Chris Ruppenthal
Cast : Patricia Richardson (Rachel Porter), Richard McKenzie, Todd Merrill, Chubby Checker (Himself)


The Story : Rock 'n' roll is about to become big, but not in Peoria. That is, unless Sam, as DJ Howlin' Chick Howell, can manage to keep the radio station where he's employed from being shut down by overly conservative town elders.
Note : Quantum Date September 9, 1959

16 - THOU SHALT NOT...

Score
6.0
1 vote

Original title : Thou Shalt Not...
First Aired : 15.11.1989 (USA) - 13.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Randy Roberts
Writing credits : Tammy Ader
Cast : James Sutorius, Terri Hanauer, Lindsay Fisher, Russ Tamblyn, Jill Jacobson


The Story : Sam's task as a rabbi is to keep his sister-in-law from falling for a sleazy author and ruining her life. In the process he also helps the family recover from the year-old death of their son.
Note : Quantum Date February 2, 1974

17 - JIMMY

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Jimmy
First Aired : 22.11.1989 (USA) - 14.10.193 (FRANCE)
Director : James Whitmore Jr.
Writing credits : Paul M. Belous & Robert Wolterstorff
Cast : John D'Aquino (Frank LaMotta), Laura Harrington (Connie), Michael Alldredge (Charlie Samuels), Ryan McWhorter (Jimmy LaMotta), Michael Madsen (Blue)


The Story : Since mainstreaming the mentally retarded is not yet a popular concept, Sam must help Jimmy LaMotta, the "slow" young man he's leaped into, get a job and gain his coworkers' acceptance, to prevent his brother from returning Jimmy to the institution.
Note : Quantum Date October 14, 1964

18 - SO HELP ME GOD

Score
9.0
1 vote

Original title : So Help Me God
First Aired : 29.11.1989 (USA) - 15.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Andy Cadiff
Writing credits : Deborah Pratt
Cast : Byrne Piven (Captain Cotter), Tyra Ferrell (Lila), Kathleen Noone (Sadie Cotter), Ketty Lester (Myrtle), John Apicella, Stacy Ray (Sugee), John Shepard, William Schallert (Judge Haller)


The Story : Though he can't remember much more than habeas corpus, Sam finds himself the defense attorney for a young black woman accused of murdering the son of the most powerful man in a small Louisiana town.
Note : Quantum Date July 29, 1957

19 - CATCH A FALLING STAR

Score
7.0
1 vote

Original title : Catch A Falling Star
First Aired : 06.12.1989 (USA) - 18.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Donald P. Bellisario
Writing credits : Paul Brown
Cast : John Cullum (John O'Malley), Michele Pawk (Nicole), Janine Turner (Michelle), Ernie Sabella (Manny), Paul Sand (Charlie), Myra Turley (Delores)


The Story : Sam leaps into Ray Hutton, the understudy for the role of Cervantes just seconds before curtain time. His mission: prevent the drunken star from falling and seriously injuring himself during a benefit performance of "Man of La Mancha". Sam isn't helped by the presence of his former piano teacher, on whom he once had a crush, and who now appears to have caught the star's eye as well.
Note : Quantum Date May 21, 1979

20 - A PORTRAIT OF TROIAN

Score
9.0
1 vote

Original title : A Portrait of Troian
First Aired : 13.12.1989 (USA) - 19.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Zinberg
Writing credits : John Hill & Scott Sheperd
Cast : Deborah Pratt (Troian Giovanni Claridge), Robert Torto (Jimmy), Carolyn Seymour (Priscilla Stolz), Bett Ray (Mrs. Little)


The Story : Sam leaps into a renowned parapsychologist where he must prevent a young widow from joining her husband at the bottom of a lake, while proving that she's not crazy, despite her claims of hearing her dead husband calling to her.
Note : Quantum Date February 7, 1971

21 - ANIMAL FRAT

Score
4.0
1 vote

Original title : Animal Frat
First Aired : 03.01.1990 (USA) - 20.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Gilbert Shilton
Writing credits : Chris Ruppenthal
Cast : Stacy Edwards, Raphael Sbarge, Darren Dalton, Brian Haley, Stuart Fratkin, Robert Petkoff, Edward Edwards


The Story : Trapped in the body of Knut Wileton, better known as "Wild Thing", the typical frat jock, Sam must win the confidence of an attractive campus radical before she bombs the college's chemistry building as a protest against the war in Vietnam.
Note : Quantum Date October 19, 1967

22 - ANOTHER MOTHER

Score
7.0
1 vote

Original title : Another Mother
First Aired : 10.01.1990 (USA) - 21.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Joseph L. Scanlan
Writing credits : Deborah Pratt
Cast : Michael Stoyanov, Olivia Burnette, Troian Bellisario, Allison Barron, Andrew Held, Larron Tate, Kevin Telles, Eric Welch, Terrence Evans, Michael Kemmerling


The Story : As a divorced mother of three, Sam's job of preventing his teenage son from running away, never to be seen again, is made more interesting by the fact that his youngest daughter can see both him and Al.
Note : Quantum Date September 30, 1981

23 - ALL AMERICANS

Score
5.0
1 vote

Original title : All Americans
First Aired : 17.01.1990 (USA) - 22.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : John Cullum
Writing credits : Paul Brown & Donald P. Bellisario
Cast : Richard Coca, Ruth Britt, Pepe Serna, Fausto Bara, Robert Benedetti


The Story : Keeping his best friend from throwing the high school championship football game, costing both of them their scholarship offers, Sam must also get their families to consolidate.
Note : Quantum Date November 6, 1962

24 - HER CHARM

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Her Charm
First Aired : 07.02.1990 (USA) - 25.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Chris Welch
Writing credits : Deborah Pratt & Donald P. Bellisario
Cast : Teri Austin, Stanley Brock, John Snyder, Rene Assa, John Shepherd


The Story : Protecting a female member of the witness protection program from a mafia hitman proves difficult for Sam, since the FBI appears to have an informant confounding his attempts to hide her.
Note : Quantum Date September 26, 1973

25 - FREEDOM

Score
10.0
1 vote

Original title : Freedom
First Aired : 14.02.1990 (USA) - 26.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Alan J. Levi
Writing credits : Chris Ruppenthal
Cast : Frank Sotonoma Salsedo, Leon Rippy, Gloria Hayes, Tom Everett


The Story : Rather than saving his grandfather's life, Sam has to escape from jail and elude the police long enough to get them both to the reservation, where the old man can die in peace, at home.
Note : Quantum Date November 22, 1970

26 - GOOD NIGTH, DEAR HEART

Score
7.0
1 vote

Original title : Good Nigth, Dear Heart
First Aired : 07.03.1990 (USA) - 27.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Christopher T. Welch
Writing credits : Paul Brown
Cast : William Cain (Roger), Marcia Cross (Stephanie Heywood), Robert Duncan McNeill (Greg Truesdale), Deborah Strang, W.K. Stratton (Lyle)


The Story : Rather than saving the damsel of the episode, who supposedly committed suicide, Sam is the coroner trying to prove that she was murdered, and find out by whom.
Note : Quantum Date November 9, 1957

27 - POOL HALL BLUES

Score
5.0
1 vote

Original title : Pool Hall Blues
First Aired : 14.03.1990 (USA) - 28.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Joe Napolitano
Writing credits : Randy Holland
Cast : Shari Headley, J.W. Smith, Teddy Wilson, Ken Foree, Robert Gossett


The Story : In order to help his granddaughter save a small bar from the slimy loan shark holding a note on the place, Sam has to play pool like a pro...with a little help from Al and Ziggy.
Note : Quantum Date September 4, 1954

28 - LEAPING IN WITHOUT A NET

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Leaping in Without a Net
First Aired : 28.03.1990 (USA) - 29.10.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Christopher T. Welch
Writing credits : Tommy Thompson
Cast : Jan Triska, Fabiana Udenio, Richard Riehle, Phil Fondacaro


The Story : Sam remembers he's afraid of heights when he leaps into a trapeze artist, whose sister wants him to catch her as she does a triple without a net. Dad is less than pleased, since his wife died a few years earlier while attempting the same stunt.
Note : Quantum Date November 18, 1958

29 - MAYBE BABY

Score
4.0
1 vote

Original title : Maybe Baby
First Aired : 04.04.1990 (USA) - 01.11.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Zinberg
Writing credits : Paul Brown & Julie Brown
Cast : Julie Brown, Jimmy Ray Weeks, Travis McKenna, Cathy McAuley, Charles Frank


The Story : Babysitting a kidnapped tot and a flaky, compulsively lying stripper keeps Sam busy as they cross Texas, on the run from the legal father and a squad of cops.
Note : Quantum Date March 11, 1963

30 - SEA BRIDE

Score
5.0
1 vote

Original title : Sea Bride
First Aired : 02.05.1990 (USA) - 02.11.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Joe Napolitano
Writing credits : Deborah Pratt
Cast : Beverly Leech, John Hertzler, James Harper, Patricia Harty, Juliet Sorcey, Tony Maggio, Louis Guss


The Story : Aboard an ocean liner, Sam must stop the marriage of a young man's ex- wife to a mobster. In the process, he finds himself in one heck of a mess in the ship's garbage compartment.
Note : Quantum Date June 3, 1954

31 - MIA

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : MIA
First Aired : 09.05.1990 (USA) - 03.11.1993 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Zinberg
Writing credits : Donald P. Bellisario
Cast : Jason Beghe, Susan Diol (Beth Calavicci), Norman Large, Pat Skipper (Tequila), William Shockley, Sierra Pecheur, Leticia Vasquez (Rosalie), Dan Ziskie


The Story : When Sam leaps into the life of an undercover cop, Al explains that his mission is to convince a navy nurse that her MIA husband is still alive, and to prevent her from marrying a lawyer she meets on the day Sam leaps in. But a series of coincidences causes Sam to wonder about the true nature of his mission.
Note : Quantum Date April 1, 1969