Quantum Leap Episodes Ranked Best to Worst
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1.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Leap Home: Part 1 - November 25, 1969
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam 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.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, David Newsom, Olivia Burnette
Votes: 920
S3.E1
2.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) - April 7, 1970
(1990)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Still 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.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, David Newsom, Andrea Thompson
Votes: 847
S3.E2
3.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Mirror Image - August 8, 1953
(1993)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Bruce McGill, John D'Aquino
Votes: 906
S5.E22
4.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
M.I.A. - April 1, 1969
(1990)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Al 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.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Jason Beghe, Susan Diol
Votes: 757
S2.E22
5.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Leap Back - June 15, 1945
(1991)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Mimi Kuzyk, Amanda Wyss
Votes: 643
S4.E1
6.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Shock Theater - October 3, 1954
(1991)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam 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... See full summary »
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, David Proval, Bruce A. Young
Votes: 576
S3.E22
7.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Color of Truth - August 8, 1955
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As the black chauffeur of an elderly southern woman, Sam must overcome prejudice to prevent the death of a black woman.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Susan French, Royce D. Applegate
Votes: 807
S1.E7
8.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Jimmy - October 14, 1964
(1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a young intellectually disabled man and has to keep him out of an institution.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, John D'Aquino, Laura Harrington
Votes: 705
S2.E8
9.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
A Leap for Lisa - June 25, 1957
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
While trying to save a married woman, Sam changes history and Al is sent to the gas chamber giving Sam a new observer.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Charles Rocket, Jeff Corbett
Votes: 519
S4.E22
10.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
It's a Wonderful Leap - May 10, 1958
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a New York City cab driver, Sam has to win a contest to get his own taxi medallion. Sam also has the help of a woman named Angelita who knows about Sam and claims to be an angel.
Director: Paul Brown | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Liz Torres, Jerry Adler
Votes: 468
S4.E18
11.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Justice - May 11, 1965
(1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Having leaped into a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Sam must save the life of a civil rights worker.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Lisa Waltz, Michael Beach
Votes: 459
12.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Good Morning, Peoria - September 9, 1959
(1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam is a radio DJ and has to help bring Rock and Roll to Peoria.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Patricia Richardson, Richard McKenzie
Votes: 658
13.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Future Boy - October 6, 1957
(1991)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As the sidekick on the 1950s children's science fiction series "Time Patrol", Sam must prevent the death of the star of the show.
Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Richard Herd, Debra Stricklin
Votes: 499
S3.E13
14.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Raped - June 20, 1980
(1991)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a rape victim and must testify against the attacker who is an outstanding member of the community.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Penny Peyser, Nancy Lenehan
Votes: 487
15.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Leap Between the States - September 20, 1862
(1993)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Kate McNeil, Geoffrey Lower
Votes: 430
16.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Camikazi Kid - June 6, 1961
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam 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.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Romy Walthall, Kevin Spirtas
Votes: 741
17.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Boogieman - October 31, 1964
(1990)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Everything goes wrong when Sam leaps into a Gothic horror novelist on Halloween.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Valerie Mahaffey, Paul Linke
Votes: 627
18.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
So Help Me God - July 29, 1957
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must defend a young black woman charged with murdering the son of a powerful Southern political figure.
Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Byrne Piven, Tyra Ferrell
Votes: 585
19.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Deliver Us from Evil - March 19, 1966
(1992)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam discovers another set of leapers who are messing with history.
Director: Bob Hulme | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Carolyn Seymour, John D'Aquino
Votes: 480
20.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Last Dance Before an Execution - May 12, 1971
(1991)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a death row convict moments before his execution. A last minute stay of execution order gives him 48 hours to determine his innocence in a leap with an unclear mission.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Jenny Gago, Julio Oscar Mechoso
Votes: 453
21.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Another Mother - September 30, 1981
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After leaping into a single mother, Sam must prevent the 15-year-old son of his host from disappearing. Al and Sam also find out that very young children can see them as they really are.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Michael Stoyanov, Olivia Burnette
Votes: 598
22.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Nowhere to Run - August 10, 1968
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a double amputee Vietnam veteran, Sam must prevent the suicide of a fellow hospital patient.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Michael Boatman, Jennifer Aniston
Votes: 457
23.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Killin' Time - June 18, 1958
(1992)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Connie Ray, Cameron Dye
Votes: 449
24.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Genesis: Part 1 - September 13, 1956
(1989)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Although 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 ... See full summary »
Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Jennifer Runyon, John Allen Nelson
Votes: 5,459
S1.E1
25.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Genesis: Part 2 - September 13, 1956
(1989)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As 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 ... See full summary »
Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Brent Chalem, Doug Cox
Votes: 852
S1.E2
26.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Americanization of Machiko - August 4, 1953
(1989)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a returning sailor Sam brings home a Japanese wife and must battle the prejudice of his hometown and his own mother.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, K Callan, Wayne Tippit
Votes: 637
27.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Black on White on Fire - August 11, 1965
(1990)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a black medical student during the 1965 Watts riots, Sam must save his white fiancée.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Gregory Millar, Corie Henninger
Votes: 534
28.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
A Little Miracle - December 24, 1962
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam and Al scare the Dickens out of a rich Scrooge character who wants to tear down a mission and build a high rise.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Charles Rocket, Melinda McGraw
Votes: 513
29.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Running for Honor - June 11, 1964
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
At a Naval college, Sam must prevent a gay fellow classmate from being killed by a gang of other students.
Director: Bob Hulme | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, John Finn, Sean O'Bryan
Votes: 461
30.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Temptation Eyes - February 1, 1985
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a television reporter Sam protects a psychic, who can tell who Sam Beckett really is, from a serial killer.
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Tamlyn Tomita, Kent Williams
Votes: 455
31.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
What Price Gloria? - October 16, 1961
(1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
For 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.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Jean Sagal, John Calvin
Votes: 640
S2.E4
32.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Private Dancer - October 6, 1979
(1991)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a male stripper, Sam must save a deaf girl from a life of prostitution and get her an audition with a professional dance company.
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Debbie Allen, Louis Mustillo
Votes: 505
33.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Wrong Stuff - January 24, 1961
(1991)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a chimpanzee used in the early days of the space program and has to save a fellow chimp from testing that will result in his death.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Caroline Goodall, Gary Swanson
Votes: 461
34.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Trilogy: Part 1 - August 8, 1955
(1992)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam is a small-town sheriff whose young daughter has a suspicious connection to a mysterious death.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Mary Gordon Murray, Max Wright
Votes: 439
35.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Trilogy: Part 2 - June 14, 1966
(1992)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Melora Hardin, Mary Gordon Murray
Votes: 454
36.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Trilogy: Part 3 - July 28, 1978
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into Abigail Fuller's attorney in a murder trial with personal implications.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Melora Hardin, Max Wright
Votes: 456
37.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Catch a Falling Star - May 21, 1979
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must save an alcoholic actor from a fall during a performance of "Man of LaMancha." His old piano teacher is also present and finds Sam's host very attractive.
Director: Donald P. Bellisario | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, John Cullum, Michele Pawk
Votes: 680
38.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Good Night, Dear Heart - November 9, 1957
(1990)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a coroner who must play detective and prove that a female victim was murdered.
Director: Christopher T. Welch | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, William Cain, Marcia Cross
Votes: 523
39.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Pool Hall Blues - September 4, 1954
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam 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.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Shari Headley, J.W. Smith
Votes: 509
40.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Nuclear Family - October 26, 1962
(1991)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must deal with the panic associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Florida fallout shelter salesman.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Timothy Carhart, Kurt Fuller
Votes: 437
41.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Star-Crossed - June 15, 1972
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
At 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Teri Hatcher, Leslie S. Sachs
Votes: 822
42.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Glitter Rock - April 12, 1974
(1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam becomes a member of a rock band who is stabbed to death after a concert by one of a long list of suspects.
Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Jon Gries, Peter Noone
Votes: 516
43.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Ghost Ship - August 13, 1956
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Flying through the Bermuda Triangle strange things occur as Sam must get a sick passenger to a doctor.
Director: Anita W. Addison | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Scott Hoxby, Kimberly Foster
Votes: 438
44.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Return of the Evil Leaper - October 8, 1956
(1993)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a college fraternity and again meets Alia from the Evil Leaper Project.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Renée Coleman, Carolyn Seymour
Votes: 415
45.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Revenge of the Evil Leaper - September 16, 1987
(1993)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Renée Coleman, Carolyn Seymour
Votes: 405
46.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Double Identity - November 8, 1965
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam 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.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Terri Garber, Mike Genovese
Votes: 688
47.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Honeymoon Express - April 27, 1960
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam 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.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Alice Adair, Mathieu Carrière
Votes: 622
48.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Freedom - November 22, 1970
(1990)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As an American Indian, Sam escapes from jail to get his grandfather back to the reservation so he can die at home.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Frank Salsedo, Leon Rippy
Votes: 515
49.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
A Hunting Will We Go - June 18, 1976
(1991)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a bounty hunter who is handcuffed to a female fugitive who will do anything to escape from him.
Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Jane Sibbett, Ken Marshall
Votes: 462
50.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Runaway - July 4, 1964
(1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must put up with a bratty older sister and keep the family together while saving his mother who disappears.
Director: Michael Katleman | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Sandy Faison, Sherman Howard
Votes: 456
51.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Goodbye Norma Jean - April 4, 1960
(1993)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As the chauffeur of Marilyn Monroe, Sam must save her life and help her to make one final film, The Misfits (1961).
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Susan Griffiths, Liz Vassey
Votes: 429
52.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Curse of Ptah-Hotep - March 2, 1957
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
At an archaeological dig in Egypt Sam has to deal with an approaching sandstorm and a 3000 year old curse.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Lisa Darr, John Kapelos
Votes: 428
53.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
A Single Drop of Rain - September 7, 1953
(1991)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a rainmaker who returns to his drought-stricken hometown and has to keep his family together.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Phyllis Lyons, Patrick Massett
Votes: 422
54.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954
(1993)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
While impersonating the King, Elvis Presley, Sam must save a Memphis Belle from a bad marriage.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, John Scott Clough
Votes: 410
55.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Roberto! - January 27, 1982
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the role of a "Geraldo" type journalist, Sam and an asthmatic woman try and uncover the truth about what is going on at a local chemical plant.
Director: Scott Bakula | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, DeLane Matthews, Alan Oppenheimer
Votes: 401
56.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Promised Land - December 22, 1971
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam finds himself back in his hometown at Christmas time to save the farm of a neighbor.
Director: Scott Bakula | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Dwier Brown, Arlen Dean Snyder
Votes: 380
57.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Blind Faith - February 6, 1964
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a blind concert pianist, Sam must save his girlfriend from a serial killer despite the interference of her overbearing mother.
Director: David G. Phinney | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Cynthia Bain, Jennifer Rhodes
Votes: 594
58.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Disco Inferno - April 1, 1976
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam 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.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Michael Greene, Kris Kamm
Votes: 597
59.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 1
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Reni Santoni, Willie Garson
Votes: 511
60.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 2
(1992)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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?
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Reni Santoni, Willie Garson
Votes: 481
61.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Miss Deep South - June 7, 1958
(1990)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
While entered in the "Miss Deep South" beauty pageant, Sam must prevent a fellow contestant from posing for some nude photos and make sure his host comes in third in the contest.
Director: Christopher T. Welch | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Heather McAdam, David Allen Brooks
Votes: 486
62.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 1956
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam is a Greek sailor lost at sea with a bratty debutante, who was on what was supposed to be a honeymoon cruise.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Brooke Shields, Socrates Alafouzos
Votes: 457
63.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Permanent Wave - June 2, 1983
(1991)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a hair dresser to prevent the death of a murder witness.
Director: Scott Bakula | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Doran Clark, Lela Ivey
Votes: 438
64.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Play Ball - August 6, 1961
(1991)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam is a minor league baseball pitcher who has plenty of female admirers and a porcine team mascot to watch out for.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Neal McDonough, Maree Cheatham
Votes: 432
65.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Star Light, Star Bright - May 21, 1966
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Morgan Weisser, H. Richard Greene
Votes: 413
66.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
How the Tess Was Won - August 5, 1956
(1989)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam finds himself as a veterinarian who has to compete as a cowboy to win the heart of a cowgirl heiress.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Lance LeGault, Kari Lizer
Votes: 718
67.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Play It Again, Seymour - April 14, 1953
(1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam, in the body of a Bogie-like shamus, teams up with a 'neat kid' to find the hit man who killed his partner.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Claudia Christian, Willie Garson
Votes: 680
68.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Animal Frat - October 19, 1967
(1990)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Finding himself the king of an "Animal House" fraternity, Sam must win the confidence of a beautiful female activist and prevent the bombing of a school building.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Stacy Edwards, Raphael Sbarge
Votes: 517
69.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
8½ Months - November 15, 1955
(1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a very pregnant teenager and must convince her father to help her keep the baby.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Lana Schwab, James Whitmore Jr.
Votes: 481
70.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Hurricane - August 17, 1969
(1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a deputy sheriff, Sam must prevent a murder as Hurricane Camile hits the Mississippi gulf coast.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Marilyn Jones, Tracy Kolis
Votes: 428
71.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Unchained - November 2, 1956
(1991)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must save a fellow convict from a chain gang in 1956.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Basil Wallace, J.C. Quinn
Votes: 417
72.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Thou Shalt Not... - February 2, 1974
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a rabbi to prevent his host's sister-in-law from falling for a sleazy author.
Director: Randy Roberts | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, James Sutorius, Terri Hanauer
Votes: 552
73.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
All-Americans - November 6, 1962
(1990)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must prevent a fellow high school football player from throwing the championship game and losing his scholarship.
Director: John Cullum | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Richard Coca, Ruth Britt
Votes: 497
74.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Leaping in Without a Net - November 18, 1958
(1990)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must overcome his fear of heights when he leaps into a trapeze artist whose sister dies doing a stunt without a net.
Director: Christopher T. Welch | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Jan Tríska, Fabiana Udenio
Votes: 493
75.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Leap of Faith - August 19, 1963
(1990)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a priest, Sam must save another priest from alcoholism and prevent a murder.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Sandy McPeak, Danny Nucci
Votes: 467
76.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Rebel Without a Clue - September 1, 1958
(1990)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a member of a motorcycle gang Sam has to keep a young woman from going on the road.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Josie Bissett, Diedrich Bader
Votes: 470
77.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Great Spontini - May 9, 1974
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a magician who must keep custody of his daughter and save her from an accidental death.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Amy Steel, Erich Anderson
Votes: 465
78.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Southern Comforts - August 4, 1961
(1991)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into the proprietor of a New Orleans brothel and has to prevent the death of a girl who really doesn't belong there.
Director: Chris Ruppenthal | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Rita Taggart, David Graf
Votes: 445
79.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Dreams - February 28, 1979
(1991)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a detective that is working on a gruesome murder and must deal with flashbacks from the mind of his leapee.
Director: Anita W. Addison | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Joycelyn O'Brien, Alan Scarfe
Votes: 435
80.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
A Song for the Soul - April 7, 1963
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Singing in a 1960s black girl band, Sam must save one member from an unscrupulous nightclub owner.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Harrison Page, Tammy Townsend
Votes: 425
81.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Right Hand of God - October 24, 1974
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam 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.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Guy Stockwell, Michelle Joyner
Votes: 776
S1.E4
82.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Her Charm - September 26, 1973
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As an FBI agent Sam has to protect a female witness when the people after her seem to know his every step.
Director: Christopher T. Welch | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Teri Austin, Stanley Brock
Votes: 497
83.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Sea Bride - June 3, 1954
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Aboard the RMS Queen Mary, Sam must prevent the marriage of his host's ex-wife.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Beverly Leech, J.G. Hertzler
Votes: 483
84.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Maybe Baby - March 11, 1963
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam is involved with the kidnapping of a baby while crossing Texas with his stripper accomplice.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Julie Brown, Jimmie Ray Weeks
Votes: 482
85.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Piano Man - November 10, 1985
(1991)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam is a piano player who is on the run from a killer with an ex-girlfriend.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Marietta DePrima, Angelo Tiffe
Votes: 469
86.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
One Strobe Over the Line - June 15, 1965
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a fashion photographer and must save a model from a drug dependency due to an ambitious agent.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Susan Anton, Marjorie Monaghan
Votes: 462
87.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Heart of a Champion - July 23, 1955
(1991)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a wrestler who must convince his partner-brother to quit due to a heart problem.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Jerry Bossard, Terry Funk
Votes: 415
88.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
A Portrait for Troian - February 7, 1971
(1989)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must save a young woman who drowns while insisting that she is hearing the calls of her dead husband.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Deborah Pratt, Robert Torti
Votes: 544
89.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
A Tale of Two Sweeties - February 25, 1958
(1993)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must decide between families when he leaps into a salesman with two wives.
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Mary Lou Childs, Jill Tracy
Votes: 389
90.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Last Gunfighter - November 28, 1957
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into an elderly man who likes his whiskey and tells tall tales. His former partner and fellow gunfighter shows up wanting recognition and revenge.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, John Anderson, Susan Isaacs
Votes: 402
91.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Beast Within - November 6, 1972
(1993)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a Vietnam veteran, Sam is mistaken for Bigfoot in rural Washington state.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Pat Skipper, Eileen Seeley
Votes: 360
92.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Stand Up - April 30, 1959
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As 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.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Bob Saget, Amy Yasbeck
Votes: 424
93.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Dr. Ruth - April 25, 1985
(1993)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Peter Spears, Anita Barone
Votes: 407
94.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Moments to Live - May 4, 1985
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam is kidnapped by an obsessed soap opera fan.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Kathleen Wilhoite, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Votes: 407
95.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
The Play's the Thing - September 9, 1969
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam finds himself as a young man involved with an older woman who has singing aspirations and needs a confidence boost from Sam.
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Penny Fuller, Robert Pine
Votes: 411
96.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Liberation - October 16, 1968
(1993)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Bob Hulme | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Max Gail, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Votes: 394
97.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Blood Moon - March 10, 1975
(1993)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into an English castle where the occupants practice vampire rituals. He must save the young wife of the castle owner.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Ian Buchanan, Deborah Moore
Votes: 423
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