Watch Quantum Leap Season 4 Episode 5: Permanent Wave

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A time-travel experiment that went wrong sends physicist Sam Beckett back in time, where he assumes other people's identities and helps to resolve the crises of his new hosts. He's assisted in his adventures by Al Calavicci, also known as `The Observer,' who has the ability to appear in holographic form. The imaginative, Emmy-nominated series spawned a (more…)

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Season 4, Episode 5 Permanent Wave

First Aired: October 16, 1991

On a hair-raising leap, Sam is a male hairdresser trying to prevent the killing of a woman and her son, who's a witness to a murder. Laura: Doran Clark. Det. Ward: Harry Groener. Chloe: Lela Ivy. Kyle: Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Ralph: Stephen Kay. Sam: Scott Bakula.

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Guest Cast

Harry Groener Det. Ward

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Kyle

Lela Ivy Chloe

Stephen Kay Ralph

Doran Clark Laura

Christine Cattell Mimi

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Premiered: March 26, 1989
Rating: TV-PG
Premise: A time-travel experiment that went wrong sends physicist Sam Beckett back in time, where he assumes other people's identities and helps to resolve the crises of his new hosts. He's assisted in his adventures by Al Calavicci, also known as `The Observer,' w… (more)