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Quantum Leap Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 1989 - 1989
Episode 1
Genesis Part I
Sun, Mar 26, 1989 60 mins
In Part 1 of the series opener, a botched time-travel experiment bounces Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) back to 1956 and into the body of a test pilot with a pregnant wife (Jennifer Runyon). Al: Dean Stockwell. Capt. Birdell: John Allen Nelson. Dr. Burger: W.K. Stratton. Weird Ernie: Bruce McGill.
Episode 2
Genesis Part II
Sun, Mar 26, 1989 60 mins
Conclusion. The shock of Sam's flight sends Peg into early labor. Later, Sam confronts his past after leaping into a baseball player. Peg: Jennifer Runyon. Dr. Burger: W.K. Stratton. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 3
Star-Crossed
Fri, Mar 31, 1989 60 mins
As a professor in 1972, Sam (Scott Bakula) meets a young woman who will break his heart in the future, unless he can alter it. Donna: Teri Hatcher. Jamie Lee: Leslie Sachs. Col. Wojohowitz: Michael Gregory. Oscar: Michael McGrady. Harry: Ken Gibbel.
Episode 4
The Right Hand of God
Fri, Apr 7, 1989 60 mins
Sam leaps into 1974 and assumes the identity of a glass-jawed boxer whose contract is owned by two nuns hoping to finance a chapel for the poor. Sister Angela: Michelle Joyner. Dixie: Teri Copley. Roscoe: Jonathan Gries. Sister Sarah: Nancy Kulp. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 5
How the Tess Was Won
Fri, Apr 14, 1989 60 mins
As a cowboy-veterinarian, Sam must keep destiny on course by breaking an ornery cowgirl (Kari Lizer) who pledges to marry him if he can prove he's a better cowpoke than she. Wayne: Marshall R. Teague. Chance: Lance LeGault. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 6
Double Identity
Fri, Apr 21, 1989 60 mins
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore. But when you're a hit man fooling around with a mobster's girl in 1965 like Sam (Scott Bakula), that's a mess. Teresa: Terri Garber. Geno: Michael Genovese. Tony: Joe Santos. Observer: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 7
The Color of Truth
Wed, May 3, 1989 60 mins
Sam appears as a black man in the South of 1955, and he uses his borrowed identity to alter the life and conscience of the widow he works for. Miz Melny: Susan French. Sheriff Blount: Royce D. Applegate. Sam: Scott Bakula. Nell: Kimberly Bailey.
Episode 8
Camikazi Kid
Wed, May 10, 1989 60 mins
In the body of a Van Nuys, Cal., teenager in 1961, Sam tries to help the guy's idealistic sister, who's about to marry a brutish hot-rodder. Cheryl: Romy Windsor. Bob: Kevin Blair. Jill: Holly Fields. Chuck: Robert Constanzo. Pencil: Jason Priestley.
Episode 9
Play It Again, Seymour
Wed, May 17, 1989 60 mins
Sam, in the body of a Bogie-like shamus, teams up with a "neat kid" to find the hit man who killed his partner. Seymour: Willie Garson. Allison: Claudia Christian. Chuck: Steve Nevil. Lionel: Paul Linke.
