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Quantum Leap Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1989 - 1990
Episode 1
Honeymoon Express
Wed, Sep 20, 1989 60 mins
As a newlywed cop on his honeymoon in 1960, Sam's objective is to ensure that his new "wife," who has a violent ex-husband, will pass her bar exam. But Al gives him a different goal: alter world history or funding for the Quantum Leap project will be cut off. Diane: Alice Adair. Roget: Mathieu Carriere.
Episode 2
Disco Inferno
Wed, Sep 27, 1989 60 mins
Sam boogies into 1976 as a sexy stuntman working on a disaster flick, but he has to hustle to prevent his brother from attempting a life-threatening stunt. Chris: Kris Kamm. Ray: Michael Greene. Shannon: Kelli Williams. Director: Peter Onorati. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 3
The Americanization of Machiko
Wed, Oct 11, 1989 60 mins
Sam leaps to 1953 as a Navy man returning to his home town, accompanied by his new Japanese wife, whose presence makes waves in the small town. Lenore: K Callan. Henry: Wayne Tippit. Naomi: Elena Stiteler. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 4
What Price Gloria?
Wed, Oct 25, 1989 60 mins
As a woman, Sam tries to convince a husband-hungry secretary that she's got more to live for than a married executive. Gloria: Jean Sagal. Buddy: John Calvin. Parker: Gregg Barber. Richard: Matt Landers. Sam: Scott Bakula. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 5
Blind Faith
Wed, Nov 1, 1989 60 mins
Sam plays it again as a famous blind pianist who must prevent the murder of a friend. Michele: Cynthia Bain. Agnes: Jennifer Rhodes. Pete: Kevin Skousen. Stage Manager: Sloan Fischer. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 6
Good Morning, Peoria
Wed, Nov 8, 1989 60 mins
Sam twists and shouts into 1959 as a howling Peoria disc jockey, helping his feisty boss combat a civic leader who says her station's rock-and-roll has to go. Fred: Richard McKenzie. Brian: Todd Merrill. Chubby Checker: Himself. Leland: Steve Bean.
Episode 7
Thou Shalt Not...
Wed, Nov 15, 1989 60 mins
Sam leaps into a rabbi's life and has to stop his sister-in-law from having an affair that would break up his brother's fragile family. Irene Basch: Terri Hanauer. Joe Basch: James Sutorius. Bert Glasserman: Russ Tamblyn. Karen: Lindsay Fisher. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 8
Jimmy
Wed, Nov 22, 1989 60 mins
Sam becomes a mentally handicapped man in 1964, and he has to find a way to win acceptance in his new workplace, or be sent back to an institution. Frank: John D'Aquino. Connie: Laura Harrington. Blue: Michael Madsen. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 9
So Help Me God
Wed, Nov 29, 1989 60 mins
Sam leaps into a courtroom in 1957, where he's a lawyer defending a black woman on trial for the murder of her white lover. Lila: Tyra Ferrell. Capt. Cotter: Byrne Piven. Myrtle: Ketty Lester. Sadie: Kathleen Noone. Judge: William Schallert. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 10
Catch a Falling Star
Wed, Dec 6, 1989 60 mins
As the understudy for a bawdy stage veteran, Sam reencounters a woman he loved when she was too old for him in his real life, but who's now the stage partner and friend of the actor he's leaped into. Michelle: Janine Turner. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 11
A Portrait for Troian
Wed, Dec 13, 1989 60 mins
Sam appears as a ghostbuster working for a widow haunted by her husband's drowning, who soon needs Sam to save her, too. Troian: Deborah Pratt. Miss Stoltz: Carolyn Seymour. Jimmy: Robert Torti. Mrs. Little: Bett Ray. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 12
Animal Frat
Wed, Jan 3, 1990 60 mins
When Sam leaps to 1968 as the wildest brother on frat row, he must prevent an antiwar radical from making the fatal mistake of blowing up the chemistry building. Duck: Darren Dalton. Will: Raphael Sbarge. Guna: Brian Haley. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 13
Another Mother
Wed, Jan 10, 1990 60 mins
Sam leaps into a woman with three kids, one a troubled teenager who will run away, never to return, unless Sam and Al can prevent it. Kevin: Michael Stoyanov. Susan: Olivia Burnett. Teresa: Troian Bellisario. Teddy: Andrew Held. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 14
All-Americans
Wed, Jan 17, 1990 60 mins
Sam is a high-school quarterback who must prevent his best friend, a wide receiver, from throwing the city-championship game. Chuey: Richard Coca. Celia: Ruth Britt. Manuel: Pepe Serna. Ruben: Fausto Bara. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 15
Her Charm
Wed, Feb 7, 1990 60 mins
Sam leaps into an FBI agent assigned to protect a feisty but fearful woman from the murderous crook she used to work for. Nick: John Snyder. Richardson: Stanley Brock. Andy: Rene Assa. Thomas: John Shepherd. Sam: Scott Bakula. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 16
Freedom
Wed, Feb 14, 1990 60 mins
Sam is a Native American who helped his grandfather escape from a nursing home, but now has to help him die with dignity. Joseph: Frank Sotonoma Salsedo. Taggart: Leon Rippy. Suzanne Whitehorse: Gloria Hayes. Deputy: Tom Everett. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 17
Good Night, Dear Heart
Wed, Mar 7, 1990 60 mins
Sam leaps into a mortician who becomes obsessed with preserving the memory of a young woman by proving she didn't commit suicide. Roger: William Cain. Stephanie: Marcia Cross. Aggie: Deborah Strang. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 18
Pool Hall Blues
Wed, Mar 14, 1990 60 mins
Sam picks up the cue of a 1950s Chicago pool shark, and finds himself committed to a game that will determine his granddaughter's future. Violet: Shari Headley. Eddie: J.W. Smith. Grady: Teddy Wilson. The Brush: Ken Foree. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 19
Leaping in Without a Net
Wed, Mar 28, 1990 60 mins
Sam leaps into a trapeze artist, and he must prevent his sister from having a fatal fall in a stunt. Eva: Fabiana Udenio. Laszlo: Jan Triska. Vargas: Richard Riehle. Sybil: Roya Megnot. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 20
Maybe Baby
Wed, Apr 4, 1990 60 mins
Sam leaps into the reluctant sidekick of a kooky stripper who has taken a man's infant daughter, saying she wants to deliver the child to its mother. Reed: Charles Frank. Sheriff Barnes: Jimmie Ray Weeks. Sam: Scott Bakula. Big Bob: Ray Young.
Episode 21
Sea Bride
Wed, May 2, 1990 60 mins
Aboard a cruise ship in 1954, Sam must capsize the wedding plans of his aristocratic ex-wife and a venomous hood. Catherine: Beverly Leech. Weathers: John Hertzler. Vincent: James Harper. Marian: Patricia Harty. Jenny: Juliet Sorcey. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 22
M.I.A.
Wed, May 9, 1990 60 mins
As a detective in 1969, Sam tries to keep an emotionally vulnerable Navy nurse (Susan Diol) from forsaking her MIA husband---who she thinks has died in Vietnam. Skaggs: Jason Beghe. Dirk Simon: Norman Large. Sam: Scott Bakula. Al: Dean Stockwell.
