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Quantum Leap Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1992 - 1993
Episode 1
Lee Harvey Oswald Part I
Tue, Sep 22, 1992 60 mins
A cosmic conspiracy incarnates Sam (Scott Bakula) as JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, whose mind is partly melded with Sam's. Part 1 of two. Al: Dean Stockwell. Lee Harvey Oswald: Willie Garson. Marina: Natasha Pavlova. Maj. Kosenko: Elya Baskin. Gooshie: Dennis Wolfberg.
Episode 2
Lee Harvey Oswald Part II
Tue, Sep 22, 1992 60 mins
Conclusion. Sam leaps into JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald (Willie Garson). Al: Dean Stockwell. Marina: Natasha Pavlova. Maj. Kosenko: Elya Baskin. Gooshie: Dennis Wolfberg.
Episode 3
Leaping of the Shrew
Tue, Sep 29, 1992 60 mins
Sam is a Greek sailor lost at sea with a bratty debutante (Brooke Shields), who was on what was supposed to be a honeymoon cruise. Sam: Scott Bakula. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 4
Nowhere to Run
Tue, Oct 6, 1992 60 mins
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into a paraplegic Vietnam vet who must smooth out a situation involving a suicidal roommate who's paralyzed. Billy: Michael Boatman. Kiki: Jennifer Aniston. Cdr. Hartig: Norman Snow. Holt: Gene Lythgow. Julie: Judith Hoag. Carol: Simone Allen. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 5
Killin' Time
Tue, Oct 20, 1992 60 mins
Sam leaps into a killer holding a mother and daughter hostage, but he's trapped as well when the man escapes from the waiting room back in the future. Carol: Connie Ray. Leon: Cameron Dye. Sheriff Hoyt: Jim Haynie.
Episode 6
Star Light, Star Bright
Tue, Oct 27, 1992 60 mins
Sam (Scott Bakula) touches down as an old man who believes he's seen UFOs, but others think he is just seeing things. Al: Dean Stockwell. Tim: Morgan Weisser. John: Guy Bond. Maj. Meadows: Michael L. Maguire. Dr. Hardy: H. Richard Greene. Eva: Anne Lockhart.
Episode 7
Deliver Us From Evil
Tue, Nov 10, 1992 60 mins
Sam returns to the life of a mentally handicapped young man and comes in contact with another time traveler. Connie: Laura Harrington. Alia: Renee Coleman. Frank: John DiAquino. Al: Dean Stockwell. Zoey: Carolyn Seymour.
Episode 8
Trilogy: Part 1
Tue, Nov 17, 1992 60 mins
Sam is a small-town sheriff whose young daughter has a suspicious connection to a mysterious death. Part 1 of three. Laura Fuller: Meg Foster. Leta: Mary Gordon Murray. Abigail: Kimberly Cullum. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 9
Trilogy: Part 2
Tue, Nov 17, 1992 60 mins
Part 2. Sam bounds back into the life of Abigail Fuller (Melora Hardin), this time as her fiancé, who must save her when she again is suspected of a killing. Laura Fuller: Meg Foster. Leta: Mary Gordon Murray. Mrs. Tatkin: Wendy Robie. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 10
Trilogy: Part 3
Tue, Nov 24, 1992 60 mins
Conclusion. Sam leaps into Abigail Fuller's attorney in a murder trial with personal implications. Sam: Scott Bakula. Al: Dean Stockwell. Laura Fuller: Meg Foster. Abigail: Melora Hardin.
Episode 11
Promised Land
Tue, Dec 15, 1992 60 mins
Sam returns to his home town in the form of a young farmer who's joined his brothers in a bank holdup to recoup what been bilked from them. Neil: Dwier Brown. Sheriff Mundy: Arlen Dean Snyder. John: Chris Stacy. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 12
A Tale of Two Sweeties
Tue, Jan 5, 1993 60 mins
Sam's a bigamist with only even odds that he'll make the right choice between his two wives and families, whose futures are riding on it. Ellen: Mary Lou Childs. Rachel: Jill Tracy. Jessica: Ashley Peldon. Sam: Scott Bakula. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 13
Liberation
Tue, Jan 12, 1993 60 mins
Sam becomes a homemaker committed to the cause of women's liberation, who must save the life of a women's leader, but might lose a husband in the process. George: Max Gail. Diana St. Cloud: Deborah Van Valkenburgh. Suzi: Megyn Price. Chief Tipton: Stephen Mills. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 14
Dr. Ruth
Tue, Jan 19, 1993 60 mins
Sam appears as Dr. Ruth Westheimer to bring a mismatched couple together and to help a young woman battle sexual harassment. Meanwhile, in the future, Dr. Ruth herself counsels Al on his love life. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 15
Blood Moon
Tue, Feb 9, 1993 60 mins
Sam swoops into an artist who lives like a vampire and whose wife might meet a gruesome end. Victor: Ian Buchanan. Claudia: Deborah Maria Moore. Alexandra: Shae D'Lyn. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 16
Return of the Evil Leaper
Tue, Feb 23, 1993 60 mins
As a collegiate do-gooder, Sam crosses a vengeful frat boy (Neil Patrick Harris)---and crosses paths with "evil leaper" Alia. Part 1 of two. Alia: Renee Coleman. Zoey: Carolyn Seymour. Arnold: Tristan Tait. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Episode 17
Revenge of the Evil Leaper
Tue, Feb 23, 1993 60 mins
Conclusion. Sam and Alia land in a women's prison, unaware that Zoey (Carolyn Seymour) has leapt into the warden. Thames: Hinton Battle. Vivian: Barbara Montgomery. Sophie: Katherine Cortez. Alia: Renee Coleman.
Episode 18
Goodbye, Norma Jean
Tue, Mar 2, 1993 60 mins
Sam leaps into a chauffeur who must prevent the untimely end of his famously unstable boss---Marilyn Monroe (Susan Griffiths). Barbara: Liz Vassey. Peter Lawford: Joris Stuyck. John Huston: Tony Young. Clark Gable: Larry Pennell. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 19
The Beast Within
Tue, Mar 16, 1993 60 mins
Sam steps into the life of a Vietnam vet with an ailing buddy, who both share a bitter past with another vet. Luke: Pat Skipper. Karen: Eileen Seeley. Roy: Sean Gregory Sullivan. Sam: Scott Bakula. Al: Dean Stockwell.
Episode 20
The Leap Between the States
Tue, Mar 30, 1993 60 mins
Sam secedes from the regular rules when he becomes his own great grandfather, a Union officer in the Civil War. Olivia: Kate McNeil. Lt. Montgomery: Geoffrey Lower. Isaac: Michael D. Roberts.
Episode 21
Memphis Melody
Tue, Apr 20, 1993 60 mins
History might get all shook up when Sam takes the form of Elvis, who's on the verge of being discovered. Sue Anne: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. Frank: John Scott Clough. Marion: Lisa Jane Persky.
Episode 22
Mirror Image
Wed, May 5, 1993 60 mins
Sam leaps into himself in a mining-town tavern that has a bartender who might serve up some answers about Sam's life as a leaper. Al the Bartender: Bruce McGill. Al: Dean Stockwell. Tonchi: John DiAquino.
