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"Quantum Leap" (1989) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1989-1993

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"Quantum Leap" (1989): Season 2: Episode 11 -- Sam (Scott Bakula) jumps into the life of a "ghostbuster" who has been asked to silence the other-world murmurings of a dead romance novelist. Deborah Pratt guest stars. With Dean Stockwell.
"Quantum Leap" (1989): Season 2: Episode 4 -- When Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes an attractive female secretary in 1961, he must deal with rampant sexism and his employer's lecherous advances. With Dean Stockwell.
"Quantum Leap" (1989): Season 1: Episode 9 -- Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes a small-time detective in 1953 who is suspected of murdering his partner. With Dean Stockwell.
"Quantum Leap" (1989): Season 1: Episode 8 -- Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the life of a teen-age hot-rodder who must stop his sister from marrying a wealthy bully. With Dean Stockwell.
"Quantum Leap" (1989): Season 1: Episode 7 -- Sam (Scott Bakula) experiences racism firsthand when he leaps into the body of an elderly black man in the pre-civil rights South of 1955. Guest star Susan French. With Dean Stockwell.

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 full episode list
Release Date:
26 March 1989 (USA) more
Plot:
Scientist Sam Beckett finds himself trapped in time--"leaping" into the body of a different person in a different time period each week. full summary
Awards:
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 14 wins & 37 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
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User Comments:
A great show, and a TV legend more

Cast

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Scott Bakula ... Dr. Sam Beckett / ... (97 episodes, 1989-1993)
Dean Stockwell ... Admiral Al Calavicci (97 episodes, 1989-1993)

Deborah Pratt ... Ziggy / ... (38 episodes, 1989-1993)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min (97 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Iceland:12 (some epiosodes) | Iceland:L (some epiosodes) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG | Portugal:M/6

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Sam Beckett is revealed to have attended MIT, and his friend and guide Al Calavicci is mentioned to have also spent some time there. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: For the famous "mirror reflections" in which Sam sees who he leaps into, the series used the old trick of a dual set with a clear glass in the "mirror". Scott Bakula would stand on one side and the actor playing the person he leaped into on the other. If you look really close at the glass, you can see sometimes Scott Bakula's reflection. (Especially if the mirror is near a source of light like sunshine). more
Quotes:
Al: Well, we been having some difficulty. Ziggy, he's, uh, going through mood swings. I think we need get a girl computer put it right next to him, one with a nice set of *hard* disks.
Sam: You would.
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Soundtrack:
Quantum Leap Main Title more

FAQ

What's up with the show's obscure ending?
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42 out of 47 people found the following comment useful:-
A great show, and a TV legend, 19 July 2002
Author: seod1999 from California, USA

An absolutely perfect show. It wasn't too technical, it wasn't too Sci-fi. It had the drama of life, and offered some comedy at the same time. Instead of seeing the same person with the same people dealing with their own life, we saw many, many, many different lives all being influenced by one great man who in the end could be deemed a saint. I am happy that the show was able to finish, and just disappear like some other great shows. The show had a good conclusion. It was happy, but it wasn't sappy or ultra-moralistic and joyful. It was the perfect ending for such a case. There isn't a thing they could change about this show. The only thing they could do to make it worse would be to make a movie for TV. Those type of things usually ruin a good show. Quantum Leap though is definitely a TV legend.

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