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Quantum Leap

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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 17 Ratings

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Quantum Leap: Season 1

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Quantum Leap

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NBC | Release Date: March 26, 1989

Starring: Dean Stockwell, Scott Bakula

Summary: "Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer"Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home."… Expand

Creator: Donald P. Bellisario

Genre(s): Drama, Science Fiction

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S5:E22. Mirror Image
Air Date: May 5, 1993
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S5:E21. Memphis Melody
Air Date: April 20, 1993
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S5:E20. The Leap Between The States
Air Date: March 30, 1993

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90

Washington Post

Tom Shales

Jun 30, 2013

Season 1 Review: Beyond its gimmicky concept and fantasy angle, Quantum Leap -- from "Magnum, P.I." creator Donald P. Bellisario -- touches on forms of alienation that grip everybody at one time or another. For Sam, it's one time or several others...The premise holds out a prospect even more attractive in the late '80s than it would be in many other eras: escape from the present. [25 Mar 1989, p.D1]

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USA Today

Matt Roush

Jun 30, 2013

Season 1 Review: A canny and clever series that makes hardware take a back seat to humanity. [31 Mar 1989, p.3D]

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The New York Times

John J. O'Connor

Jun 30, 2013

Season 1 Review: With some delicious comic touches, Quantum Leap is slyly offering two cheers for the "sensitized" man of the 1980's. Sam even managed to phone his beloved father, who had died in 1974. The experience left him with tears streaming down his face. Mr. Bakula (''Eisenhower & Lutz,'' Broadway's ''Romance Romance'') pulls all of this off with skillful charm. He could easily get away with devouring an entire quiche. [30 Mar 1989, p.C24]

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Robert P. Laurence

Jun 30, 2013

Season 1 Review: The only thing for sure about Quantum Leap is that it's a difficult show to explain to anybody, and that the more difficult it is to explain a show, the less likely it is to succeed. [25 Mar 1989, p.C-7]

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Chicago Tribune

Clifford Terry

Jun 30, 2013

Season 1 Review: Familiar turf, but not bad, considering. Trouble is, the premise will wear out quickly. [24 Mar 1989, p.4]

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Los Angeles Times

Howard Rosenberg

Jun 30, 2013

Season 1 Review: Quantum Leap for the most part is so excruciatingly slow and laborious that you wonder if director David Hemmings was trapped in his own time warp. Yet Bakula does nicely, and the story ultimately accelerates and even yields some very affecting moments as Beckett intrudes on his own past. [25 Mar 1989, p.C6]

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Miami Herald

Steve Sonsky

Jun 30, 2013

Season 1 Review: It was all quite boring...What the series does have going for it is a nostalgic sense of humor and Bakula, whom some may recall from Eisenhower and Lutz, a midseason show that lasted about 10 minutes last spring. Bakula has this hound-dog kind of handsomeness and a certain goofy charm...What it has going against it, is its sheer nutty illogic. Even science fiction is supposed to have some ground rules. God? Holograms? Amnesia? Come on! This thing is just nonsense.

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theirrelephants

Aug 21, 2022

Basically a discount stargate sg-1. Watch it if you're already finished stargate and have nothing else queued up. If not, don't bother.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 22, 1992
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  S5:E22. Mirror Image
  Air Date: May 5, 1993
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  S5:E21. Memphis Melody
  Air Date: April 20, 1993
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  S5:E20. The Leap Between The States
  Air Date: March 30, 1993
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  S5:E19. The Beast Within
  Air Date: March 16, 1993
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  S5:E18. Goodbye Norma Jean
  Air Date: March 2, 1993
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  S5:E17. Revenge of the Evil Leaper
  Air Date: February 23, 1993
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  S5:E16. Return of the Evil Leaper
  Air Date: February 23, 1993
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  S5:E15. Blood Moon
  Air Date: February 9, 1993
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  S5:E14. Dr. Ruth
  Air Date: January 19, 1993
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  S5:E13. Liberation
  Air Date: January 12, 1993
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  S5:E12. A Tale of Two Sweeties
  Air Date: January 5, 1993
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  S5:E11. Promised Land
  Air Date: December 15, 1992
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  S5:E10. The Last Door; Trilogy, Part 3
  Air Date: November 24, 1992
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  S5:E9. For Your Love; Trilogy, Part 2
  Air Date: November 24, 1992
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  S5:E8. One Little Heart; Trilogy, Part 1
  Air Date: November 17, 1992
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  S5:E7. Deliver Us From Evil
  Air Date: November 10, 1992
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  S5:E6. Star Light, Star Bright
  Air Date: October 27, 1992
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  S5:E5. Killin' Time
  Air Date: October 20, 1992
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  S5:E4. Nowhere to Run
  Air Date: October 6, 1992
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  S5:E3. Leaping of the Shrew
  Air Date: September 29, 1992
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  S5:E2. Lee Harvey Oswald (2)
  Air Date: September 22, 1992
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  S5:E1. Lee Harvey Oswald (1)
  Air Date: September 22, 1992
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 18, 1991
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 28, 1990
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 1989
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 26, 1989