Season Five

Contains the most historical leaps of all

Season 5 (1992-1993)[]

Image	# in Series	# in Season	Title	Written by	Directed by	Leap details (Name, date & location)	Original air date	Prod.code
Season 5 episodes
	76	1	"Lee Harvey Oswald, Part I"	Donald P. Bellisario	James Whitmore, Jr.	Lee Harvey Oswald March 21, 1963 / Dallas, Texas October 5–7, 1957 Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan / January 6, 1959 Tustin, California	September 22, 1992	68102A (5x1)
Sam leaps into various points in the life of Lee Harvey Oswald (played by Willie Garson) in an effort to seemingly prevent him from killing President John F. Kennedy or find the truth about the events that day. However, the objective is made more complex by the fact that their minds are merging. Sam starts to believe he is Oswald.
	77	2	"Lee Harvey Oswald, Part II"	Donald P. Bellisario	Michael Zinberg	Lee Harvey Oswald October 21, 1959 Lubyanka in Moscow, USSR / April 10, 1963 Dallas, Texas / August 9, 1963 New Orleans, Louisiana / November 21–22, 1963 Dallas, Texas	September 22, 1992	68102B (5x2)
As the date for Dallas draws nearer, Oswald's personality is getting harder to control. Al is finding it harder to connect with Sam. Is Sam supposed to save the President, or unearth the conspiracy? In the end, Oswald is revealed to be the lone assassin of JFK (Al speculating that people made up the idea of a conspiracy rather than face the idea that we are all still so vulnerable that one man could kill the President that easily). Sam makes a final leap into U.S. Secret Service agent Clint Hill who climbed on the back of the President's limousine during the assassination. In the episode dénouement, Al reveals that an alternate history had previously occurred where Jackie Kennedy (played by Karen Ingram) also died and Sam's actual mission was to save her.
	78	3	"Leaping of The Shrew"	Robin Jill Bernheim and Richard C. Okie	Alan J. Levi	Nikos Stathatos September 27, 1956 Aegean Sea	September 29, 1992	68104 (5x3)
Sam finds his patience tested when he leaps into Nikos Stathatos (played by Socrates Alafouzos) in a lifeboat with a bratty, self-obsessed heiress Vanessa Foster (played by Brooke Shields) and end up stuck on an island from which they will not be rescued for nine years... The episode refers to Swept Away (1974). Note: This episode is almost a parody of Brooke Shield's movie The Blue Lagoon.
	79	4	"Nowhere To Run	Tommy Thompson	Alan J. Levi	Ronald Miller August 10, 1968 San Diego, California	October 19, 1990	66409 (5x4)
Sam leaps into Ronald Miller (played by Michael Carpenter), a legless Vietnam vet in a veterans' hospital who must save the life of a quadriplegic soldier while still keeping his wife from leaving him so that his eldest son can save a tank troop in the Gulf War. Note: A pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston and pre-Spin City Michael Boatman (who coincidentally played a doctor called Sam Beckett on the ABC-TV series China Beach) guest star. Judith Hoag (known for the role of April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie) also guest stars.
	80	5	"Killin' Time"	Tommy Thompson	Michael Watkins	Leon Stiles June 18, 1958 Pine County, Oklahoma	October 20, 1992	68115 (5x5)
Sam leaps into escape convict Leon Stiles (played by Cameron Dye), a dangerous criminal who has taken a mother and her young daughter hostage. Meanwhile, Al must find the homicidal Stiles, who has escaped from the project waiting room, leaving Gushie to act as a temporary Observer. Note: This episode provides a rare glimpse of the present world outside Project Quantum Leap.
	81	6	"Star Light, Star Bright"	Christopher Hibler	Richard C. Okie	Maxwell Stoddard May 21, 1966 Charlemont, Massachusetts	October 27, 1992	68101 (5x6)
Sam is Maxwell Stoddard (played by Douglas Stark), an eccentric grandfather living with his son and his family. He must prevent his teenage grandson from running away and getting caught up in the drug culture while also preventing the grandfather from being sent to a mental institution for his wild stories about UFOs. Guest stars: Anne Lockhart and Guy Boyd both guest star.
	82	7	"Deliver Us From Evil"	Deborah Pratt, Robin Jill Bernheim & Tommy Thompson	Bob Hulme	Jimmy LaMotta March 19, 1966 Oakland, California	November 10, 1992	68109 (5x7)
Sam leaps back into Jimmy LaMotta (played by Brad Silverman), but is perplexed when he finds that the happy future he supposedly ensured in his previous leap is not taking place, and his brother's marriage is falling apart. Shortly thereafter, Sam finds something he never expected A female quantum leaper named Alia (played by Renee Coleman) is apparently there to "put wrong what once went right".
	83	8	"Trilogy Part I: One Little Heart"	Deborah Pratt	James Whitmore, Jr.	Clayton Fuller August 8, 1955 Pottersville, Louisiana	November 17, 1992	68105 (5x8)
Sam leaps into a small Louisiana town as a sheriff named Clayton Fuller (played by James Whitmore, Jr.) who's also the father of young Abigail Fuller (played by Kimberly Cullum), a girl accused by a local townswoman named Leta Aider (played by Mary Gordon Murray) of killing her husband and daughter. Leta is the only surviving member of her deceased family and believes Abigail to be cursed. Note: Sheriff Clayton Fuller (Sam's mirror image in this episode) is played by episode director James Whitmore, Jr. For the only time, this episode's leap date is the same as a previous one (season 1's "The Color Of Truth").
	84	9	"Trilogy Part II: For Your Love"	Deborah Pratt	James Whitmore, Jr.	Will Kinman June 14, 1966 Pottersville, Louisiana	November 24, 1992	68112 (5x9)
Sam again leaps into the life of Abigail Fuller (Melora Hardin)... this time as her soon-to-be husband William "Will" Kinman (played by Travis Fine). Sam begins to fall for her himself, but a lynch mob led by Leta Aider (again played by Mary Gordon Murray) may hang her if Sam does not find the runaway child Abigail was babysitting.
	85	10	"Trilogy Part III: The Last Door"	Deborah Pratt	James Whitmore, Jr.	Larry Stanton III July 28, 1978 Baton Rouge, Louisiana	November 24, 1992	68113 (5x10)
Sam leaps into Lawrence "Larry" Stanton III (played by W.K. Stratton), a lawyer who defends Abigail (played by Melora Hardin) on trial for the murder of Leta Aider (Mary Gordon Murray), the woman who accused her of killing her husband and daughter twenty-three years earlier. Secrets are revealed, the family history comes unraveled, and surprises are in store for Sam as he discovers the heritage behind Abigail's daughter, Sammy Jo Fuller (played by Kimberly Cullum). Note: Parley Baer guest stars as Judge Shiner.
	86	11	"Promised Land"	Gillian Horvath & Tommy Thompson	Scott Bakula	Willie Walters December 22, 1971 Elk Ridge, Indiana	December 12, 1992	68110 (5x11)
Sam leaps back into his hometown in 1971 as William "Willie" Walters (played by Daniel Engstrom), one of three brothers who are robbing the town bank in order to pay off a loan. Sam must uncover the reason the bank lent money to these farmers who could not possibly pay it back, while trying to prevent the brothers from being killed when they try to escape.
	87	12	"A Tale of Two Sweeties"	Robin Jill Bernheim	Christopher Hibler	Marty Elroy February 25, 1958 Pompano Beach Airpark, Florida	January 5, 1993	67301 (5x12)
Sam finds himself between the proverbial rock and hard place when he leaps into a bigamist named Martin "Marty" Ellroy, with a 50% chance of picking the right family to stay with.
	88	13	"Liberation"	Chris Abbott & Deborah Pratt	Bob Hulme	Margaret Sanders October 16, 1968 Connecticut	October 15, 1968	66417 (3x13)
Sam leaps into a Margaret Sanders, a housewife who must convince her husband that the family can survive and even thrive with feminism. He must also persuade the daughter that advances for women must come about through nonviolent means and persuade a woman working in the husband's firm to be more assertive about her ideas for the company.
	89	14	"Dr. Ruth"	Stuart Margolin	Robin Jill Bernheim	Ruth Westheimer April 25, 1985 Manhattan, New York	January 19, 1993	68114 (5x14)
As the famous sex doctor Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Sam must help a woman stand up to the sexual harassment of her boss and get his coworkers together, while the real Dr. Ruth helps Al deal with his fear of abandonment and his inability to tell a woman that he loves her. Note: This episode marks the only time that Sam has leaps into two women in a row and the only time the Leapee is seen being replaced in the waiting room at the conclusion of the episode.
	90	15	"Blood Moon"'	Tommy Thompson	Alan J. Levi	Lord Nigel Corrington March 10, 1975 Outside of London, England	February 9, 1993	68117 (5x15)
Sam leaps into an eccentric artist named Lord Nigel Corrington, who lives a strange, Gothic lifestyle. He has only a few hours to save his wife from a grisly death, supposedly at the hands of a vampire, while dealing with Al's own conviction that his host actually is the walking dead.
	91	16	"Return of The Evil Leaper"	Richard C. Okie	Harvey Laidman	Arnold Watkins October 8, 1956 North Falls, New York	February 23, 1993	68124 (5x16)
As a nerdy college kid named Arnold Watkins (played by Tristan Tait) who dresses up as a superhero, Sam must stop a fraternity from holding chicken races as part of their initiation. While back in the waiting room, Al must convince Sam's host to give up his dangerous lifestyle and help him deal with the murder of his parents. However, the sudden return of the Evil Leaper Alia (played by Renée Coleman) makes the task significantly harder. Note: Neil Patrick Harris guest stars as fraternity president Bill Hammond.
	92	17	"Revenge of The Evil Leaper"	Deborah Pratt	Debbie Allen	Elizabeth Tate September 16, 1987 Mallard, Ohio	February 23, 1993	68125 (5x17)
Leaping into Elizabeth Tate (played by Cynthia Steele) in a women's prison (accompanied by former Evil Leaper Alia (), Sam must keep the reformed ex-Evil Leaper from being caught by Zoey (Carolyn Seymour), her former Observer while also trying to keep his host from being executed for the murder of a fellow inmate.
	93	18	"Goodbye Norma Jean"	Richard C. Okie	Christopher Hibler	Dennis Boardman April 4, 1960 Hollywood, California	March 2, 1993	68115 (5x18)
Sam is Dennis Boardman (played by Stephen Bowers), the chauffeur of Marilyn Monroe (played by Susan Griffiths) and must help the unhappy star stay alive to make one final movie. Note: Stephen Root guest stars.
	94	19	"The Beast Within"	John D'Aquino & Tommy Thompson	Gus Trikonis	Henry Adams November 6, 1972 Washington state	March 16, 1993	66421 (5x19)
Sam is Henry Adams (played by Mike Jolly), a Vietnam War veteran living in the forest with an epileptic fellow veteran who will die unless he gets his medicine. However, he is opposed in this task by the sheriff living in town, who served in the same unit and doesn't want to face his past.
	95	20	"The Leap Between The States"'	Richard C. Okie	David Hemmings	John Beckett September 20, 1862 Mansfield County, Virginia	March 30, 1993	68121 (5x20)
Breaking all the rules of Quantum Leaping, Sam leaps along his genetic line and finds himself in the American Civil War as his great-grandfather, Captain John Beckett (played by Rob Hyland), of the Union Army. While helping the underground railroad smuggle a family to freedom, Sam must also win the heart of his great-grandmother, or he may be erased from existence. Note: Michael D. Roberts & Kate McNeil both guest star.
	96	21	"Memphis Melody"	Robin Jill Bernheim	James Whitmore, Jr.	Elvis Presley July 3, 1954 Memphis, Tennessee	April 20, 1993	67325 (5x21)
As Elvis Presley (played by Michael St. Gerard), Sam must help a struggling female musician named Sue Anne Winters (played by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn), but at the same time must ensure that he does not prevent the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" from being discovered. Guest star: Gregory Itzin
	97	22	"Mirror Image"	Donald Bellisario	James Whitmore, Jr.	Himself August 8, 1953 Cokeburg, Pennsylvania / April 3, 1969 San Diego, California	May 5, 1993	68126 (5x22)
In the series finale, Sam arrives at a mining town as himself on the date and exact hour he was born. Patrons of the town bar look familiar from past leaps, but with different names, other patrons seem to be leapers, and Al the bartender (played by Bruce McGill) implies that he might be God, Fate, or Time. While trying to figure things out, Sam has to help save some trapped miners, regain contact with Al, and learns that he can and has always been able to return home whenever he wants. He agrees to continue leaping, in exchange for the chance to go back to when he met Al's wife on a previous leap and tell her that Al is still alive. In the end, Al and his wife remain together and have four daughters. Sam never returns home. Guest stars: Richard Herd, Stephen McHattie, and W. Morgan Sheppard