Season One

Quantum Leap: Season 1
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Quantum Leap: Season 1

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This page lists all of the episodes aired in the first season of the NBC-TV series Quantum Leap; a total of nine episodes were aired from March 26, 1989 to May 17, 1989.

Season 1 (1989-1990)

Season 1 episodes
Image	# in Series	# in Season	Title	Written by	Directed by	Leap location/date	Original air date	Prod.code
	1/2	1/2	"Genesis: Part 1" "Genesis: Part 2"	David Memmings	Donald P. Bellisario	Edwards AFB Blockfield, CA September 13, 1956	March 26, 1989	N/A (1x1 & 1x2)
Although the Project Quantum Leap (PQL) isn't ready yet, and doesn't listen his supercomputer Ziggy, Sam hops into the Accelerator and leaps. As Tom Stratton, an Air Force test pilot, Sam finds his memory Swiss cheesed, with only enough left to know that he is not where or when he belongs. Al explains that the Project has gone awry and that the only way Sam can leap out is by flying the X-2 to Mach 3. Instead, Sam leaps after saving his wife and child, only to find that rather than leaping home, he's leapt into Ken Fox, a minor league baseball player in Texas, at the end of the 1968 season, where he must make the winning play in order to leap. Two part story episode arc.
	3	3	"Star-Crossed"	Mark Sobel	Deborath Pratt	Marion, Ohio June 15, 1972	March 31, 1989	65003 (1x3)
Sam leaps into Dr. Gerald Bryant, an English teacher who is having a fling with a student named Jamie. Sam also meets the woman who stood him up at the altar in his own life - Donna Eleese (Teri Hatcher) - but she has not yet met him in the future. Despite threats to his job, Al gives Sam the information he needs to reunite his star-crossed lover with her father and, maybe, give himself a second shot at marriage.
	4	4	"The Right Hand of God	John Hill	Gilbert Shilton	Sacramento, California October 24, 1974	April 7, 1989	65002 (1x4)
Having leaped into Kid Cody, a boxer on the take, Sam has to win the championship to fund a new church for his trainers, a group of nuns. Sam must face the bookie who counts on him to take a dive in the final bout, and, with the help of several trainers, streaking, and Al's appearance in the ring to guide his punches, Sam wins the bout and finances the chapel.
	5	5	"How The Tess Was Won"	Deborath Arakelian	Ivan Dixon	Texas. August 15, 1955	April 14, 1989	65004 (1x5)
As a veterinarian in rural Texas, Sam's mission appears to be winning the love of an heiress to a large ranch. Sabotaged by another suitor, Sam fails and finds that his true goal was to save the life of a sick piglet, and to help an unnamed cohort with a task he's performing.
	6	6	"Double Identity"	Donald P. Bellisario	Aaron Lipstadt	Brooklyn, NY November 8, 1965	April 14, 1989	65001 (1x6)
Though his goal as a Mafia hitman named Frankie is unclear, Sam follows a list of instructions, supplied by Ziggy in an effort to bring Sam back to the Project. These instructions result in the Great East Coast Blackout and, rather than leaping home, Sam finds himself in the life of the Mafia don named Don Vito (Mike Genovese) who's been jealously preventing a romance between Frankie and the don's girlfriend. Sam believes he knows his mission, and publicly announces Frankie's marriage to the girlfriend, putting himself in a position to call a winning Bingo number.
	7	7	"The Color of Truth"	Deborah Pratt	Michael Vegar	Alabama August 8, 1955	April 21, 1989	65013 (1x7)
In the life of Jesse Tyler, an aging black chauffeur, Sam must face discrimination in the South while trying to prevent the death of his employer, an elderly white woman, Ms. Melny Trafford (Susan French), wife of the late former governor of Alabama. Actions motivated by his own belief in equality cause violent reactions, as Sam tries to convince one of the pillars of the community to change her views on racism and the futility of trying to change a society for the better.
	8	8	"Camikazi Kid"	Paul Brown	Alan J. Levi	Los Angeles, CA June 6, 1961	May 10, 1989	65014 (1x8)
As a high school nerd, Sam is required to prevent the marriage of his sister to an abusive drinker, with the wedding only three days away. By drag racing the prospective husband, beating him with a car that couldn't have won without nitrous oxide, Sam shows the groom's true tendencies.
	9	9	"Play It Again, Seymour"	Story by: Donald P. Bellisario, Scott Shepard & Tom Blomquist Teleplay by: Donald Bellisario& Scott Shepard	Aaron Lipstadt	New York City, NY April 14, 1963	May 17, 1989	66009 (1x9)
With looks that could double for Humphrey Bogart, Sam is Nick Allen, a private investigator looking for the murderer of his partner and, if he doesn't find the answer in time, himself. The case is solved with a number of Casablanca film references as Sam launches a new pulp novelist along the way.

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