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Quantum Leap Season 1

Quantum Leap

Season 1

March 26, 1989 8 episodes

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Genesis
E1
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E1. Genesis

90m Mar 26, 1989

September 13, 1956: Sam Beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization that he does not belong there...

Star-Crossed
E2
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E2. Star-Crossed

45m Mar 31, 1989

June 15, 1972: Sam leaps into the persona of a womanizing college professor in 1972, encounters his lost love and attempts to reshape the past

The Right Hand of God
E3
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E3. The Right Hand of God

46m Apr 7, 1989

October 24, 1974: Sam lands in 1974 as a young boxer caught between fight-fixing gangsters and hopeful nuns who now own his contract.

How the Tess Was Won
E4
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E4. How the Tess Was Won

45m Apr 14, 1989

August 5, 1956: Sam finds himself on a Texas ranch in 1956 as a submissive veterinarian in love with a tough rancher.

Double Identity
E5
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E5. Double Identity

45m Apr 21, 1989

November 8, 1965: Sam becomes a hit man in 1965 whose romance with the godfather's girlfriend places him in danger.

The Color of Truth
E6
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E6. The Color of Truth

45m May 3, 1989

August 8, 1955: Sam experiences racism firsthand when he leaps into the body of an elderly black man in the pre-civil rights South of 1955.

Camikazi Kid
E7
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E7. Camikazi Kid

45m May 10, 1989

June 6, 1961: Sam leaps into the life of a teen-age hot-rodder who must stop his sister from marrying a wealthy bully.

Play it Again, Seymour
E8
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E8. Play it Again, Seymour

45m May 17, 1989

April 14, 1953: 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 references as Sam launches a new pulp novelist along the way.

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