Quantum Leap: The 10 Best Time-Travel Episodes

During this episode, Al leaps into the body of a TV host called Future Boy. Future Boy is part of a 50s sci-fi show that is led by Captain Galaxy. Captain Galaxy is played by a man called Moe, and Al thinks that he and Sam are there to help get Moe into a mental facility before he accidentally ends up killing himself.

In this episode, Sam finds himself as an undercover cop. Al tells Sam that the reason he has come here is that he needs to help a young woman not to give up on her POW husband, as she is about to, and fall in love with someone else. Sam gets a feeling that there is something off with Al, and we soon find out that this is a very personal mission for Al.

In this episode, Sam leaps into Bobo the chimpanzee, who is part of the space program that is going to be used to test space travel. Sam needs to help a fellow chimp before one of the tests that is done on him costs him his life! While this episode has some monkey shenanigans here that will make you smile, this episode does not shy away from the horrific animal testing.

Sam leaps into a young man named Jimmy, who has Down syndrome. Jimmy is a lovable and likable guy. He has a job down at the docks, but Sam needs to help prove that Jimmy can keep this job, or he will end up in an institution! The stakes in this episode feel massive, as you do love Jimmy. Plus, this episode also gives us a bit more of a connection with Al as we find out more about his family.

Al is sent into the body of a World War II veteran who is returning home to save his girlfriend and sends Sam back to the Quantum Leap headquarters in the futuristic time of 1999! Sam gets to reunite with his love for a short time! This is so great to see, but in typical Quantum Leap fashion, Sam does not get his happy ending. As the episode goes on, you get to see Sam come up with a plan to get him and Al out of their sticky situation.

This episode shocks people as Sam leaps into the body of a man who is in a psychiatric ward in the 50s and is mistreated by a staff member who blasts him with a high dose of electroshock therapy. This causes chaos as it messes with Sam’s character. Sam ends up bringing back various personalities that he has leaped into over the years. Al steps up to help a young patient with Down syndrome, which completes his and Sam’s mission.

In How the Tess Was Won, Sam leaps into a veterinarian named Doc who is in love with a cowgirl named Tess. Sam and Al are trying to do all they can to help Doc and Tess get together. However, there is a Quantum Leap twist, and Sam was actually there to help a young Buddy Holly come up with the lyrics to his hit “Peggy Sue.”

This episode starts off great as Sam leaps into Jimmy, a young man with Down syndrome whom he had leaped into before. Realizing that he is there to save the marriage of Connie and Frank, whom he grew close to last time, he leaped into Jimmy. The great twist in this episode is that Sam and Al realize that something is not right here. We are introduced to the Evil Leapers, who are there to cause chaos!

Sam leaps into his own body! Well, himself as a 16-year-old. He needs to help his teenage self win a basketball game and also help his family with the various problems that they have. The second part sees Sam end up in Vietnam, where he is part of his brother’s platoon. Sam has some very brutal decisions to make in this two-parter!

In this episode, Sam finds himself traveling back to the 50s, where he leaps into the body of Terry Sammis, who is a pro wrestler. He needs to convince Terry’s brother, Ronny, not to compete in a big match that is the big break that could take their career to the next level. This episode stars wrestling legend Terry Funk!