This page lists all of the episodes which aired in Season 2 of the NBC-TV series Quantum Leap. A total of twenty two episodes aired, beginning with the season opening episode "Honeymoon Express", which aired on May 26, 1987.
Season 2 (1989-90)[]
| Season 2 episodes | ||||||||
| Image | No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Leap details (Name, date & location) |
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10 | 1 | "Honeymoon Express" | Aaron Lipstadt | Donald P. Bellisario | Unnamed Firefighter 1957 Unknown Location / Tom McBride April 27, 1960 New York City, New York |
September 20, 1989 | 65411 (2x01) |
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As Tom McBride, a New York City cop on his honeymoon, Sam must save himself from a jealous, and sociopath, ex-husband. To make matters worse, the Project's funding will be cut off, stranding Sam alone in the past, unless he can prevent the U2 flight from being shot down over Russia. Guest stars: Alice Adair, Mathieu Carriere, Hank Rolike, Warren Frost, James Mastrantanio | ||||||||
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11 | 2 | "Disco Inferno" | Gilbert M. Shilton | Paul Brown | Chad Stone April 1, 1976 Burbank, California |
September 27, 1989 | 65401 (2x02) |
| As a stuntman, Sam is to save the life of his younger brother, while trying to convince the pair's obsessive father to let the younger son go his own way, even if it means going into country-western music, rather than following the family tradition of stunt work.
Guest stars: Michael Greene, Kris Kamm, Kelli Williams, Peter Onorato, Arnetia Walker | ||||||||
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12 | 3 | "The Americanization of Machiko" | Gilbert M. Shilton | Charlie Coffey | Charles Lee MacKenzie August 4, 1953 Oak Creek, Ohio |
October 11, 1989 | 65406 (2x03) |
| As a sailor returning from Japan, Sam brings a foreign wife to a small town. He then has to fight against the prejudice of both a scheming ex- girlfriend, as well as his mother, in order to gain acceptance of his new bride.
Guest stars: Leila Lee Olson, K Callan, Wayne Tippit, Elena Stiteler, Patrick Massett | ||||||||
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13 | 4 | "What Price Gloria?" | Alan J. Levi | Deborah Pratt | Samantha Stormer October 16, 1961 Detroit, Michigan |
October 25, 1989 | 65017 (2x04) |
| Sam is shocked when he learns he's leaped into a woman, Samantha Stormer. As a gorgeous secretary for an automobile company, Sam has to cope with sexual harassment by the boss, a suicide attempt by a roommate, and the effect his looks have on Al's lecherous tendencies.
Guest stars: John Calvin, Jean Sagal | ||||||||
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14 | 5 | "Blind Faith" | David G. Phinney | Scott Shepard | Andrew Ross February 6, 1964 New York City, New York |
November 1, 1989 | 65402 (2x05) |
| Although the concert pianist he leaps into is blind, a fact, which bothers his girlfriend's disapproving mother, Sam can still see. At least until an exploding flashbulb blinds him at the crucial moment: when he must rescue his girlfriend from a serial killer.
Guest stars: Cynthia Bain, Jennifer Rhodes, Kevin Skousen | ||||||||
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15 | 6 | "Good Morning, Peoria" | Michael Zinberg | Chris Ruppenthal | Howlin' Chick Howell September 9, 1959 Peoria, Illinois |
November 8, 1989 | 65408 (2x06) |
| Rock 'n' roll is about to become big, but not in Peoria. That is, unless Sam, as DJ Howlin' Chick Howell, can manage to keep the radio station where he's employed from being shut down by overly conservative town elders.
Guest stars: Patricia Richardson (as Rachel Porter), Richard McKenzie,Todd Merrill, Chubby Checker as Himself | ||||||||
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16 | 7 | "Thou Shalt Not..." | Randy Roberts | Tammy Ader | David Basch February 2, 1974 Los Angeles, California |
November 15, 1989 | 65409 (2x07) |
| Sam's task as a rabbi is to keep his sister-in-law from falling for a sleazy author and ruining her life. In the process he also helps the family recover from the year-old death of their son.
Guest stars: James Sutorius, Terri Hanauer, Lindsay Fisher, Russ Tamblyn, Jill Jacobson | ||||||||
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17 | 8 | "Jimmy" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Paul M. Belous & Robert Wolterstorff | Jimmy LaMotta October 14, 1964 Oakland, California |
November 22, 1989 | 65407 (2x08) |
| Since mainstreaming the mentally disabled is not yet a popular concept, Sam must help Jimmy LaMotta, the "slow" young man he's leaped into, get a job and gain his coworkers' acceptance, to prevent his brother from returning Jimmy to the institution.
Guest stars: John D'Aquino as Frank LaMotta, Laura Harrington as Connie LaMotta, Michael Allredge (Charlie Samuels), Ryan McWhorter (Corey LaMotta), Michael Madsen | ||||||||
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18 | 9 | "So Help Me God" | Andy Cadiff | Deborah Pratt | Leonard Dancey July 29, 1957 Louisiana |
November 29, 1989 | 65410 (2x09) |
| Though he can't remember much more than habeas corpus, Sam finds himself the defense attorney for a young black woman accused of murdering the son of the most powerful man in a small Louisiana town.
Guest stars: Byrne Piven as Captain Cotter, Tyra Ferrell as Delilah "Lila" Berry, Kathleen Noone as Sadie Cotter, Ketty Lester as Myrtle, John Apicella as Sheriff Dixon, Stacy Ray as Sugee Dancey, John Shepard as Bo Parsons, and William Schallert as Judge Haller | ||||||||
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19 | 10 | "Catch a Falling Star" | Donald Bellisario | Paul Brown | Ray Hutton May 21, 1979 Syracuse, New York |
December 6, 1989 | 65413 (2x10) |
| Sam leaps into Ray Hutton, the understudy for the role of Cervantes just seconds before curtain time. His mission: prevent the drunken star from falling and seriously injuring himself during a benefit performance of "Man of La Mancha". Sam isn't helped by the presence of his former piano teacher, on whom he once had a crush, and who now appears to have caught the star's eye as well.
Guest stars: John Cullum as John O'Malley, Michele Pawk Nicole, Janine Turner [ Michelle ], Ernie Sabella [ Manny ], Paul Sand [ Charlie ], Myra Turley [ Delores ] | ||||||||
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20 | 11 | "A Portrait for Troian" | Story by: John Hill & Scott Shepard Teleplay by: Donald Bellisario & Scott Shepherd |
Michael Zinberg | Timothy Mintz February 7, 1971 Near Los Angeles, California |
December 13, 1989 | 65409 (2x11) |
| Sam leaps into a renowned parapsychologist where he must prevent a young widow from joining her husband at the bottom of a lake, while proving that she's not crazy, despite her claims of hearing her dead husband calling to her.
Guest stars: Deborah Pratt as Troian Giovanni Claridge, Robert Torto as Jimmy Giovanni, Carolyn Seymour s Priscilla Stolz, Bett Ray as Mrs. Little | ||||||||
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21 | 12 | "Animal Frat" | Gilbert M. Shilton | Chris Ruppenthal | Knut "Wild Thing" Wileton October 19, 1967 Meeks College in California |
January 3, 1990 | 65417 (2x12) |
| Trapped in the body of Knut Wileton, better known as "Wild Thing", the typical frat jock, Sam must win the confidence of an attractive campus radical before she bombs the college's chemistry building as a protest against the war in Vietnam. | ||||||||
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22 | 13 | "Another Mother" | Joseph L. Scanlan | Deborah Pratt | Linda Bruckner September 30, 1981 Scottsdale, Arizona |
January 10, 1990 | 65415 (2x13) |
| As a divorced mother of three, Sam's job of preventing his teenage son from running away, never to be seen again, is made more interesting by the fact that his youngest daughter can see both him and Al. | ||||||||
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23 | 14 | "All-Americans" | Paul Brown & Donald P. Bellisario | John Cullum | Eddie Vega November 6, 1962 Woodland Hills, California |
January 17, 1990 | 65418 (2x14) |
| Keeping his best friend from throwing the high school championship football game, costing both of them their scholarship offers, Sam must also get their families to consolidate. | ||||||||
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24 | 15 | "Her Charm" | Donald Bellisario & Deborah Pratt (teleplay/story) Paul M. Belous & Robert Wolterstorff (story) |
Christopher T. Welch | Peter Langley September 26, 1973 Boston, Massachusetts |
February 7, 1990 | 65416 (2x15) |
| Protecting a female member of the witness protection program from a mafia hitman proves difficult for Sam, since the FBI appears to have an informant confounding his attempts to hide her. | ||||||||
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25 | 16 | "Freedom" | Alan J. Levi | Chris Ruppenthal | George Washaki November 22, 1970 Nevada |
February 14, 1990 | 65423 (2x16) |
| Rather than saving his grandfather's life, Sam has to escape from jail and elude the police long enough to get them both to the reservation, where the old man can die in peace, at home. | ||||||||
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26 | 17 | "Good Night, Dear Heart" | Christopher T. Welch | Paul Brown | Melvin Spooner November 9, 1957 Riven Rock, Massachusetts |
March 7, 1990 | 65424 (2x17) |
| Rather than saving the damsel of the episode, who supposedly committed suicide, Sam is the coroner trying to prove that she was murdered, and find out by whom.
Guest stars: William Cain as Roger Truesdale, Marcia Cross as Stephanie Heywood, Robert Duncan McNeill as Greg Truesdale, Deborah Strang as Aggie, & W.K. Stratton as Sheriff Lyle Roundtree | ||||||||
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27 | 18 | "Pool Hall Blues" | Joe Napolitano | Randy Holland | Charlie "Black Magic" Walters September 4, 1954 Chicago, Illinois |
March 14, 1990 | 65422 (2x18) |
| In order to help his granddaughter save a small bar from the slimy loan shark holding a note on the place, Sam has to play pool like a pro...with a little help from Al and Ziggy.
Guest stars: Shari Headley as Violet Walters, Theodore Wilson as Jimmy Grady, & Ken Foree as The Brush | ||||||||
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28 | 19 | "Leaping in Without a Net" | Christopher T. Welch | Tommy Thompson | Victor Panzini November 18, 1958 Near Denver, Colorado |
March 28, 1990 | 65421 (2x19) |
| Sam remembers he's afraid of heights when he leaps into a trapeze artist, whose sister wants him to catch her as she does a triple without a net. Dad is less than pleased, since his wife died a few years earlier while attempting the same stunt. | ||||||||
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29 | 20 | "Maybe Baby" | Julie Brown & Paul Brown | Michael Zinberg | Buster March 11, 1963 Texas |
April 4, 1990 | 65428 (2x20) |
| Babysitting a kidnapped tot and a flaky, compulsively lying stripper keeps Sam busy as they cross Texas, on the run from the legal father and a squad of cops. | ||||||||
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30 | 21 | "Sea Bride" | Joe Napolitano | Deborah Pratt | Phillip Dumont June 3, 1954 RMS Queen Mary in the Upper New York Bay |
May 2, 1990 | 65430 (2x21) |
| Aboard an ocean liner, Sam must stop the marriage of a young man's ex- wife to a mobster. In the process, he finds himself in one heck of a mess in the ship's garbage compartment. | ||||||||
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31 | 22 | "M.I.A." | Micheael Zinberg | Donald Bellisario | Jake Rawlings April 1, 1969 San Diego, California |
May 9, 1990 | 65412 (2x22) |
| When Sam leaps into the life of an undercover cop, Al explains that his mission is to convince a navy nurse that her MIA husband is still alive, and to prevent her from marrying a lawyer she meets on the day Sam leaps in. But a series of coincidences causes Sam to wonder about the true nature of his mission.
Guest stars: Susan Diol as Beth Calavicci, Jason Beghe as Det. Sgt. Roger Skaggs, Norman Large as Dirk Simon, Dan Ziskie as Sergeant Riley | ||||||||
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