Quantum Leap Season 2 |
Episode 1 - [Honeymoon Express] |
Details : April 27 1960: 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 Cast and Crew : Alice Adair as Diane McBride | Mathieu Carrière as Roget | Hank Rolike as Porter | Warren Frost as Committee Chairman | James Mastrantonio as Henri | Fitz Houston as Senator | King Moody as Senator | Director : Aaron Lipstadt | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | |
Air Date : Sep. 20, 1989 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
Episode 2 - [Disco Inferno] |
Details : April 1 1976: 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 Cast and Crew : Kelli Williams | Peter Onorati | Arnetia Walker | Kris Kamm as Chris Stone | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | Director : Gilbert M. Shilton | |
Air Date : Sep. 27, 1989 |
Episode 3 - [The Americanization Of Machiko] |
Details : August 4 1953: 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 Cast and Crew : K Callan | Elena Wohl | Patrick Massett | Leila Lee Olsen as Machiko Mackenzie | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | Director : Gilbert M. Shilton | |
Air Date : Oct. 11, 1989 |
Episode 4 - [What Price Gloria] |
Details : October 16 1961: 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 Cast and Crew : Jean Sagal | Liz Sagal | John Calvin | Director : Alan J. Levi | Writer : Deborah Pratt | |
Air Date : Oct. 25, 1989 |
Episode 5 - [Blind Faith] |
Details : February 6 1964: 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 Cast and Crew : Cynthia Bain as Michelle Stevens | Jennifer Rhodes as Agnes Stevens | Kevin Skousen as Peter O'Shannon | Writer : Scott Shepherd | Director : David G. Phinney | |
Air Date : Nov. 01, 1989 |
Episode 6 - [Good Morning Peoria] |
Details : September 9 1959: 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 Cast and Crew : Patricia Richardson as Rachel Porter | Richard McKenzie as Fred Beaman | Writer : Chris Ruppenthal | Director : Michael Zinberg | Writer : Michael Zinberg | |
Air Date : Nov. 08, 1989 |
Episode 7 - [Thou Shalt Not] |
Details : February 2 1974: 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 Cast and Crew : James Sutorius as Joe Basch | Terri Hanauer as Irene Basch | Lindsay Fischer as Karen Basch | Russ Tamblyn as Bert Glasserman | Jill Jacobson as Shirley Winnick | Twink Caplan as Hannah | Magda Harout as Mrs. Miriam Davitz | Writer : Tammy Ader | Director : Randy Roberts | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | |
Air Date : Nov. 15, 1989 |
Episode 8 - [Jimmy] |
Details : October 14 1964: Since mainstreaming the mentally retarded 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 Cast and Crew : Laura Harrington | Michael Madsen | Michael Alldredge | John D'Aquino | Ryan McWhorter | Director : James Whitmore Jr. | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | |
Air Date : Nov. 22, 1989 |
Episode 9 - [So Help Me God] |
Details : July 29 1957: 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 Cast and Crew : Byrne Piven | Tyra Ferrell | William Schallert | Kathleen Noone | Writer : Deborah Pratt | Director : Andy Cadiff | |
Air Date : Nov. 29, 1989 |
Episode 10 - [Catch A Falling Star] |
Details : May 21 1979: 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 Cast and Crew : John Cullum as John O'Malley | Michele Pawk as Nicole | Janine Turner as Michelle | Ernie Sabella as Manny | Paul Sand as Charlie | Myra Turley as Dolores | Director : Donald P. Bellisario | Writer : Paul Brown | |
Air Date : Dec. 06, 1989 |
Episode 11 - [A Portrait For Troian] |
Details : February 7 1971: 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 Cast and Crew : Deborah Pratt as Troian Claridge | Robert Torti as Jimmy Giovanni | Carolyn Seymour as Priscilla Stoltz | Director : Michael Zinberg | |
Air Date : Dec. 13, 1989 |
Episode 12 - [Animal Frat] |
Details : October 19 1967: 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Brian Haley | Hope Marie Carlton | Stacy Edwards | Stuart Fratkin | Raphael Sbarge | Writer : Gilbert M. Shilton | Writer : Chris Ruppenthal | Director : Gilbert M. Shilton | |
Air Date : Jan. 03, 1990 |
Episode 13 - [Another Mother] |
Details : September 30 1981: 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Olivia Burnette | Terrence Evans | Michael Stoyanov | Troian Bellisario | Larron Tate | Director : Joseph L. Scanlan | |
Air Date : Jan. 10, 1990 |
Episode 14 - [All Americans] |
Details : November 6 1962: 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Pepe Serna | Director : John Cullum | Writer : Paul Brown | |
Air Date : Jan. 17, 1990 |
Episode 15 - [Her Charm] |
Details : September 26 1973: 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Teri Austin | Stanley Brock | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | Director : Christopher T. Welch | |
Air Date : Feb. 07, 1990 |
Episode 16 - [Freedom] |
Details : November 22 1970: 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Tom Everett | Leon Rippy | Writer : Chris Ruppenthal | Director : Alan J. Levi | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | |
Air Date : Feb. 14, 1990 |
Episode 17 - [Good Night Dear Heart] |
Details : November 9 1957: 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 Cast and Crew : Robert Duncan McNeill | William Cain | Marcia Cross | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | Director : Christopher T. Welch | Writer : Paul Brown | |
Air Date : Mar. 07, 1990 |
Episode 18 - [Pool Hall Blues] |
Details : September 4 1954: 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 Cast and Crew : Ken Foree | Shari Headley | Director : Joe Napolitano | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | |
Air Date : Mar. 14, 1990 |
Episode 19 - [Leaping In Without A Net] |
Details : November 18 1958: 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jan Tríska as Laszlo Panzini | Fabiana Udenio as Eva Panzini | Richard Riehle as Clifford Vargas | Phil Fondacaro as Big Moe | Writer : Tommy Thompson | Director : Christopher T. Welch | |
Air Date : Mar. 28, 1990 |
Episode 20 - [Maybe Baby] |
Details : March 11 1963: 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Carmen Filpi | Julie Brown | Charles Frank | Writer : Julie Brown | Director : Michael Zinberg | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | Writer : Paul Brown | |
Air Date : Apr. 04, 1990 |
Episode 21 - [Sea Bride] |
Details : June 3 1954: 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. |
Guest Cast and Crew : J.G. Hertzler as Weathers Farrington | Louis Guss as Alfonso | Beverly Leech as Catherine Farrington | James Harper as Vincent Loggia | Patricia Harty as Marian Farrington | Director : Joe Napolitano | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | |
Air Date : May. 02, 1990 |
Episode 22 - [M i a] |
Details : April 1 1969: 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 Cast and Crew : Jason Beghe | Norman Large | Sierra Pecheur as Carol Simon | Director : Michael Zinberg | Writer : Donald P. Bellisario | |
Air Date : May. 09, 1990 |