Scientist Sam Beckett finds himself trapped in time, "leaping" into the body of a different person, in a different time period each week.
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Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 16 wins & 43 nominations. See more awards »
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Doctor Sam Beckett led a group of top scientists into the desert to research his theory that a man could time travel within his own lifetime. Unfortunately, in order to save his funding, he was forced to enter the accelerator prematurely and vanished. He then found himself in someone else's body with partial amnesia. His only contact from home is Al, a holographic image only he can see and hear. Setting right things which once went wrong, Sam leaps from life to life, hoping each time that this is the final leap home. Written by Kevin <[email protected]>

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26 March 1989 (USA)  »

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A través del tiempo  »

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Trivia

This show had several references to Donald P. Bellisario's previous series, Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982), including a character named "Gooshie". Quantum Leap: Ghost Ship - August 13, 1956 (1992) featured Captain Cutter, who was the main character in Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982), See more »

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If "God" was the one leaping Sam, then it would be because God made a mistake. But theoretically speaking, God is perfect and cannot make mistakes. See more »

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Al: Don't do anything I wouldn't do. And if you do, take pictures.
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Referenced in The Thirteenth Floor (1999) See more »

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Quantum Leap Main Title
Written by Mike Post
Courtesy of Music Corp. of America (BMI)
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A great series - one of the best ever
22 July 2004 | by See all my reviews

What can I say? I loved this series! It had humor, it had sorrow, it had drama, it had suspense. It spanned the dimensions of every emotion, even when the plot was painfully thin.

Sure, there were some episodes that would have been better left on the cutting floor, but for the most part each episode was a single contained enjoyable event.

I didn't like the ending, but as it has been said the network decided to end the series and so they didn't care much how it ended.

I'm waiting for the entire series to be out on DVD (the first season is already out). I could watch these over and over ... and I will!


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