August 8, 1955: In the life of Jesse Tyler, an aging black chauffeur, Sam must face discrimination in the South while trying to prevent the passing of an elderly white woman. Actions motivated by his own belief in equality cause unhappy reactions, as Sam tries to convince one of the pillars of the community to change her views on racism and the futility of trying to change a society for the better.

Quantum Leap Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Genesis (1)
• s01e02 - Genesis (2)
• s01e03 - Star-Crossed
• s01e04 - The Right Hand of God
• s01e05 - How the Tess Was Won
• s01e06 - Double Identity
• s01e07 - The Color of Truth
• s01e08 - Camikazi Kid
• s01e09 - Play It Again, Seymour

Quantum Leap Show Summary

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.