Quantum Leap
Season 4

s04e01 / The Leap Back

19th Sep '91 - 12:00am
The Leap Back Summary

June 15, 1945: Struck by lightning, Sam and Al find their roles reversed, as Sam returns to the future, and to a long-lost love, while Al leaps back to 1945 to prevent the passing of a returning World War II hero and his former girl friend.

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s04e02 / Play Ball

26th Sep '91 - 12:00am
Play Ball Summary

August 6, 1961: A pitcher on a minor league baseball team, Sam must decide if he's there to help a fellow team member, get his host back into the major leagues, or baby-sit the porcine team mascot, all while resisting the amorous advances of the women in his life.

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s04e03 / Hurricane

3rd Oct '91 - 12:00am
Hurricane Summary

August 17, 1969: Sam meets Camille, and possibly a hugger, when he leaps into a deputy sheriff in a small Mississippi town, lying in the path of a deadly hurricane.

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s04e04 / Justice

10th Oct '91 - 12:00am
Justice Summary

May 11, 1965: Sam must don the robe of a Ku Klux Klansman in order to save the life of an ambitious young civil rights leader, who is trying to register black voters.

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s04e05 / Permanent Wave

17th Oct '91 - 12:00am
Permanent Wave Summary

June 2, 1983: Sam leaps into Frank Bianca, a hairstylist in leather pants, to prevent the passing of a young cuddle witness and his mother.

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s04e06 / Raped

31st Oct '91 - 1:00am
Raped Summary

June 20, 1980: It's up to Sam to try to bring a rapist to justice when he leaps into the perp's victim, a young woman who may have been unwilling to press charges against the young man - the son of the pillar of the community.

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s04e07 / The Wrong Stuff

7th Nov '91 - 1:00am
The Wrong Stuff Summary

January 24, 1961: The fates make a monkey out of Sam when he leaps into Bobo, an astro-chimp who must avoid succumbing to the experiments of an Air Force neurologist.

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s04e08 / Dreams

14th Nov '91 - 1:00am
Dreams Summary

February 28, 1979: It's more like a nightmare when Sam leaps into a detective, investigating a gruesome cuddle. He may be next if he doesn't find out who eviscerated the victim and his only hope is the victim's catatonic son and her husband's psychiatrist. The horrific flashbacks he's experiencing don't help matters much either.

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s04e09 / A Single Drop of Rain

21st Nov '91 - 1:00am
A Single Drop of Rain Summary

September 7, 1953: A devastating drought will be the ruin of a small town unless Sam, as Billy Beaumont, 'purveyor of precipitation and maker of rain', can find a way to make it rain, while keeping his family together in the process.

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s04e10 / Unchained

28th Nov '91 - 1:00am
Unchained Summary

November 2, 1956: Sam and a fellow convict named Boone are the defiant ones when Sam has to rescue his companion from a fifteen-year sentence on a chain gang.

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s04e11 / The Play's the Thing

9th Jan '92 - 1:00am
The Play's the Thing Summary

September 9, 1969: May meets December when Sam leaps into a young actor in love with an older woman, who is also an aspiring singer. If he can't boost her confidence and help her get her career on track, she will face a 'fate worse than passing', returning with her son to Cleveland.

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s04e12 / Running for Honor

16th Jan '92 - 1:00am
Running for Honor Summary

June 11, 1964: As a track star in a Navy college, Sam must prevent the passing of his ex- roommate, who was expelled because he was gay, and who is slated to die at the hands of a group of bigoted cadets.

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s04e13 / Temptation Eyes

23rd Jan '92 - 1:00am
Temptation Eyes Summary

February 1, 1985: A serial hugger stalks San Francisco while Sam as Dillion Powell, a TV reporter, protects a beautiful psychic who's working on the case, from becoming the next victim. The young lady is very clear of sight, as Sam and Al soon discover.

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s04e14 / The Last Gunfighter

30th Jan '92 - 1:00am
The Last Gunfighter Summary

November 28, 1957: Sam finds himself in the life of Tyler Meanes, a teller of tall tales who faces passing at the hand of an old friend in a shootout at high noon.

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s04e15 / A Song for the Soul

27th Feb '92 - 1:00am
A Song for the Soul Summary

April 7, 1963: As a backup singer in a black, amateur girl group Sam finds between the fifteen year-old lead singer and her father as he attempts to rescue the girl from a sleazy night club owner's clutches.

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s04e16 / Ghost Ship

5th Mar '92 - 1:00am
Ghost Ship Summary

August 13, 1956: Flying over the Bermuda Triangle, Sam, as the co-pilot, must prevent the flight from returning to Virginia, to get a seriously ill passenger to a doctor before she dies. Flying through the triangle is riskier than it seems, and Sam, deprived of Al's help when the hologram fades out, must get them through alive.

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s04e17 / Roberto!

12th Mar '92 - 1:00am
Roberto! Summary

January 27, 1982: Sam, as 'Roberto!' is a tabloid talk show host a la Geraldo who, with an asthmatic rival and co-worker, tries to uncover a mystery at a local chemical plant, a mystery, which may prove to be deadly for his co-worker.

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s04e18 / It's a Wonderful Leap

2nd Apr '92 - 1:00am
It's a Wonderful Leap Summary

May 10, 1958: Sam finds himself behind the wheel of a New York taxicab, in the life of Max Greenman, a driver striving to win his own tag, a license to drive his own cab. His mission is aided with the help of a woman who claims to be a guardian angel.

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s04e19 / Moments to Live

9th Apr '92 - 12:00am
Moments to Live Summary

May 4, 1985: Sam is a soap opera heart surgeon and the obsession of a love-struck, if somewhat deranged fan. He must escape from the woman and her husband who kidnap him for reproductive purposes

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s04e20 / The Curse of Ptah-Hotep

23rd Apr '92 - 12:00am
The Curse of Ptah-Hotep Summary

March 2, 1957: It's almost as though Sam were on vacation when, as Egyptologist Dale Conway, he gets to read hieroglyphics, search lost tombs, and, of course, visit Egypt. But between an encroaching sandstorm, computer glitches back at the Project, the suspicious passings of the guides, and a 3000-year-old curse to round things off, Sam has very little time to play in the sand.

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s04e21 / Stand Up

14th May '92 - 12:00am
Stand Up Summary

April 30, 1959: Sam, as the singing half of a comedy team, soon finds that trying to convince two people that they're truly in love is no laughing matter, especially when one of them is the object of a sleazy casino owner's desire.

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s04e22 / A Leap for Lisa

21st May '92 - 12:00am
A Leap for Lisa Summary

June 25, 1957: Sam leaps into Al Calavicci to prevent the passing of his married lover. But when Sam accidentally alters history, and finds out too late about her untimely demise, it could mean the gas chamber for Al and disturbingly a whole new situation at Project Quantum Leap.

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