6.6/101,308 votes#1 - July 13th, 1985
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2022
A new team assembles to restart the Quantum Leap project. Lead physicist Ben Song takes an unauthorized leap into 1985 as the team scrambles to figure out what happened and how to get him back.
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Writer: Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
7.0/10971 votes#2 - Atlantis
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2022
Ben finds himself headed into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1995. Addison confides to Ian about a discovery and finds herself at odds with Magic and Jenn.
Director: David McWhirter
Writer: Robert Hull
7.2/10864 votes#3 - Somebody Up There Likes Ben
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2022
Ben leaps to flashy 1970s Las Vegas and into the body of promising young boxer Danny Hill on the eve of a big title fight. Ben and Addison must help Danny win the fight or lose everything. Magic, Ian and Jenn dig into Ben’s past to uncover the truth.
Director: Marcus Stokes
Writer: Drew Lindo
7.4/10821 votes#4 - A Decent Proposal
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2022
Ben leaps to 1980s Los Angeles and into the body of Eva Sandoval, a no-nonsense bounty hunter in the midst of securing an elusive target. Ben remembers more about his own life.
Director: Rachel Talalay
Writer: Moira Kirland
6.9/10752 votes#5 - Salvation or Bust
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2022
Ben is transported back to 1879 and the rustic, frontier town of Salvation, where he must take on a deadly outlaw. Magic, Jenn and Ian face a new threat when a curious senator shows up at headquarters asking questions about the Quantum Leap program.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Benjamin Raab, Deric A. Hughes
7.4/10711 votes#6 - What a Disaster!
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/2022
Ben and Addison find themselves in San Francisco during the historic 1989 earthquake. As the city continues to crumble with aftershocks, Ben must try to mend a family in chaos as Jenn and Ian search for clues to an unsettling mystery.
Director: Helen Shaver, Chris Grismer
Writer: Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt, Martin Gero
7.4/10723 votes#7 - O Ye of Little Faith
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/2022
Ben leaps into a priest who has been called to assist a family in crisis on Halloween night; as he delves into mysterious and inexplicable events, he's forced to muster all his resources as a scientist before time runs out.
Director: Chris Grismer
Writer: Margarita Matthews
7.3/10637 votes#8 - Stand by Ben
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/2022
Ben leaps into the body of a 16-year-old boy and finds himself among a group of outcast teens on the run. Ben relies on determination to try and guide himself and Addison to safety, all leading to a shocking revelation as a significant piece of his memory returns.
Director: Avi Youabian
Writer: Emily Kim
7.4/10621 votes#9 - Fellow Travelers
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/2/2023
Ben lands in 1979 Chicago as Jack Armstrong, a devoted security guard to talented pop singer Carly Farmer. During Carly’s prep for a concert, it quickly becomes clear her life is in danger and Ben must determine who is trying to kill her and why.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
7.4/10561 votes#10 - Paging Dr. Song
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/2023
Ben leaps into Alexandra Tomkinson, a medical resident in a Seattle hospital. As victims from a train crash pour into the ER, Addison reveals Ben’s complicated mission, he must go up against hospital bosses to save lives and Alexandra’s career.
Director: Tessa Blake
Writer: Benjamin Raab, Deric A. Hughes
7.9/10662 votes#11 - Leap. Die. Repeat.
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/30/2023
When Ben leaps into one of five people in an elevator at a 1962 nuclear reactor, he must figure which one triggers a bomb that kills them all. Each time the bomb goes off, he leaps into another one of them an hour earlier, resetting the scene.
Director: Pamela Romanowsky
Writer: Margarita Matthews
5.3/101,580 votes#12 - Let Them Play
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/6/2023
Ben finds himself in 2012 in the midst of the Mendéz family as they help their transgender daughter, Gia, who dreams of playing on her high school basketball team. Magic and Jenn discover another piece of the puzzle of why Ben leapt in the first place.
Director: Shakina Nayfack, Morenike Joela Evans
Writer: Shakina Nayfack
7.2/10505 votes#13 - Family Style
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/27/2023
When Ben leaps into an Indian family to try to prevent their beloved family restaurant from burning down, he finds an emotional connection with their matriarch through memories of his own. Magic and Jenn share a surprising revelation with Ian.
Director: Deborah Pratt
Writer: Aadrita Mukerji
7.8/10505 votes#14 - S.O.S.
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/6/2023
When Ben leaps onto a naval battleship during war games in 1989, he must not only navigate a dangerous rescue mission but also contend with his commanding officer, XO Alexander Augustine, otherwise known as Addison's father.
Director: Chris Grismer
Writer: Dean Georgaris
7.1/10441 votes#15 - Ben Song for the Defense
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/13/2023
When Ben leaps into a harried public defender, he must keep an innocent teenager accused of murder out of prison for life. In an unexpected turn of events, Jenn puts her legal expertise to the test as she steps in as the hologram.
Director: Kristin Windell
Writer: Romy Loor
7.6/10447 votes#16 - Ben, Interrupted
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/20/2023
When Ben lands in a 1950s psychiatric institution, he must engineer a daring escape for a young woman unjustly committed by her husband. Meanwhile, the team is shocked to learn the identity of a mole in Quantum headquarters.
Director: Jude Weng
Writer: Annelise Kollevoll Medina
7.8/10472 votes#17 - The Friendly Skies
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/27/2023
When Ben leaps aboard a 1970s passenger jet as a flight attendant, he must outwit its hijackers before it mysteriously crashes into the Atlantic, and worse, he has to do it all without Ziggy’s help.
Director: Linda Mendoza
Writer: Alex Berger
8.1/10513 votes#18 - Judgement Day
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/2023
Ben’s next leap takes him closer to home than he ever expected. The team faces the ultimate showdown with Leaper X as they battle for the future of the Quantum Leap project and their lives.
Director: Chris Grismer
Writer: Margarita Matthews
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It's been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaMystery
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"July 13th, 1985" is the best rated episode of "Quantum Leap" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 1308 votes. Directed by Thor Freudenthal and written by Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt, it aired on 9/19/2022. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Atlantis".