The Best Episodes of Quantum Leap Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(5602 votes)

   #1 - Genesis

   S1:E13/26/1989

   September 13, 1956: Sam Beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization that he does not belong there...

   Director:David Hemmings

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario

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   Director:David Hemmings

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
2. 

   7.8/10(966 votes)

   #2 - Star-Crossed

   S1:E23/31/1989

   June 15, 1972: Sam leaps into the persona of a womanizing college professor in 1972, encounters his lost love and attempts to reshape the past

   Director:Mark Sobel

   Writer:Deborah Pratt

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   Director:Mark Sobel

   Writer:Deborah Pratt
3. 

   7.5/10(923 votes)

   #3 - The Right Hand of God

   S1:E34/7/1989

   October 24, 1974: Sam lands in 1974 as a young boxer caught between fight-fixing gangsters and hopeful nuns who now own his contract.

   Director:Gilbert M. Shilton

   Writer:John Hill

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   Director:Gilbert M. Shilton

   Writer:John Hill
4. 

   7.1/10(866 votes)

   #4 - How the Tess Was Won

   S1:E44/14/1989

   August 5, 1956: Sam finds himself on a Texas ranch in 1956 as a submissive veterinarian in love with a tough rancher.

   Director:Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Deborah Arakelian

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   Director:Ivan Dixon

   Writer:Deborah Arakelian
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   7.3/10(797 votes)

   #5 - Double Identity

   S1:E54/21/1989

   November 8, 1965: Sam becomes a hit man in 1965 whose romance with the godfather's girlfriend places him in danger.

   Director:Aaron Lipstadt

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario

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   Director:Aaron Lipstadt

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
6. 

   7.4/10(774 votes)

   #6 - The Color of Truth

   S1:E65/3/1989

   August 8, 1955: Sam experiences racism firsthand when he leaps into the body of an elderly black man in the pre-civil rights South of 1955.

   Director:Michael Vejar

   Writer:Deborah Pratt

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   Director:Michael Vejar

   Writer:Deborah Pratt
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   8.5/10(893 votes)

   #7 - Camikazi Kid

   S1:E75/10/1989

   June 6, 1961: Sam leaps into the life of a teen-age hot-rodder who must stop his sister from marrying a wealthy bully.

   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Paul Brown

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   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Paul Brown
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   8.1/10(831 votes)

   #8 - Play it Again, Seymour

   S1:E85/17/1989

   April 14, 1953: With looks that could double for Humphrey Bogart, Sam is Nick Allen, a private investigator looking for the murderer of his partner and, if he doesn't find the answer in time, himself. The case is solved with a number of Casablanca references as Sam launches a new pulp novelist along the way.

   Director:Aaron Lipstadt

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Aaron Lipstadt

   Writer:Unknown