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The Best Episodes of Quantum Leap Season 4

Every episode of Quantum Leap Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Quantum Leap Season 4!

The Best Episodes of Quantum Leap Season 4

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...

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  1. 8.8/10(676 votes)

    #1 - The Leap Back

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    S4:E1

    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 death of a returning World War II hero and his former girl friend.

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  2. 8.5/10(541 votes)

    #2 - A Leap for Lisa

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    S4:E22

    June 25, 1957: Sam leaps into Al Calavicci to prevent the death 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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  3. 8.3/10(495 votes)

    #3 - It's A Wonderful Leap

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    S4:E18

    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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  4. 8.2/10(490 votes)

    #4 - Justice

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    S4:E4

    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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    Director:Rob Bowman
  5. 8.2/10(516 votes)

    #5 - Raped

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    S4:E6

    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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  6. 7.8/10(488 votes)

    #6 - Running for Honor

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    S4:E12

    June 11, 1964: As a track star in a Navy college, Sam must prevent the death 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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    Director:Bob Hulme
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  8. 7.8/10(483 votes)

    #7 - Temptation Eyes

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    S4:E13

    February 1, 1985: A serial killer 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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  9. 7.6/10(486 votes)

    #8 - The Wrong Stuff

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    S4:E7

    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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    Writer:Paul Brown
  10. 7.6/10(463 votes)

    #9 - Ghost Ship

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    S4:E16

    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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  11. 7.4/10(444 votes)

    #10 - A Single Drop of Rain

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    S4:E9

    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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  12. 7.4/10(425 votes)

    #11 - Roberto!

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    S4:E17

    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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  13. 7.4/10(449 votes)

    #12 - The Curse of Ptah-Hotep

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    S4:E20

    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 deaths 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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  14. 7.3/10(457 votes)

    #13 - Play Ball

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    S4:E2

    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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  15. 7.3/10(462 votes)

    #14 - Permanent Wave

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    S4:E5

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

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  16. 7.3/10(441 votes)

    #15 - Unchained

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    S4:E10

    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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  17. 7.2/10(458 votes)

    #16 - Hurricane

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    S4:E3

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

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  18. 7.1/10(463 votes)

    #17 - Dreams

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    S4:E8

    February 28, 1979: It's more like a nightmare when Sam leaps into a detective, investigating a gruesome murder. 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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  19. 7.1/10(451 votes)

    #18 - A Song for the Soul

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    S4:E15

    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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  20. 7.0/10(424 votes)

    #19 - The Last Gunfighter

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    S4:E14

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

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  21. 6.9/10(435 votes)

    #20 - The Play's the Thing

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    S4:E11

    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 death," returning with her son to Cleveland.

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  22. 6.8/10(431 votes)

    #21 - Moments to Live

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    S4:E19

    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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  23. 6.8/10(448 votes)

    #22 - Stand Up

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    S4:E21

    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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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Leap Back" is the best rated episode of "Quantum Leap" season 4. It scored 8.8/10 based on 676 votes. Directed by Michael Zinberg and written by Donald P. Bellisario, it aired on 9/18/1991. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "A Leap for Lisa".