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The Worst Episodes of Quantum Leap

Every episode of Quantum Leap ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Quantum Leap!

The Worst Episodes of Quantum Leap

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. Background image for Blood Moon
    6.1/10(450 votes)

    #1 - Blood Moon

    S5:E15

    March 10, 1975: As an eccentric, possibly vampiric, artist just outside of London, Sam must bear with Al's superstitions, while trying to prevent the death of his host's young wife, at the hands of a couple who are taking a sacrificial ceremony in honor of the "blood moon."

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  2. Background image for A Portrait for Troian
    6.8/10(595 votes)

    #2 - A Portrait for Troian

    S2:E11

    February 7, 1971: Sam leaps into a renowned parapsychologist where he must prevent a young widow from joining her husband at the bottom of a lake, while proving that she's not crazy, despite her claims of hearing her dead husband calling to her.

    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Moments to Live
    6.8/10(436 votes)

    #3 - Moments to Live

    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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  4. Background image for Stand Up
    6.8/10(455 votes)

    #4 - Stand Up

    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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  5. Background image for Liberation
    6.8/10(423 votes)

    #5 - Liberation

    S5:E13

    October 16, 1968: Leaping into a housewife and mother of two on the verge of women's lib, Sam must prevent the death of his daughter during a sit in, while convincing the girl's father that his marriage can survive a liberated wife and daughter.

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  6. Background image for Dr. Ruth
    6.8/10(436 votes)

    #6 - Dr. Ruth

    S5:E14

    April 25, 1985: While Sam is in 1985, running her radio talk show, playing matchmaker to her producers, and trying to help a young secretary who's being sexually harassed by her boss, Dr. Ruth Westheimer spends her time in the Waiting Room, counseling Al on his feelings towards his five wives, as well as his relationship with Tina.

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  8. Background image for The Play's the Thing
    6.9/10(443 votes)

    #7 - The Play's the Thing

    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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  9. Background image for A Tale of Two Sweeties
    6.9/10(416 votes)

    #8 - A Tale of Two Sweeties

    S5:E12

    February 25, 1958: As a horse-playing, traveling brush salesman, Sam finds himself with two wives and two families. Although Ziggy predicts that Sam's mission is to choose between the two lives, the choice is made more difficult by the fact that there's only a 50/50 chance that he'll choose the right one. As if things weren't bad enough, Sam finds that his penniless host owes a pair of bookies some big bucks.

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  10. Background image for The Beast Within
    6.9/10(383 votes)

    #9 - The Beast Within

    S5:E19

    November 6, 1972: Sam leaps into Henry Adams, one of a trio of friends who fought in Vietnam and came home each with their own personal scars and the memory of a lost buddy. He has to save the life of a friend, Roy, as well as of a young boy, Daniel, who ventures into the woods of Washington looking for proof of Bigfoot.

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  11. Background image for Her Charm
    7.0/10(537 votes)

    #10 - Her Charm

    S2:E15

    September 26, 1973: Protecting a female member of the witness protection program from a mafia hitman proves difficult for Sam, since the FBI appears to have an informant confounding his attempts to hide her.

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  12. Background image for Maybe Baby
    7.0/10(519 votes)

    #11 - Maybe Baby

    S2:E20

    March 11, 1963: Babysitting a kidnapped tot and a flaky, compulsively lying stripper keeps Sam busy as they cross Texas, on the run from the legal father and a squad of cops.

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  13. Background image for Sea Bride
    7.0/10(523 votes)

    #12 - Sea Bride

    S2:E21

    June 3, 1954: Aboard an ocean liner, Sam must stop the marriage of a young man's ex-wife to a mobster. In the process, he finds himself in one heck of a mess in the ship's garbage compartment.

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  14. Background image for One Strobe Over the Line
    7.0/10(496 votes)

    #13 - One Strobe Over the Line

    S3:E4

    June 15, 1965: Sam is a photographer who must protect a fashion model from a growing dependency on amphetamines and a predatory manager's ambitions.

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  15. Background image for Heart of a Champion
    7.0/10(446 votes)

    #14 - Heart of a Champion

    S3:E20

    July 23, 1955: The heart of a champion belongs to Ronnie, a professional wrestler, who will die if he competes in the title match. Sam, as his brother and new partner Terry, must convince him of his hidden health problem, while avoiding his own health problem - the jealous wrestler-husband of a woman who has taken an amorous interest in Sam.

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  16. Background image for The Last Gunfighter
    7.0/10(432 votes)

    #15 - The Last Gunfighter

    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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  17. Background image for How the Tess Was Won
    7.1/10(853 votes)

    #16 - How the Tess Was Won

    S1:E4

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

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  18. Background image for Thou Shalt Not...
    7.1/10(596 votes)

    #17 - Thou Shalt Not...

    S2:E7

    February 2, 1974: Sam's task as a rabbi is to keep his sister-in-law from falling for a sleazy author and ruining her life. In the process he also helps the family recover from the year-old death of their son.

    Director:Randy Roberts
    Writer:Tammy Ader
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  19. Background image for Leaping in Without a Net
    7.1/10(529 votes)

    #18 - Leaping in Without a Net

    S2:E19

    November 18, 1958: Sam remembers he's afraid of heights when he leaps into a trapeze artist, whose sister wants him to catch her as she does a triple without a net. Dad is less than pleased, since his wife died a few years earlier while attempting the same stunt.

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  20. Background image for Piano Man
    7.1/10(504 votes)

    #19 - Piano Man

    S3:E15

    November 10, 1985: Joey Dinardo is a lounge lizard on the run from mob hitmen. When Sam leaps in, his ex-girlfriend, and former musical partner have found him, and now both are on a run for their lives from a killer who seems to know their every move.

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  21. Background image for Dreams
    7.1/10(470 votes)

    #20 - Dreams

    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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  22. Background image for A Song for the Soul
    7.1/10(458 votes)

    #21 - A Song for the Soul

    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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  23. Background image for Double Identity
    7.2/10(789 votes)

    #22 - Double Identity

    S1:E5

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

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  24. Background image for Animal Frat
    7.2/10(565 votes)

    #23 - Animal Frat

    S2:E12

    October 19, 1967: Trapped in the body of Knut Wileton, better known as "Wild Thing," the typical frat jock, Sam must win the confidence of an attractive campus radical before she bombs the college's chemistry building as a protest against the war in Vietnam.

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  25. Background image for All-Americans
    7.2/10(539 votes)

    #24 - All-Americans

    S2:E14

    November 6, 1962: Keeping his best friend from throwing the high school championship football game, costing both of them their scholarship offers, Sam must also get their families to consolidate.

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  26. Background image for Leap of Faith
    7.2/10(504 votes)

    #25 - Leap of Faith

    S3:E3

    August 19, 1963: Sam finds himself in one holy mess as a priest in Philadelphia, trying to help an alcoholic priest deal with a killer and the death of a young parishioner.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Blood Moon" is the worst rated episode of "Quantum Leap". It scored 6.1/10 based on 450 votes. Directed by Alan J. Levi and written by Tommy Thompson, it aired on 2/9/1993. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Portrait for Troian".