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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. 6.1/10(443 votes)

    #1 - Blood Moon

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    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. 6.8/10(431 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 6.8/10(448 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 6.8/10(430 votes)

    #4 - Dr. Ruth

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    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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  5. 6.9/10(578 votes)

    #5 - A Portrait for Troian

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  6. 6.9/10(435 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. 6.9/10(408 votes)

    #7 - A Tale of Two Sweeties

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    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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  9. 6.9/10(415 votes)

    #8 - Liberation

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    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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  10. 7.0/10(825 votes)

    #9 - The Right Hand of God

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    S1:E4

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

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  11. 7.0/10(523 votes)

    #10 - Her Charm

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    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. 7.0/10(509 votes)

    #11 - Maybe Baby

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    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. 7.0/10(511 votes)

    #12 - Sea Bride

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    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. 7.0/10(488 votes)

    #13 - One Strobe Over the Line

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    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. 7.0/10(440 votes)

    #14 - Heart of a Champion

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    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. 7.0/10(424 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. 7.0/10(376 votes)

    #16 - The Beast Within

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    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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  18. 7.1/10(583 votes)

    #17 - Thou Shalt Not...

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    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.

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    Director:Randy Roberts
    Writer:Tammy Ader
  19. 7.1/10(520 votes)

    #18 - Leaping in Without a Net

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    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. 7.1/10(494 votes)

    #19 - Leap of Faith

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    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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  21. 7.1/10(496 votes)

    #20 - Piano Man

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    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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  22. 7.1/10(463 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. 7.1/10(451 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. 7.2/10(767 votes)

    #23 - How the Tess Was Won

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    S1:E5

    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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  25. 7.2/10(724 votes)

    #24 - Play it Again, Seymour

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    S1:E9

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.2/10(549 votes)

    #25 - Animal Frat

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    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Blood Moon" is the worst rated episode of "Quantum Leap". It scored 6.1/10 based on 443 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, "Moments to Live".