Quantum Leap (season 4)

Season four of Quantum Leap ran on NBC from September 18, 1991 to May 20, 1992. It consists of twenty-two episodes.

Quantum Leap
Season 4
DVD cover
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 18, 1991 – May 20, 1992
Season chronology

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Leap location & date	Original air date	Prod. code
54	1	"The Leap Back"	Michael Zinberg	Donald P. Bellisario	Crown Point, Indiana June 15, 1945	September 18, 1991	67303
Sam and Al switch roles after a lightning strike. This allows Sam to return home to his wife, but when Al leaps into Captain Tom Jarrett (played by Dean Denton), he is set to be killed by his lover's jealous ex-fiance, Sam must act as his hologram in order to save Al and continue to leap through time.
55	2	"Play Ball"	Joe Napolitano	Tommy Thompson	Galveston, Texas August 6, 1961	September 25, 1991	67305
Sam is a washed-out baseball player named Lester "Doc" Fuller (played by Owen Rutledge) who has to help a younger and angrier player get into the major leagues, the player reminding him of Al when they first met. Note: Neal McDonough also guest stars.
56	3	"Hurricane"	Michael Watkins	Chris Ruppenthal	Jackson Point, Mississippi August 17, 1969	October 2, 1991	67306
Sam leaps into Archie Necaise, a small-town sheriff in the middle of Hurricane Camille. He must keep his host's girlfriend from being killed in the storm... or by anyone else.
57	4	"Justice"	Rob Bowman	Toni Graphia	Alabama May 11, 1965	October 9, 1991	67309
Sam leaps into a man named Clyde (played by Glenn Edden) just as he is about to join the KKK, out of respect for the racist family he has married into. He must prevent Black civil rights leader Nathaniel from being lynched by the Klan, as well as trying to explain to his host's son the evils of racism. Due to Sam's upbringing, he finds it very difficult to act like the person he has leaped into to avoid his own lynching. Note: Michael Beach and Glenn Morshower also guest star.
58	5	"Permanent Wave"	Scott Bakula	Beverly Bridges	Beverly Hills, California June 2, 1983	October 16, 1991	67302
Sam is Frank Bianca (played by Robert Jacobs), a male hair stylist living with his girlfriend, a single mother. When her child witnesses a murder of a mall drugstore clerk just as Sam leaps in, the boy's mother won't let him tell the police what he saw, and the killer is getting closer and closer to make sure that he never will. Joseph Gordon-Levitt also guest stars. Note: This is Scott Bakula's directorial debut. He also directed two other episodes in the series.
59	6	"Raped"	Michael Zinberg	Beverly Bridges	Mill Valley, California June 20, 1980	October 30, 1991	67312
Sam leaps into Katie McBain (played by Cheryl Pollak), a woman who has just been raped by the town's All-American boy. He must make sure that justice is done, resulting in the woman herself being brought into the Imaging Chamber to testify at the rapist's trial. Note: Unlike most episodes, the cast member who plays the "leapee" (Cheryl Pollak) is spotlighted in the opening credits.
60	7	"The Wrong Stuff"	Joe Napolitano	Paul Brown	Cape Canaveral, Florida January 24, 1961	November 6, 1991	67308
In a very bizarre out-of-the-human host, Sam leaps into Bobo, an astro-chimp whom he must get into the space program – or he'll disappear forever due to unethical helmet testing methods. Note: This is the only episode where Sam does not leap into a human being.
61	8	"Dreams"	Anita W. Addison	Deborah Pratt	Malibu, California February 28, 1979	November 13, 1991	67320
Sam leaps into a cop named Jack Stone (played by David Garrison) just as he finds a man accused of murdering his wife, before killing himself and emotionally crippling their children. He must uncover a childhood trauma of the man he leaped into (which has unfortunately remained in Sam's head after the leap) and catch a murderer before his host becomes the next victim.
62	9	"A Single Drop of Rain"	Virgil W. Vogel	S : Donald P. Bellisario & Ralph Meyering, Jr. S/T : Richard C. Okie	Clover Bend, Texas September 7, 1953	November 20, 1991	67317
Sam is William "Billy" Beaumont (played by Ted Baader), a traveling rainmaker returning home to a farming community suffering from a drought, who has to make it rain while preventing his host's brother's wife from running away with him.
63	10	"Unchained"	Michael Watkins	Paris Qualles	Talawaga County, Mississippi November 2, 1956	November 27, 1991	67314
Sam is Chance Cole (played by Mark Kemble), an escaped convict who is chained to a wrongly accused black man named Jasper who escape together only to be recaptured again. Sam must find a way to prove Jasper's innocence to the corrupt warden as the string of robberies continue.
64	11	"The Play's the Thing"	Eric Laneuville	Beverly Bridges	New York City September 9, 1969	January 8, 1992	67301
Sam leaps into a man named Joseph "Joe" Thurlow (played by Will Schaub) who's dating a much, much older woman and must convince her not to move back to Cleveland with her straight-arrow son and his wife. And somehow he also has to get through a nude version of Hamlet. Note: Robert Pine, Daniel Roebuck, and Anna Gunn also guest star.
65	12	"Running For Honor"	Bob Hulme	Bobby Duncan	Near Lakeside, Macomb County, Michigan June 11, 1964	January 15, 1992	67319
Sam leaps into Thomas "Tommy" York (played by Beau Windham), an honor-roll cadet at the Naval Academy who might be gay. His roommate was kicked out of the Naval Academy for being gay and Sam must stop his former roommate from being killed by a bigoted gang of midshipmen.
66	13	"Temptation Eyes"	Christopher Hibler	Paul Brown	San Francisco February 1, 1985	January 22, 1992	67322
As a rash of serial murders take place in San Francisco, Sam leaps into a television reporter named Dylan Powell who must prevent a psychic who is helping the police from becoming the next victim. But when she discovers who Sam really is, they fall for each other and the ordeal becomes very personal. Note: The song that was played when the episode originally aired, I Want to Know What Love Is, topped the Billboard Hot 100 during early February 1985, when it was set.
67	14	"The Last Gunfighter"	Joe Napolitano	T : Chris Ruppenthal S/T : Sam Rolfe	Coffin, Arizona November 28, 1957	January 29, 1992	67318
Sam is a retired gunfighter named Tyler Means (played by Paul Bordman) who's living with his family in an Old West town that is used for tourism and films. He must face his former partner, who wants to kill Sam because his host stole his heroic antics for his own, while also preventing his host's grandson from ruining his life after his image of his grandfather is ruined.
68	15	"A Song for the Soul"	Michael Watkins	Deborah Pratt	Chicago, Illinois April 7, 1963	February 26, 1992	67304
Sam leaps into Cheree, a member of an all-girl teenage R&B trio, and must prevent one of the singers from signing a cheap contract and ruining their lives. Starring Eriq La Salle as club manager Robert Z. Lee.
69	16	"Ghost Ship"	Anita W. Addison	Donald P. Bellisario & Paris Qualles	Bermuda Triangle August 13, 1956	March 4, 1992	67307
Sam leaps into Eddie Brackett (played by Mark McPherson), co-pilot of an air taxi that is transporting two young newlyweds, one of whom is very sick with appendicitis, while also helping the pilot overcome PTSD. But that is the least of his worries when the plane flies into the Bermuda Triangle and he loses contact with Al and Quantum Leap.
70	17	"Roberto!"	Scott Bakula	Chris Ruppenthal	Destiny, New Mexico January 27, 1982	March 11, 1992	67326
Sam is Roberto Gutierrez (played by Andrew Roa), a Geraldo Rivera-inspired talk-show host who works with his co-worker to unmask a local fertilizer and pesticide plant that is researching and producing chemical weapons before they're silenced.
71	18	"It's A Wonderful Leap"	Paul Brown	T : Paul Brown S/T : Danielle Alexandra	New York City May 10, 1958	April 1, 1992	67324
Sam is a New York City taxicab driver named Max Greenman (played by Ross Partridge) who's trying to earn enough money to get his father his own medallion. Along the way, he meets a woman who claims to be an angel and can see Al, pretending to believe him to be the devil. Note: Scott Bakula's future Star Trek: Enterprise costar, Vaughn Armstrong, has a cameo role as Fred Trump.
72	19	"Moments to Live"	Joe Napolitano	Tommy Thompson	Los Angeles, California May 4, 1985	April 8, 1992	67325
Sam leaps into Kyle Hart, a soap opera actor who is kidnapped by an obsessed fan (Kathleen Wilhoite) who wants him to father her baby and, in the original history, his host ended up wandering the countryside with a gunshot wound to the head that rendered him a total amnesiac.
73	20	"The Curse of Ptah-Hotep"	Joe Napolitano	Chris Ruppenthal	Saqqara, Egypt March 2, 1957	April 22, 1992	67328
Sam leaps into Dr. Dale Conway (played by Rodger LaRue), a member of an archeology team that has just unearthed the tomb of the Pharaoh Ptah-Hotep, but the find carries a terrible curse.
74	21	"Stand Up"	Michael Zinberg	Deborah Pratt	Glendale, Arizona April 30, 1959	May 13, 1992	67315
Sam leaps into a man named Davey Parker (played by Rafe Battiste) who's part of a trio comedy act, with his male and female partner so in love with each other that they cannot face it. Sam must get the couple to see that they love each other, and prevent one of the comedians from being killed by the Mafia. Note: Bob Saget and Amy Yasbeck also guest star.
75	22	"A Leap for Lisa"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Donald P. Bellisario	San Diego Naval Air Station, California June 25, 1957	May 20, 1992	67329
Sam leaps into a younger Al "Bingo" Calavicci (played by Jamie Walters) who is on trial for the murder and rape of his commander's wife. But when Sam's actions unintentionally prevent the witness whose testimony cleared Al in the real history from testifying before she dies, Sam discovers that Project Quantum Leap now exists in an alternate future in which Al was executed in the gas chamber. Note: Roddy McDowall guest stars as the alternate timeline's holographic project observer.