Quantum Leap - Season 3

As himself at the age of 16, Sam has the opportunity to both win the high school basketball championship and save his family from their sad fates.

Leap Details: Sam Beckett, November 25, 1969, Elk Ridge, Indiana

Sam tries to prevent his brother's death in Vietnam by stepping into the life of a soldier under his command. 

Leap Details: Herbert "Magic" Williams, April 7, 1970, Vietnam

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.

Leap Details: Francis "Frank" Pistano, August 19, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Leap Details: Karl Granson, June 15, 1965, New York City

Things do more than go bump in the night when Sam leaps into Joshua Raye, a horror novelist on Halloween. Although Ziggy claims he's there to prevent the death of a church deacon, things get even stranger when two more people die without warning.

Leap Details: Joshua Rey, October 31, 1964, Coventry, Maine

While entered in the "Miss Deep South" beauty pageant, Sam must prevent a fellow contestant from posing for some nude photos and make sure his host comes in third in the contest.

Leap Details: Darlene Monty, June 7, 1958, Louisiana

Sam becomes a black medical student during the Watts riots, torn between his white fiancée and loyalty to his community.

Leap Details: Ray Harper, August 11, 1965, Watts, Los Angeles, California

Sam becomes a nightclub magician battling his ex-wife for custody of their 12-year-old daughter.

Leap Details: Harry Spontini, May 9, 1974, Oakland, California

As a member of a motorcycle gang, Sam is an uneasy rider who has to prevent a Jack Kerouac inspired young woman from meeting her death on the road.

Leap Details: Shane "Funny Bone" Thomas, September 1, 1958, Near Big Sur, California

Sam becomes valet to a ruthless developer who plans to demolish a shelter for the homeless.

Leap Details: Reginald Pearson, December 24, 1962, New York, New York

Sam must contend with a sadistic older sister and a mother on the verge of running away from an unfulfilling marriage in search of the feminine mystique, all while on a cross country trip.

Leap Details: Butchie Rickett, July 4, 1964, Carbon County, Wyoming

Sam leaps into a very pregnant teenager and must convince her father to help her keep the baby.

Leap Details: Billie Jean Crockett, November 15, 1955, Claremore, Oklahoma

Sam leaps into the life of an actor who fears for his television partner's well being at the hands of the partner's daughter.

Leap Details: Kenny "Future Boy" Sharp, October 6, 1957, St. Louis, Missouri

An aspiring dancer working as a waitress in a strip club is in danger of being led into a life of prostitution unless Sam can convince her to audition for a spot in a professional dance group. But since she's deaf, the choreographer doesn't believe she has the time to give the young lady the attention she'll need.

Leap Details: Rod "Rod the Bod" McCarty, October 6, 1979, New York City

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.

Leap Details: Joey DeNardo, November 10, 1985, Tularosa, New Mexico

Sam becomes the owner of a house of ill repute in New Orleans, where he must avert the murder of a mysterious young woman who lives there.

Leap Details: Gilbert LaBonte, August 4, 1961, New Orleans, Louisiana

Sam is a glitter rock star in danger of being stabbed to death after a performance unless Sam can determine who, from a growing list of people, the real killer is.

Leap Details: Geoffrey "Tonic" Mole, April 12, 1974, Detroit, Michigan

Sam assumes the existence of a bounty hunter who falls for the pretty fugitive handcuffed to him.

Leap Details: Gordon O'Reilly, June 18, 1976, Arkansas

Sam becomes a convict in the electric chair moments before receiving a last minute stay of execution, which gives him 48 hours to prove his innocence.

Leap Details: Jesus Ortega, May 12, 1971, Tallahassee, Florida

Sam becomes a wrestler who must prevent his brother from going down for the count permanently when their title match poses a threat to the man's life.

Leap Details: Terry Sammis, ("Nikolai Russkie"), July 23, 1955, Atlanta, Georgia

Sam becomes a college student working in the family bomb shelter business on the eve of the Cuban missile crisis.

Leap Details: Eddie Ellroy, October 26, 1962, Homestead, Florida

In a mental institution, Sam undergoes electroshock therapy which results in his having multiple personalities -- from past leaps -- and Al loses contact.

Leap Details: Sam Beiderman, October 3, 1954, Havenwell, Pennsylvania