Seasons & Episodes
Genesis
September 13, 1956: Sam Beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization
Star-Crossed
June 15, 1972: Sam leaps into the persona of a womanizing college professor in 1972, encounters his lost love and attemp
The Right Hand of God
October 24, 1974: Sam lands in 1974 as a young boxer caught between fight-fixing gangsters and hopeful nuns who now own
How the Tess Was Won
August 5, 1956: Sam finds himself on a Texas ranch in 1956 as a submissive veterinarian in love with a tough rancher.
Double Identity
November 8, 1965: Sam becomes a hit man in 1965 whose romance with the godfather's girlfriend places him in danger.
The Color of Truth
August 8, 1955: Sam experiences racism firsthand when he leaps into the body of an elderly black man in the pre-civil ri
Camikazi Kid
June 6, 1961: Sam leaps into the life of a teen-age hot-rodder who must stop his sister from marrying a wealthy bully.
Play it Again, Seymour
April 14, 1953: With looks that could double for Humphrey Bogart, Sam is Nick Allen, a private investigator looking for
Honeymoon Express
April 27, 1960: As Tom McBride, a New York City cop on his honeymoon, Sam must save himself from a jealous, and sociopat
Disco Inferno
April 1, 1976: As a stuntman, Sam is to save the life of his younger brother, while trying to convince the pair's obsess
The Americanization of Machiko
August 4, 1953: As a sailor returning from Japan, Sam brings a foreign wife to a small town. He then has to fight agains
What Price Gloria?
October 16, 1961: Sam is shocked when he learns he's leaped into a woman, Samantha Stormer. As a gorgeous secretary for
Blind Faith
February 6, 1964: Although the concert pianist he leaps into is blind, a fact, which bothers his girlfriend's disapprovi
Good Morning, Peoria
September 9, 1959: Rock 'n' roll is about to become big, but not in Peoria. That is, unless Sam, as DJ Howlin' Chick How
Thou Shalt Not...
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 li
Jimmy
October 14, 1964: Since mainstreaming the mentally disabled is not yet a popular concept, Sam must help Jimmy LaMotta, t
So Help Me God
July 29, 1957: Though he can't remember much more than habeas corpus, Sam finds himself the defense attorney for a young
Catch A Falling Star
May 21, 1979: Sam leaps into Ray Hutton, the understudy for the role of Cervantes just seconds before curtain time. His
A Portrait for Troian
February 7, 1971: Sam leaps into a renowned parapsychologist where he must prevent a young widow from joining her husban
Animal Frat
October 19, 1967: Trapped in the body of Knut Wileton, better known as "Wild Thing," the typical frat jock, Sam must win
Another Mother
September 30, 1981: As a divorced mother of three, Sam's job of preventing his teenage son from running away, never to b
All-Americans
November 6, 1962: Keeping his best friend from throwing the high school championship football game, costing both of them
Her Charm
September 26, 1973: Protecting a female member of the witness protection program from a mafia hitman proves difficult fo
Freedom
November 22, 1970: Rather than saving his grandfather's life, Sam has to escape from jail and elude the police long enou
Good Night, Dear Heart
November 9, 1957: Rather than saving the damsel of the episode, who supposedly committed suicide, Sam is the coroner try
Pool Hall Blues
September 4, 1954: In order to help his granddaughter save a small bar from the slimy loan shark holding a note on the p
Leaping in Without a Net
November 18, 1958: Sam remembers he's afraid of heights when he leaps into a trapeze artist, whose sister wants him to c
Maybe Baby
March 11, 1963: Babysitting a kidnapped tot and a flaky, compulsively lying stripper keeps Sam busy as they cross Texas,
Sea Bride
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, h
M.I.A.
April 1, 1969: When Sam leaps into the life of an undercover cop, Al explains that his mission is to convince a navy nur
The Leap Home (1)
November 25, 1969: As himself at the age of 16, Sam has the opportunity to both win the high school basketball champions
The Leap Home (2): Vietnam
April 7, 1970: As a Navy SEAL in his own brother's squad, Sam must determine whether he is there to save Tom's life or e
Leap of Faith
August 19, 1963: Sam finds himself in one holy mess as a priest in Philadelphia, trying to help an alcoholic priest deal
One Strobe Over the Line
June 15, 1965: Sam is a photographer who must protect a fashion model from a growing dependency on amphetamines and a pr
The Boogieman
October 31, 1964: Things do more than go bump in the night when Sam leaps into Joshua Raye, a horror novelist on Hallowe
Miss Deep South
June 7, 1958: As Darlene Monte, a contestant in the "Miss Deep South" beauty pageant, Sam must come to the aid of an inn
Black on White on Fire
August 11, 1965: Sam leaps into a black med. student engaged to a white woman in order to ensure that he and his fiancé
The Great Spontini
May 9, 1974: Leaping into magician Harry Spontini, Sam has to prevent his estranged wife from taking their daughter away
Rebel without a Clue
September 1, 1958: As "Bones," a member of a motorcycle gang, Sam is an uneasy rider who has to prevent a Jack Kerouac-i
A Little Miracle
December 24, 1962: On Christmas Eve, Sam leap into Reginald Pierson, valet to a wealthy contractor, who is in danger of
Runaway
July 4, 1964: On a cross-country car trip, Sam, as 13-year-old Butchie, must contend with a sadistic older sister and a
8½ Months
November 15, 1955: Billie Jean Crockett is a pregnant teenager who will make the second biggest mistake of her life - gi
Future Boy
October 6, 1957: Sam leaps Kenny Sharp, better known as "Future Boy," sidekick to Moe Stein, host of the kid's show, "Ti
Private Dancer
October 6, 1979: An aspiring dancer working as a waitress in a strip club is in danger of being led into a life of prost
Piano Man
November 10, 1985: Joey Dinardo is a lounge lizard on the run from mob hitmen. When Sam leaps in, his ex-girlfriend, and
Southern Comforts
August 4, 1961: It's the best little cathouse in New Orleans. No, it's the Gilbert Labonte Sewin' & Quiltin' Academy. As
Glitter Rock
April 12, 1974: Sam is a glitter rock star in danger of being stabbed to death after a performance, unless Sam can deter
A Hunting We Will Go
June 18, 1976: It's the leap from hell as Sam, a bounty hunter handcuffed to a wily embezzler who will stop at nothing t
Last Dance Before an Execution
May 12, 1971: "Just think of someplace far away" is the advice Sam hears as he leaps into Jesus Ortega, a Cuban-American
Heart of a Champion
July 23, 1955: The heart of a champion belongs to Ronnie, a professional wrestler, who will die if he competes in the ti
Nuclear Family
October 26, 1962: Sam finds himself the brother of a fallout shelter salesman during the Cuban Missile Crisis, where he
Shock Theater
October 3, 1954: Leaping into Sam Bederman, a mental patient who is suffering from acute depression, Sam receives an ove
The Leap Back
June 15, 1945: Struck by lightning, Sam and Al find their roles reversed, as Sam returns to the future, and to a long-lo
Play Ball
August 6, 1961: A pitcher on a minor league baseball team, Sam must decide if he's there to help a fellow team member, g
Hurricane
August 17, 1969: Sam meets Camille, and possibly a killer, when he leaps into a deputy sheriff in a small Mississippi to
Justice
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 l
Permanent Wave
June 2, 1983: Sam leaps into Frank Bianca, a hairstylist in leather pants, to prevent the death of a young murder witnes
Raped
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 wh
The Wrong Stuff
January 24, 1961: The fates make a monkey out of Sam when he leaps into Bobo, an astro-chimp who must avoid succumbing t
Dreams
February 28, 1979: It's more like a nightmare when Sam leaps into a detective, investigating a gruesome murder. He may b
A Single Drop of Rain
September 7, 1953: A devastating drought will be the ruin of a small town unless Sam, as Billy Beaumont, "purveyor of pr
Unchained
November 2, 1956: Sam and a fellow convict named Boone are the defiant ones when Sam has to rescue his companion from a
The Play's the Thing
September 9, 1969: May meets December when Sam leaps into a young actor in love with an older woman, who is also an aspi
Running for Honor
June 11, 1964: As a track star in a Navy college, Sam must prevent the death of his ex- roommate, who was expelled becau
Temptation Eyes
February 1, 1985: A serial killer stalks San Francisco while Sam as Dillion Powell, a TV reporter, protects a beautiful
The Last Gunfighter
November 28, 1957: Sam finds himself in the life of Tyler Meanes, a teller of tall tales who faces death at the hand of
A Song for the Soul
April 7, 1963: As a backup singer in a black, amateur girl group Sam finds between the fifteen year-old lead singer and
Ghost Ship
August 13, 1956: Flying over the Bermuda Triangle, Sam, as the co-pilot, must prevent the flight from returning to Virgi
Roberto!
January 27, 1982: Sam, as "Roberto!" is a tabloid talk show host a la Geraldo who, with an asthmatic rival and co-worker
It's A Wonderful Leap
May 10, 1958: Sam finds himself behind the wheel of a New York taxicab, in the life of Max Greenman, a driver striving t
Moments to Live
May 4, 1985: Sam is a soap opera heart surgeon and the obsession of a love-struck, if somewhat deranged fan. He must esc
The Curse of Ptah-Hotep
March 2, 1957: It's almost as though Sam were on vacation when, as Egyptologist Dale Conway, he gets to read hieroglyphi
Stand Up
April 30, 1959: Sam, as the singing half of a comedy team, soon finds that trying to convince two people that they're tr
A Leap for Lisa
June 25, 1957: Sam leaps into Al Calavicci to prevent the death of his married lover. But when Sam accidentally alters h
Lee Harvey Oswald (1)
October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: As a result of leaping again before he had a chance to complete his original missio
Lee Harvey Oswald (2)
October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: As a result of leaping again before he had a chance to complete his original missio
Leaping of the Shrew
September 27, 1956: It's Robinson Crusoe with a twist when Sam leaps into a Greek sailor stranded on a deserted island w
Nowhere to Run
August 10, 1968: As a Marine captain whose legs were amputated after a mishap in Vietnam, Sam finds himself in a veteran
Killin' Time
June 18, 1958: Sam leaps into a tricky situation as an escaped killer holed up in a house with a mother and daughter as
Star Light, Star Bright
May 21, 1966: Sam leaps into a 79-year-old man whose son wants to have him committed when he claims to have seen UFO's.
Deliver Us from Evil
March 19, 1966: Things are already on there way downhill when Sam leaps back into Jimmy LaMotta. Despite Sam's inaction,
Trilogy (1)
August 8, 1955: A pair of unsolved murders marks just the tip of the iceberg when Sam leaps into a sheriff in a small Lo
Trilogy (2)
June 14, 1966: Finding himself back in the same small Louisiana town, in the arms of Abigail, now twenty-one, Sam must p
Trilogy (3)
July 28, 1978: Sam is an aging lawyer, recruited by Abigail, now thirty-three, to defend her when she is put on trial fo
Promised Land
December 22, 1971: Sam leaps back to Elk Ridge, Indiana to help save the lives of the Walters boys as they try to save t
A Tale of Two Sweeties
February 25, 1958: As a horse-playing, traveling brush salesman, Sam finds himself with two wives and two families. Alth
Liberation
October 16, 1968: Leaping into a housewife and mother of two on the verge of women's lib, Sam must prevent the death of
Dr. Ruth
April 25, 1985: While Sam is in 1985, running her radio talk show, playing matchmaker to her producers, and trying to he
Blood Moon
March 10, 1975: As an eccentric, possibly vampiric, artist just outside of London, Sam must bear with Al's superstitions
Return of the Evil Leaper (1)
October 8, 1956: As Arnold Watkins, better known as The Midnight Marauder, Sam has to persuade a fraternity to stop usin
Revenge of the Evil Leaper (2)
September 16, 1987: Having simu-leaped, both Sam and Alia find themselves trapped in a women's prison, accused of murder
Goodbye Norma Jean
April 4, 1960: As chauffeur to Marilyn Monroe, Sam must try to prevent Marilyn's tragic death. But when a well-meaning p
The Beast Within
November 6, 1972: Sam leaps into Henry Adams, one of a trio of friends who fought in Vietnam and came home each with the
The Leap Between the States
September 20, 1862: In a bizarre twist of a genetic coil, Sam leaps into his great-grandfather, Captain John Beckett, du
Memphis Melody
July 3, 1954: Sam swivels his hips into Elvis Presley, mere days before he is discovered. Along with making sure that El
Mirror Image
August 8, 1953: Sam lands in a not-so-ordinary bar in a coal-mining town, where strange things are happening and familia
