Quantum Leap: Season 3

1990 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.2

What Season 3 of Quantum Leap

Season 3 of Quantum Leap Has 22 episodes and premiered on September 28, 1990. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

22episodes

Sep 28, 1990premiered

May 22, 1991latest episode

17.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 The Leap Home (1)
Sep 28, 1990 · 47 min · ★ 8.5
November 25, 1969: 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.
Directing: Joe Napolitano · Writing: Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: David Newsom, Olivia Burnette, Hannah Cutrona, Mai-Lis Kuniholm
3x02 The Leap Home (2): Vietnam
Oct 5, 1990 · 46 min
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 ensure the success of the mission on which his brother was killed. Also Al from 1970 was a P.O.W.
Directing: Michael Zinberg · Writing: Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: Tia Carrere, Ernie Lively, David Newsom, Andrea Thompson
3x03 Leap of Faith
Oct 12, 1990 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Tommy Thompson · Starring: Danny Nucci, Sandy McPeak, Davey Roberts, Erica Yohn
3x04 One Strobe Over the Line
Oct 19, 1990 · 47 min
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.
Directing: Michael Zinberg · Writing: Chris Ruppenthal · Starring: Marjorie Monaghan, Susan Anton, Kristoffer Tabori, Nigel Gibbs
3x05 The Boogieman
Oct 26, 1990 · 47 min · ★ 7.4
October 31, 1964: 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.
Directing: Joe Napolitano · Writing: Chris Ruppenthal · Starring: Valerie Mahaffey, Paul Linke, Fran Ryan, David Kriegel
3x06 Miss Deep South
Nov 2, 1990 · 46 min
June 7, 1958: As Darlene Monte, a contestant in the "Miss Deep South" beauty pageant, Sam must come to the aid of an innocent contender who faces disgrace when she poses for naughty pictures taken by a sleazy pageant photographer. As if things weren't bad enough, Sam must ensure that Darlene finishes third, so that she'll go on to become a doctor.
Directing: Christopher T. Welch · Writing: Tommy Thompson · Starring: Hugh Gillin, David Allen Brooks, Nancy Stafford, Heather McAdam
3x07 Black on White on Fire
Nov 9, 1990 · 46 min
August 11, 1965: Sam leaps into a black med. student engaged to a white woman in order to ensure that he and his fiancée survive the Watts Riot together.
Directing: Joe Napolitano · Writing: Deborah Pratt · Starring: Ron Taylor, Montrose Hagins, Marc Alaimo, Gregory Millar
3x08 The Great Spontini
Nov 16, 1990 · 47 min
May 9, 1974: Leaping into magician Harry Spontini, Sam has to prevent his estranged wife from taking their daughter away from him as she files for divorce, so she can marry her sleazy divorce attorney.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Beverly Bridges, Cristy Dawson · Starring: Amy Steel, Lauren Woodland, Michael Fairman, Erich Anderson
3x09 Rebel without a Clue
Nov 30, 1990 · 46 min
September 1, 1958: As "Bones," 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.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Paul Brown, Randy Holland · Starring: Teddy Wilson, Josie Bissett, Diedrich Bader, Michael Bryan French
3x10 A Little Miracle
Dec 21, 1990 · 47 min
December 24, 1962: On Christmas Eve, Sam leap into Reginald Pierson, valet to a wealthy contractor, who is in danger of losing his soul in an attempt to demolish a Salvation Army mission, so he can build his "Blake's Plaza." Seeing a similarity to the Dickens's character, Sam and Al decide to "Scrooge" the greed out of the man.
Directing: Michael W. Watkins · Writing: Sandy Fries, Robert Wolterstorff · Starring: Melinda McGraw, Robert Lesser, Charles Rocket, Tom McTigue
3x11 Runaway
Jan 4, 1991 · 46 min
July 4, 1964: On a cross-country car trip, Sam, as 13-year-old Butchie, 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.
Directing: Michael Katleman · Writing: Paul Brown · Starring: Sherman Howard, Ami Foster, Joseph Hacker, Sandy Faison
3x12 8½ Months
Mar 6, 1991 · 48 min
November 15, 1955: Billie Jean Crockett is a pregnant teenager who will make the second biggest mistake of her life - giving her baby up for adoption - unless Sam, as Billie Jean, can convince someone to help her raise her child... before he goes into labor himself
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Deborah Pratt · Starring: Ann Walker, James Whitmore Jr., Anne Haney, Parley Baer
3x13 Future Boy
Mar 13, 1991 · 48 min
October 6, 1957: Sam leaps Kenny Sharp, better known as "Future Boy," sidekick to Moe Stein, host of the kid's show, "Time Patrol," who also happens to be building a time machine in his basement. Unless Sam can prevent Moe's daughter from attempting to have her father committed, Moe is destined to be killed as he tries to hop a freight train.
Directing: Michael Switzer · Writing: Tommy Thompson · Starring: Alan Fudge, George Wyner, Richard Herd, David Sage
3x14 Private Dancer
Mar 20, 1991 · 48 min · ★ 5.3
October 6, 1979: An aspiring dancer working as a waitress in a strip club is in danger of being led into a life of prostitution unless Sam, as "Rod the Bod," 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.
Directing: Debbie Allen · Writing: Paul Brown · Starring: Frank Novak, Heidi Swedberg, Robert Schuch, Debbie Allen
3x15 Piano Man
Mar 27, 1991 · 47 min
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.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Ed Scharlach · Starring: Frank Roman, Marietta DePrima, Angelo Tiffe, Denise Gentile
3x16 Southern Comforts
Apr 3, 1991 · 47 min · ★ 4.8
August 4, 1961: It's the best little cathouse in New Orleans. No, it's the Gilbert Labonte Sewin' & Quiltin' Academy. As the proprietor of this worthy establishment, Sam must prevent the mysterious death of a resident who doesn't belong there.
Directing: Chris Ruppenthal · Writing: Tommy Thompson · Starring: David Graf, Dan Butler, Lauren Tom, Georgia Emelin
3x17 Glitter Rock
Apr 10, 1991 · 48 min
April 12, 1974: 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.
Directing: Andy Cadiff · Writing: Chris Ruppenthal · Starring: Peter Noone, Christian Hoff, Michael Cerveris, Jon Gries
3x18 A Hunting We Will Go
Apr 17, 1991 · 48 min · ★ 7.6
June 18, 1976: It's the leap from hell as Sam, a bounty hunter handcuffed to a wily embezzler who will stop at nothing to get away from him, has to deal with his captive, as well as his attraction towards her, despite her countless attacks on him.
Directing: Andy Cadiff · Writing: Beverly Bridges · Starring: Jane Sibbett, Dale Swann, Ken Marshall, Cliff Bemis
3x19 Last Dance Before an Execution
May 1, 1991 · 47 min
May 12, 1971: "Just think of someplace far away" is the advice Sam hears as he leaps into Jesus Ortega, a Cuban-American being strapped into an electric chair. A last second stay of execution gives Sam just forty-eight hours to either prove himself innocent or fulfill his mission so that he can leap before the Big Switch is pulled
Directing: Michael W. Watkins · Starring: Christopher Allport, James Sloyan, Jenny Gago, Leonard Lightfoot
3x20 Heart of a Champion
May 8, 1991 · 48 min
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.
Directing: Joe Napolitano · Writing: Tommy Thompson · Starring: Terry Funk, Rance Howard, Jerry Bossard, Deborah Wakeham
3x21 Nuclear Family
May 15, 1991 · 47 min
October 26, 1962: Sam finds himself the brother of a fallout shelter salesman during the Cuban Missile Crisis, where he must defuse a potentially explosive situation as panic sets in on the night of John F. Kennedy's speech to the nation.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Paul Brown · Starring: Candace Hutson, Timothy Carhart, Kurt Fuller, Kim Flowers
3x22 Shock Theater Season Finale
May 22, 1991 · 48 min
October 3, 1954: Leaping into Sam Bederman, a mental patient who is suffering from acute depression, Sam receives an overloaded electroshock treatment, which causes his Swiss-cheesed memory to be replaced by personas from previous leaps. Al, finding himself visible to the mentally absent, must try to complete Sam's mission, and convince him to take another shock treatment, in order to leap Sam out before contact is lost forever.
Directing: Joe Napolitano · Writing: Deborah Pratt · Starring: Bruce A. Young, Robert Symonds, Lee Garlington, David Proval