The Best Episodes of Quantum Leap Season 3

#1 Fan Favorite
9.2/10(990 votes)
#1 - The Leap Home (1)
S3:E19/28/1990
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.
Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
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Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
9.1/10(914 votes)
#2 - The Leap Home (2): Vietnam
S3:E210/5/1990
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.
Director:Michael Zinberg
Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
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Director:Michael Zinberg
Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
8.8/10(619 votes)
#3 - Shock Theater
S3:E225/22/1991
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.
Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Deborah Pratt
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Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Deborah Pratt
8.1/10(684 votes)
#4 - The Boogieman
S3:E510/26/1990
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.
Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Chris Ruppenthal
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Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Chris Ruppenthal
8.1/10(537 votes)
#5 - Future Boy
S3:E133/13/1991
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.
Director:Michael Switzer
Writer:Tommy Thompson
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Director:Michael Switzer
Writer:Tommy Thompson
8.1/10(481 votes)
#6 - Last Dance Before an Execution
S3:E195/1/1991
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
Director:Michael W. Watkins
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Michael W. Watkins
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7.9/10(559 votes)
#7 - A Little Miracle
S3:E1012/21/1990
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.
Director:Michael W. Watkins
Writer:Sandy Fries
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Director:Michael W. Watkins
Writer:Sandy Fries
7.8/10(575 votes)
#8 - Black on White on Fire
S3:E711/9/1990
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.
Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Deborah Pratt
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Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Deborah Pratt
7.8/10(542 votes)
#9 - Private Dancer
S3:E143/20/1991
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.
Director:Debbie Allen
Writer:Paul Brown
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Director:Debbie Allen
Writer:Paul Brown
7.6/10(546 votes)
#10 - Glitter Rock
S3:E174/10/1991
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.
Director:Andy Cadiff
Writer:Chris Ruppenthal
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Director:Andy Cadiff
Writer:Chris Ruppenthal
7.6/10(464 votes)
#11 - Nuclear Family
S3:E215/15/1991
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.
Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Paul Brown
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Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Paul Brown
7.5/10(488 votes)
#12 - Runaway
S3:E111/4/1991
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.
Director:Michael Katleman
Writer:Paul Brown
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Director:Michael Katleman
Writer:Paul Brown
7.4/10(519 votes)
#13 - Miss Deep South
S3:E611/2/1990
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.
Director:Christopher T. Welch
Writer:Tommy Thompson
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Director:Christopher T. Welch
Writer:Tommy Thompson
7.4/10(492 votes)
#14 - A Hunting We Will Go
S3:E184/17/1991
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.
Director:Andy Cadiff
Writer:Beverly Bridges
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Director:Andy Cadiff
Writer:Beverly Bridges
7.3/10(510 votes)
#15 - 8½ Months
S3:E123/6/1991
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
Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Deborah Pratt
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Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Deborah Pratt
7.2/10(502 votes)
#16 - Leap of Faith
S3:E310/12/1990
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.
Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Tommy Thompson
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Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Tommy Thompson
7.2/10(493 votes)
#17 - The Great Spontini
S3:E811/16/1990
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.
Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writers:Beverly Bridges, Cristy Dawson
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Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writers:Beverly Bridges, Cristy Dawson
7.2/10(507 votes)
#18 - Rebel without a Clue
S3:E911/30/1990
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.
Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Paul Brown
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Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Paul Brown
7.2/10(472 votes)
#19 - Southern Comforts
S3:E164/3/1991
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.
Director:Chris Ruppenthal
Writer:Tommy Thompson
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Director:Chris Ruppenthal
Writer:Tommy Thompson
7.1/10(498 votes)
#20 - Piano Man
S3:E153/27/1991
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.
Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Ed Scharlach
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Director:James Whitmore Jr.
Writer:Ed Scharlach
7.0/10(491 votes)
#21 - One Strobe Over the Line
S3:E410/19/1990
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.
Director:Michael Zinberg
Writer:Chris Ruppenthal
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Director:Michael Zinberg
Writer:Chris Ruppenthal
7.0/10(441 votes)
#22 - Heart of a Champion
S3:E205/8/1991
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.
Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Tommy Thompson
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Director:Joe Napolitano
Writer:Tommy Thompson