Quantum Leap

Theorizing that one could time-travel within his own lifetime,

Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap Accelerator

and vanished.

He woke to find himself trapped in the past

facing mirror images that were not his own

and driven by an unknown force

to change history for the better.

His only guide on this journey is Al,

an observer from his own time

who appears in the form of a hologram

that only Sam can see and hear.

And so Dr. Beckett

finds himself leaping from life to life,

striving to put right what once went wrong

and hoping each time that his next leap

will be the leap home.

October.

No, November.

Seed corn.

And where there's seed corn,

there's pheasants.

Did you get him?

Lisa?

Sibby said you always shortcut through the corn after practice.

Sibby?

Uh, Lisa wants to know if you're taking anyone

to the Gobbler Hop after the game.

Oh, boy.

Oh, look. I knew he was shy, but that's ridiculous.

Sam, you scared 10 years out of me.

Mom!

Supper's ready!

John!

Supper!

Your father's getting deaf from all those years on the tractor.

I tell him to stuff cotton in his ears, but does he listen to me? No.

He could give stubborn lessons to a mule.

What is it?

What's wrong, Sam?

Nothing. I'm...

I'm just really glad to see you.

I'll go get Dad.

There you are.

Why don't you wipe Aggie down and hook her up?

Yes, sir.

Hello, Aggie.

You stayed after practice to shoot baskets, didn't you?

Uh, yeah, I guess I did.

Well, I admire your dedication, but, uh,

you got chores, Son.

It won't happen again.

The hell it won't.

Sam, you're only 16.

You can't expect to play as good as your brother did his senior year.

Tom was All-State.

Tom was 18.

You're still growing.

I'm not so sure about that.

Harriet,

you used to do a whole lot better.

But I guess we're all getting old.

You're not old, Dad.

You look just the way I remember you.

What, since you left for school this mornin'?

I love you, Dad.

Mamma says if you don't come to supper right now,

she's gonna feed it to the hogs.

Katey.

Look at you.

- You can't have it. - What?

Daddy, he wants Tom's bedroom.

Well, Tom said I could ha-have it.

Mamma says I should have it because I'm a girl

and girls need more room than guys.

Why don't you let Sam use it till he goes to college next fall?

Daddy.

It's okay, Dad. She... she can have Tom's room.

- I can? - Of course you can.

You can have anything you want.

You're my little sister.

What happened to your shirt down there?

Come on!

Katey, you're getting heavy.

Mmm.

It's all very good.

I'm glad you like it.

Talk down at the feed mill is,

Coach Connelly is gonna try a combination zone this year.

Yeah, he did and we almost beat Bentleyville.

Last year.

Uh, l-last year, we almost beat Bentleyville,

playing that man-to-man.

You know, the key is gonna be stopping No Nose Pruitt.

That boy scored 20 points against us last season.

He was impossible to stop.

- How tall is he? - 6'4".

6'4"?

No Nose. He's about

6'4".

Doesn't the poor boy have a nose?

The tip was cut off during a reaping accident. It's not a pretty sight.

You know, I heard Mary Lou on the phone the other day.

She said No Nose was going to kill you next Friday.

Oh, Katherine. Why would this "No Nose" want to do that?

Because he's sweet on Lisa Parson.

And Lisa asked Sam to take her to the dance after the game on Friday.

And do you know what Sam did?

Katey.

He ran away.

Figures.

I gotta do my chores.

I made peach cobbler for dessert.

- Peach cobbler? - Oh, that sounds yum-ola.

It is.

What is?

It is

time to do my chores.

Well, you know, Sam, there, uh, might not be any cobbler left

by the time you get done.

I'll save you a piece.

Thanks, Mom.

I got a funny feeling, John.

Last time you said that, we had a flood big enough to float the ark.

1957,

the year I was born.

I always figured you were God's way of makin' it up to us.

The mind of a mature man in the persona of a 16-year-old

at the height of his sexual powers.

The possibilities are just mind-boggling.

They would be if you didn't run away.

Well, what would you do if you ran into a girl you had a crush on 25 years ago?

Don't answer that.

I mean,

I'm a kid again, Al.

I'm 16,

and I'm home, and my dad's alive.

I know, kid. I know.

And you're in Elk Ridge, Indiana.

- It's 19... - 69.

Sometime around Thanksgiving.

How did you know that?

Well, um,

'69 was my senior year,

and we always opened the basketball season

against Bentleyville the day after Thanksgiving.

Which is why you're here.

- Why I'm here? - Yeah.

Well, I...

I haven't been thinking much about why I'm here.

- You're gonna love it, Sam. - Yeah?

Yeah, well, your team lost that game, right?

- Well, no. - No?

No... no, I... I lost the game.

No Nose, he beat me on offense and on defense

and when the ref wasn't looking he just plain beat me.

I can't tell you how many nights I lay awake

wishing I could play that game over again.

Ha! Well, you just got your wish, kid.

- You're kidding? - I would never kid about basketball.

Ziggy says that game was a turning point

in the lives of a lot of people.

If you guys could've beat Bentleyville,

you'd have gone on to win the state championship.

Elk Ridge, State Champs?

Yeah, and your coach would have accepted an offer

to the University of Iowa

and eventually wound up in the NBA.

Yeah, and two of your teammates,

um, Moslick and Lonegro

they got college basketball scholarships.

They ended up doctors.

Last time I heard, Sibby was a bank teller at First Farmers

and Herky was a... a... a mechanic at John Deere.

Herky?

Al, I mean, that's... that's wonderful.

All I have to do is help them win the game?

That's right, kid.

You beat Bentleyville Friday, you're out of here.

Al,

listen, um...

I... I don't want to be out of here.

- Sam. - Come on, Al.

My... my dad dies of a coronary in '72.

That gives me three years to prevent it.

And... and... and Katey,

she eloped with Chuck... somebody,

a-a-an abusive alcoholic.

How do you convince a 12-year-old

that she shouldn't marry some guy

she hasn't even met yet?

And Tom.

Tom came home...

Tom comes home for Thanksgiving before shipping out to Vietnam.

Al, I can save Tom.

I don't think so, Sam.

You can't change something that isn't meant to be changed.

- Look, I can try. - Like I did with Beth?

Even though we tried,

Beth still married that stupid lawyer.

And I came home to an empty house.