Quantum Leap
A Leap for Lisa - June 25, 1957
TV Flash files “A Leap for Lisa - June 25, 1957” as the last listed hour of season 4 — Quantum Leap (1989–1993) on NBC, season 4, episode 22, aired 1992-05-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E22: listed hour 74 of 95 in the Quantum Leap guide, last listed hour of season 4. It aired 1992-05-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Stand Up - April 30, 1959” (S04E21). Next is “Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963” (S05E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sam leaps into Al's life as a young Navy pilot and must prevent his execution after he is wrongly accused of rape and murder. Leap Details: Al "Bingo" Calavicci, June 25, 1957, San Diego Naval Air Station, California
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Leap for Lisa - June 25, 1957 sit in the Quantum Leap guide?
S04E22 is listed hour 74 of 95 — last listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 22.
When did Quantum Leap S04E22 air?
A Leap for Lisa - June 25, 1957 aired 1992-05-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I have to watch in order?
Leaps are largely anthology, so you can sample, but Sam and Al's project is the serial heart. The finale's bittersweet math lands harder if you have ridden with them.
In the series
Why this series still plays
High-concept anthology-with-heart — Bakula and Stockwell are a perfect odd couple across time. Sam leaps into other lives to put right what once went wrong; Al's hologram smokes the map. 1980s/90s sci-fi optimism with a lump in its throat. The finale's bittersweet math still hurts. Oh, boy.
Oh, boy — already a wound, already a fandom greeting. NBC's Quantum Leap (1989–1993) dropped Dr. Sam Beckett into other people's lives to put right what once went wrong, Dean Stockwell's holographic Al as cigar-smoking guide. Scott Bakula as time-travel everyman in a new body every week. Donald P. Bellisario's zigzag accelerator: social-issue episodes and genre romps, anthology heart inside a franchise shell. **Five seasons, 95 hours, a body-swap mission structure later genre shows still rent.** Rex can keep the…
Filed against
- Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett
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- Dean Stockwell as Admiral Al Calavicci
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