Quantum Leap
Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963
TV Flash files “Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963” as a desk essential hour — Quantum Leap (1989–1993) on NBC, season 5, episode 1, aired 1992-09-22, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 75 of 95 in the Quantum Leap guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 1992-09-22 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “A Leap for Lisa - June 25, 1957” (S04E22). Next is “Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 1956” (S05E02).
Essential hour: “Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963”. Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963 uses the date-range as a dare: historical pulp as leap, the century as a case file.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sam is in an unusual circumstance when he finds himself leaping into various points of the life of Lee Harvey Oswald. To make the situation more complicated is that Sam finds his mind being taken over by Oswald as he leaps closer to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Leap Details: Lee Harvey Oswald, March 21, 1963, Dallas, Texas / October 5–7, 1957, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan / January 6, 1959, Tustin, California / October 21, 1959, Lubyanka in Moscow, USSR / April 10, 1963, Dallas, Texas / August 9, 1963, New Orleans, Louisiana / November 21–22, 1963, Dallas, Texas
Viewer FAQ
Where does Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963 sit in the Quantum Leap guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 75 of 95 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Quantum Leap S05E01 air?
Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963 aired 1992-09-22 and is listed at 120 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.
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Filed against
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- Dean Stockwell as Admiral Al Calavicci
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