How the Tess Was Won

1Genesis

90 minMar 26, 1989★ 7.5

September 13, 1956: Sam Beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization that he does not belong there...

2Star-Crossed

48 minMar 31, 1989★ 7.3

June 15, 1972: Sam leaps into the persona of a womanizing college professor in 1972, encounters his lost love and attempts to reshape the past

3The Right Hand of God

47 minApr 7, 1989★ 7.0

October 24, 1974: Sam lands in 1974 as a young boxer caught between fight-fixing gangsters and hopeful nuns who now own his contract.

4How the Tess Was Won

48 minApr 14, 1989★ 6.7Now viewing

August 5, 1956: Sam finds himself on a Texas ranch in 1956 as a submissive veterinarian in love with a tough rancher.

5Double Identity

47 minApr 21, 1989★ 7.1

November 8, 1965: Sam becomes a hit man in 1965 whose romance with the godfather's girlfriend places him in danger.

6The Color of Truth

47 minMay 3, 1989★ 7.9

August 8, 1955: Sam experiences racism firsthand when he leaps into the body of an elderly black man in the pre-civil rights South of 1955.

7Camikazi Kid

47 minMay 10, 1989★ 6.9

June 6, 1961: Sam leaps into the life of a teen-age hot-rodder who must stop his sister from marrying a wealthy bully.

8Play it Again, Seymour

47 minMay 17, 1989★ 7.1

April 14, 1953: With looks that could double for Humphrey Bogart, Sam is Nick Allen, a private investigator looking for the murderer of his partner and, if he doesn't find the answer in time, himself. The case is solved with a number of Casablanca references as Sam launches a new pulp novelist along the way.