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Quantum Leap · S1 · E8

Play it Again, Seymour

  • TV-PG
  • May 17, 1989
  • 47 min
  • 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.

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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.

Season 1

8 episodes
  1. 1Genesis

    90 minMar 26, 19897.5

    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...

  2. 2Star-Crossed

    48 minMar 31, 19897.3

    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

  3. 3The Right Hand of God

    47 minApr 7, 19897.0

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

  4. 4How the Tess Was Won

    48 minApr 14, 19896.7

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

  5. 5Double Identity

    47 minApr 21, 19897.1

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

  6. 6The Color of Truth

    47 minMay 3, 19897.9

    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.

  7. 7Camikazi Kid

    47 minMay 10, 19896.9

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

  8. 8Play it Again, Seymour

    47 minMay 17, 19897.1Now viewing

    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.

Guest stars

Paul LinkeLionel
Richard RiehleLt. Lannon
Don Keith OpperCrooner
Claudia ChristianAllison Grimsley
Steve NevilChuck
Willie GarsonSeymour
Tony HellerNick Allen
Jeanette MillerOld Lady
Don MaxwellPoliceman
Kevin MockrinWoody Allen
Barbara LondonMama
Ron UlstadBandleader
Hap LawrenceBartender