Includes all of the television, novel, unproduced script, and comic book episodes. Written by chris ruppenthal, the episode, which was directed by joe napolitano, originally aired on nbctv on october 26, 1990. Its trick or treat, quantum leap style, in an episode that drops sam. The boogieman was the fifth episode of season 3 of the tv series quantum leap, also the 36th overall series episode. It was meant to be a cliff hanger to be continued the next season, but the show was cancelled at the last minute and some things were changed to wrap up the show more succinctly, like saying at the end that al ended up staying with his first wife beth, etc. What was the explanation for the ending of quantum leap. Quantum leap, the boogieman leaping into a horror writers life in 1964, sam plays detective as the people around him start dying, als not quite himself, and a goat keeps appearing. Maine on halloween day, 1964, strange things begin to occur when he and his.
Sam leaps into joshua ray, a secondrate horror novelist in covington, maine. Its trick or treat, quantum leap style, in an episode that drops sam beckett into. At age 9, i went into a haunted house at the minnesota state fair, expecting it to be like typical carnival haunted houses but instead encountering live actors wielding chainsaws. Pql, ic, and wr refer to project quantum leap, imaging chamber, and waiting room respectively, but thats pretty straightforward. Donald bellisario on lee harvey oswald and quantum leap emmytvlegends. Season 1 edit captain thomas tom stratton layne beamer air force test pilot on a program to break faster than mach 3. Interestingly, this episode of quantum leap has developed a bit of a. Sam leaps into of a secondrate horror writer, joshua rey, on halloween 1964.
In one episode, sam leaps into al himself at an earlier period, when al is on trial for the rape and murder of a commanders wife. Episodes 95 on the premiere episode of quantum leap, sam beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization that he does not belong there. Mar 25, 2019 quantum leaps first social issues episode, the color of truth, deals with racism in the american south, offering a fresh perspective by having sam, a white man, experience life as a black. The clockstopping, heartpounding adventures continue in the third extraordinary season of the emmy award winning quantum leap. In quantum leap lore, its bad luck to say or write the full title of this episode, but if youre listening to this, you probably already knew that. Aug 16, 20 every quantum leap episode other than the pilot features a moment during the opening credits where we see a montage of sams best kisses with woman from the shows history to that point. It also currently streams on netflix, itunes and amazon.
Quantum leap s 3 e 05 the boogieman recap tv tropes. Remembering quantum leap and insights into each episode for the season. The episodewhich cheerfully and openly acknowledges its debt to good morning, vietnam isnt exactly one of the weirder overall quantum leap entries, but it does contain one of the series. Unfortunately, there is no absolute answer as to what the show was about. Of course, thered be plenty of kiss scenes to show the dude got some serious action as the show sought to appeal to bakulas female fanbase. Sam beckett scott bakula, caught in a malfunctioning time travel experiment that bounces him back and forth into the roles of different people in the past. Sam scott bakula leaps into the persona of a womanizing college professor in 1972, encounters his lost love teri hatcher and attempts to reshape the past. A handyman is killed after he falls from his ladder after sam sees a goat pull on a rag that was tied to it. On the premiere episode of quantum leap, sam beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization that he does not belong there. Camikazi kid june 6, 1961 with a little halloween thrown in. I lack the nostalgic attachment to this episode that rigbymel brings, so i rate it slightly lower than she. When i was growing up, halloween was always one of my favorite. Quantum leap, the boogieman permaunlucky bodyhopper dr samuel beckett leaps into the body of horror novelist joshua ray, just as sinister things start to happen on halloween night.
Season three of quantum leap ran on nbc from september 28, 1990 to may 22, 1991. Also, i didnt put a lot of episodes that were originally billed as halloween episodes, but dont actually have anything halloween about them glees rocky. As a boy, i generally loved the principle of creepy but in practice i couldnt handle it. The 14 weirdest quantum leap episodes of all time io9 gizmodo. In 2002, there was talk of the scifi channel now syfy wanting to. For a few years in the late 80s and early 90s, quantum leap was the rarest of genre series a scifi procedural with good ratings that was well received by critics, and actually got nominated for and won golden globe and emmy awards.
A prime example is season threes the boogieman, which aired on halloween week in 1990. Quantum leap episode guide at als place the boogiemn. Watch all 22 quantum leap episodes from season 3,view pictures, get episode information and more. Everything goes wrong when sam leaps into a gothic horror novelist on halloween. If you want all the original music, then buy the mill creek entertainment release. Quantum leap 19891993 is a nbc cult classic series. In 2009, bellisario was again in discussions with scifi now syfy to revive quantum leap. The last episode has many references to the movie casablanca with many of the people mistaking sams character for humphrey bogart. Below is a list of all of the people displaced during project quantum leap, commonly referred to as leapees by fans of the show. When sam leaps into a fledgling murderhorrormystery novelist joshua ray in coventry, maine on halloween day, 1964, strange things begin. Sam is maxwell stoddard played by douglas stark, an eccentric grandfather living with his son and his family. Sam leaps into a horror novelist surrounded by death and mystery.
Celebrate halloween with sam beckett, macgyver, and the hoff. The top 10 episodes of quantum leap the confusing middle. Sam beckett, a physicist who leaps through spacetime during an experiment in time travel, by temporarily taking the place of. As quantum leap fans are well aware, there have been various projects in the works over the past decade.
Quantum leap, which ran on nbc from 19891993, is easy to mock. The story, which finds sam inhabiting the body of a doomed test. Behind the scenes some online videos show a misspelling of sams last name becket on the final. Feb 27, 2018 spoilers the character sam beckett was smart, caring, funny, talented and heroic. The opening episode of quantum leaps third season, the leap home part i, was a gamechanger with sam jumping into the body of his 16yearold self. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series quantum leap. Quantum leap the boogieman october 31, 1964 tv episode. There are some shows that are on netflix, but they dont have the halloween episode up e. Oct 24, 2017 quantum leap, the boogieman permaunlucky bodyhopper dr samuel beckett leaps into the body of horror novelist joshua ray, just as sinister things start to happen on halloween night.
Sam beckett, a physicist caught in a time warp, who leaps into the bodies of different people in different time periods in order to put right what. We debated skipping ahead discussing the infamous halloween episode from season 3, but decided to stick to air date order. Quantum leaps first social issues episode, the color of truth, deals with racism in the american south, offering a fresh perspective by having sam, a white man, experience life as a black. Ziggy confirms that sam is there because of reys fiancee mary greely. Bellisario, that originally aired on nbc for five seasons, from march 25, 1989, through may 5, 1993. Quantum leap is an american sciencefiction television series created by donald p. Quantum leaps the boogieman flips the script on the formula. This episode can be found on the season 3 dvd set of quantum leap. Watch quantum leap episodes online season 2 1990 tv guide. Most halloween episodes operate along strict treehouse of horror.
In this episode, sam leaps into joshua ray the leapee is played by chris ruppenthal, a horror novelist, on october 31, 1964. Quantum leap the longest leap nbc classics youtube. Its sometimes referred to by leapers as the halloween episode. As a newlywed cop on his honeymoon in 1960, sams objective is to ensure that his new wife, who has a violent. He depended on his closest friend al calavicci from the start of his leaping. Season four of quantum leap ran on nbc from september 18, 1991 to may 20, 1992. Watch the boogieman october 31, 1964 season 3, episode 5 of quantum leap or get episode details on.
Every quantum leap episode other than the pilot features a moment during the opening credits where we see a montage of sams best kisses with woman from the shows history to that point. Watch quantum leap episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The symbol is no longer in so much use but refers to the ascii representation courtesy of deb brown of the asl symbols for quantum leap as shown in the episode private dancer. Quantum leap is an american television series that first aired on nbc from march 1989 to. Its overlooked by many younger genre fans today, but quantum leap was a fun, interesting, and influential show and it also has one of the most. Although in the original history, al was acquitted, sams actions cause the case to begin turning against al when he prevents a key witness from testifying because he believes he is there to stop her from ruining her life since al. Things do more than go bump in the night when sam leaps into joshua rey, a horror novelist, on. An excellent episode with sam leaping into a house of horrors. This episode provides a rare glimpse of the present world outside project quantum leap. Check out our complete episode guide sorted in chronological order according to leapdate.
Beavis and butthead, reno 911, a frasier episode, the good rugrats halloween episode, etc. It told the story of sam beckett scott bakula, just your average medical doctorquantum physicist who also sang, danced, and karate kicked. Quantum leap takes place in the original star trek timelineweird ernie in the pilot and the other al in the final episode are actually commander braxton of the temporal police, starting and ending a federationstarfleet program to fix the time. It wore its heart so prominently on its sleeves it was practically part of the fabric. Although the project quantum leap isnt ready yet, sam beckett doesnt listen to supercomputer ziggy, hops into the accelerator and leaps. The boogieman was the fifth episode of season 3 of the tv series quantum.
Sam finds his memory swiss cheesed, with only enough left to know that he is not where or when he belongs. Jul 19, 2016 im looking forward to the quantum leap scene that terrified you so much. As tom stratton, an air force test pilot about to attempt a dangerous flight. Sam beckett scott bakula leaps from one exciting identity and time to another, still chasing his dream to return to the present, and desperately hoping that time is on his side. Quantum leap is an american television series that first aired on nbc from march 1989 to may 1993.
The grisly plot culminates to a legitimately unsettling climax thats as scary as it is funny seriously, its hard to describe and we find out the. As sam gets his bearings as he leaps in, he finds a book in. While there were a handful of spooky episodes, this was quantum leaps only true halloween episode. There are four spooky episodes of quantum leap, each with a different.
Things do more than go bump in the night when sam leaps into joshua rey, a horror novelist, on halloween. With scott bakula, dean stockwell, valerie mahaffey, paul linke. Sam leaps into the body of a 1960s horror author as hes setting up a halloween haunted house and immediately hits his. October 26, 1990 visit the quantum leap rewatch index. The part of the devil evil al is played in thet episode by dean stockwell. Aug 23, 20 quantum leap, which ran on nbc from 19891993, is easy to mock. The weird bit where he leaps into a previous episode is probably leftover from this airing before a repeat of camikaze kid the network would redo the leap endings to have sam leaping into whatever episode aired next, even if it was a repeat, so the continuity would stick. The boogieman is a fun halloween episode and is recommended. The devil, or satan is a character who appears in the form of several characters, including al, who are depicted in the season three episode of quantum leap titled the boogieman. Im looking forward to the quantum leap scene that terrified you so much. Problem is, nobody else has seen the goat or where the goat could have come from in the first place.