1. Genesis (1)  

First aired: 3/26/1989

September 13, 1956: Although the Project Quantum Leap isn't ready yet, Sam Beckett doesn't listen to supercomputer Ziggy, hops into the Accelerator and leaps. As Tom Stratton, an Air Force test pilot, Sam finds his memory Swiss cheesed, with only enough left to know that he is not where or when he belongs. Al explains that the Project has gone awry and that the only way Sam can leap out is by flying the X-2 to Mach 3. Instead, Sam leaps after saving his wife and child, only to find that rather than leaping home, he's leapt into Ken Fox, a minor league baseball player in Texas, at the end of the 1968 season, where he must make the winning play in order to leap.

2. Genesis (2)  

First aired: 3/26/1989

September 13, 1956: As Tom Stratton, Sam comforts his (Tom's) wife and prevents her from having a premature birth. This is what he was sent to do, allowing him to leap home (he hopes). But instead of leaping home, he leaps into Ken Fox, a minor league baseball player in Texas at the end of the 1968 season, in the middle of a game, where he must make the winning play in order to leap further. Ken Fox makes a home-run, and Sam leaps into Dr. Gerald Bryant as a college professor in the middle of a class.

3. Star-Crossed  

First aired: 3/31/1989    Production Code: 65003

June 15, 1972: As Dr. Gerald Bryant, a literature professor at the same Ohio college attended by his one-time fiancée, Sam has to prevent an amorous co-ed from attaching to him and ruining her life. Despite threats to his job, Al gives Sam the information he needs to reunite his star-crossed lover with her father and, perhaps, giving Sam a second shot at marriage.

4. The Right Hand of God  

First aired: 4/7/1989    Production Code: 65002

October 24, 1974: Having leaped into Kid Cody, a boxer on the take, Sam has to win the championship to fund a new church for his trainers, a group of nuns. Sam must face the bookie who expects him to take a dive in the final round, and, with the help of several trainers, streaking, and Al's appearance in the ring to guide his punches, Sam wins the bout and finances the chapel.

5. How the Tess Was Won  

First aired: 4/14/1989    Production Code: 65004

August 5, 1956: As a veterinarian in rural Texas, Sam's mission appears to be winning the love of an heiress to a large ranch. Sabotaged by another suitor, Sam fails and finds that his true goal was to save the life of a sick piglet, and to help an unnamed cohort with a task he's performing.

6. Double Identity  

First aired: 4/21/1989    Production Code: 65001

November 8, 1965: Though his goal as a Mafia hitman named Frankie is unclear, Sam follows a list of instructions, supplied by Ziggy in an effort to bring Sam back to the Project. These instructions result in the Great East Coast Blackout and, rather than leaping home, Sam finds himself in the life of the Mafia don who's been jealously preventing a romance between Frankie and the don's girlfriend. Sam believes he knows his mission, and publicly announces Frankie's marriage to the girlfriend, putting himself in a position to call a winning Bingo number.

7. The Color of Truth  

First aired: 5/3/1989    Production Code: 65013

August 8, 1955: In the life of Jesse Tyler, an aging black chauffeur, Sam must face discrimination in the South while trying to prevent the death of an elderly white woman. Actions motivated by his own belief in equality cause violent reactions, as Sam tries to convince one of the pillars of the community to change her views on racism and the futility of trying to change a society for the better.

8. Camikazi Kid  

First aired: 5/10/1989    Production Code: 65014

June 6, 1961: As a high school nerd, Sam must prevent his sweet sister from marrying an abusive drinker, with the wedding only three days away. This hits a little close to home, as Sam's own sister married into the exact same situation at a young age. By drag racing the prospective husband, and beating him with a car that couldn't have won without nitrous oxide, Sam is able to bring the groom's true tendencies to the surface, affecting more than just his sister.

9. Play It Again, Seymour  

First aired: 5/17/1989    Production Code: 65009

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.