Quantum Leap (season 2)
| Quantum Leap (season 2) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 20, 1989 – May 9, 1990 |
| Season chronology | |
Season two of Quantum Leap ran on NBC from September 20, 1989 to May 9, 1990. It consists of twenty-two episodes. During this season, won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.Pool Hall Blues was recognized receiving an Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series.Good Night, Dear Heart receiving an Edgar Award for Best TV Series Episode.
Sam is unhappy about leaping into stuntman Chad Stone (played by Kevin Light) on the set of a disco film, but he must prevent his brother, a fellow stuntman, from being the victim of a freak accident while steering him toward a career in music.
Note: This is the first episode in which Sam remembers that he had a brother who died in Vietnam.
Sam leaps into a woman for the first time, a stunning blonde named Samantha Stormer (played by LaReine Chabut). He must prevent his host's female roommate (Jean Sagal) from killing herself when her married boyfriend (who is also Sam's host's boss) refuses to divorce his wife. Sam also has to deal with sexual harassment from the same man and deal with Al's attraction for Sam's host.
Sam leaps into Chick Howell (played by Douglas Ibold), the Wolfman Jack type DJ of a radio station in a city where local politicians are trying to ban rock & roll. He and the station owner barricade themselves in the station and thwart several attempts by the authorities to take the station off the air.
Sam is David Basch (played by John J. Reiner), a rabbi whose brother's family is still suffering from the death of their son in a plane crash, and he must help his brother stop blaming his wife for their son's death which is destined to drive her into an affair with a sleazy author who is using her to write a book. In this episode, Al reveals that his third wife was Jewish during the bat mitzvah of the niece of Sam's host.
Sam leaps into Jimmy LaMotta (played by Brad Silverman), a young man with Down syndrome who needs to show he can keep his job at the docks or else he will die in a mental institution.
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