Episode
Quantum Leap: Ghost Ship
Overview
August 13, 1956: Flying over the Bermuda Triangle, Sam, as the co-pilot, must prevent the flight from returning to Virginia, to get a seriously ill passenger to a doctor before she dies. Flying through the triangle is riskier than it seems, and Sam, deprived of Al's help when the hologram fades out, must get them through alive.
Details
- Series
- Quantum Leap
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1992-03-04
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Ghost Ship is Episode 16 in Season 4 of Quantum Leap. It aired on 1992-03-04. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 17: Roberto!
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Episode 18: It's A Wonderful Leap
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Episode 13: Temptation Eyes
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Episode 19: Moments to Live
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Episode 12: Running for Honor
June 11, 1964: As a track star in a Navy college, Sam must prevent the death of his ex- roommate, who was expelled because he was gay, and who is slated to die at the hands of a group of bigoted cadets.
Episode 20: The Curse of Ptah-Hotep
March 2, 1957: It's almost as though Sam were on vacation when, as Egyptologist Dale Conway, he gets to read hieroglyphics, search lost tombs, and, of course, visit Egypt. But between an encroaching sandstorm, computer glitches back at the Project, the suspicious deaths of the guides, and a 3000-year-old curse to round things off, Sam has very little time to play in the sand.
Episode 11: The Play's the Thing
September 9, 1969: May meets December when Sam leaps into a young actor in love with an older woman, who is also an aspiring singer. If he can't boost her confidence and help her get her career on track, she will face a "fate worse than death," returning with her son to Cleveland.
Episode 21: Stand Up
April 30, 1959: Sam, as the singing half of a comedy team, soon finds that trying to convince two people that they're truly in love is no laughing matter, especially when one of them is the object of a sleazy casino owner's desire.
Episode 10: Unchained
November 2, 1956: Sam and a fellow convict named Boone are the defiant ones when Sam has to rescue his companion from a fifteen-year sentence on a chain gang.
Episode 22: A Leap for Lisa
June 25, 1957: Sam leaps into Al Calavicci to prevent the death of his married lover. But when Sam accidentally alters history, and finds out too late about her untimely demise, it could mean the gas chamber for Al and disturbingly a whole new situation at Project Quantum Leap.