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Good Morning, Peoria
| S 2 | Ep 6 | 1989/11/08 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam is a radio DJ and has to help bring Rock and Roll to Peoria. Sam leaps into the body of Chick Howell, a rock and roll DJ for radio station WOF. It's 1959 and there is a growing backlash against this new form of music. Station owner and manager Rachel Porter is determined to become the #1 radio station in Peoria but one of her main clients has withdrawn all of his advertising and is urging others to do so. He even gets the town council to pass an ordinance banning rock and roll music from the airwaves. Sam and Rachel barricade themselves in the radio station and vow to fight for what Sam sees as a free speech issue. He also gets to show Chubby Checker the twist!
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Thou Shalt Not...
| S 2 | Ep 7 | 1989/11/15 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam leaps into a rabbi to prevent his host's sister-in-law from falling for a sleazy author. Sam leaps into the body of Rabbi David Bosch and his mission this time around is to mend relations between his brother Joe and his sister-in-law Irene. Their marriage soured when their son Danny died in an accident and Joe blames his wife. Al's information is that Irene will have an affair in the next 36 hours that will tear the marriage apart. The only problem is that Sam thinks Rabbi David is the man she's supposed to have the affair with. He sets out to try and mend their relationship but also has to deal with Bert Glasserman, the local community Lothario.
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Jimmy
| S 2 | Ep 8 | 1989/11/22 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam leaps into a young retarded man and has to keep him out of an institution. Sam leaps into the body of Jimmy LaMotta a mentally disabled man, with the IQ of a 12 year-old, who has recently moved in with his brother Frank and his family. It's 1964 and there is little tolerance for integrating men like Jimmy into mainstream society. At home, Jimmy's sister-in-law is worried having him around, particularly the effect he may be having on their son. Jimmy manages to get a job on the docks with his brother but faces a great deal of prejudice from some fellow workers, particularly from a man named Blue. Blue has a secret of his own, however.
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So Help Me God
| S 2 | Ep 9 | 1989/11/29 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA FAM MYS SF | USA | |
Sam must defend a young black woman charged with murdering the son of a powerful Southern political figure. Sam leaps into the body of defense attorney Leonard Dancey just as he is about to enter a plea on behalf of Lila Berry, who is charged with murder. It appears that a plea bargain had already been agreed to but when Sam asks Lila if she did it, she refuses to answer him so he enters a not guilty plea. The sudden change doesn't sit well with the DA and also with Captain Cotter, the most influential man in town and the dead man's father. It's 1957 Louisiana and Sam is appalled at the attitudes toward his client, an African-American. The all-white jury is certain to convict unless he can get Lila to tell him exactly what happened, but she is obviously protecting someone.
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Catch A Falling Star
| S 2 | Ep 10 | 1989/12/06 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam must save an alcoholic actor from a fall during a performance of "Man of LaMancha." His old piano teacher is also present and finds Sam's host very attractive. Sam leaps into the body of Ray Hutton, a working actor in the touring company of Man of La Mancha. He's the understudy to a renowned actor, John O'Malley, who's a bit of lush. His task is to keep the man from suffering a tragic fall during an upcoming performance. Sam is distracted when he sees his first love, Nicole, his one-time piano teacher. Although only 15 years old at the time - and she 25 - Sam adored her. She also at one time had a relationship with Ray Hutton and Sam is having difficulty differentiating between the two.
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A Portrait For Troian
| S 2 | Ep 11 | 1989/12/13 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam must save a young woman who drowns while insisting that she is hearing the calls of her dead husband. Sam leaps into the body of Dr. Timothy Mintz, a parapsychologist who who is working with Troian Claridge who is trying to contact her husband, who died three years ago. Mintz is attracted to the woman and Sam knows one thing - if he can't convince her that there is no ghost, she too will drown in the small lake behind her house just as her husband did. Troian's brother, Jimmy Giovanni, is convinced that Mintz is exploiting her and their very odd housekeeper, Priscilla Stoltz, is nothing short of creepy. Sam however is convinced that there is a very earthly explanation to the voices Troin has been hearing.
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Animal Frat
| S 2 | Ep 12 | 1990/01/03 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Finding himself the king of an "Animal House" fraternity, Sam must win the confidence of a beautiful female activist and prevent the bombing of a school building. Sam leaps into the body of Knut 'Wild Thing' Wileton, a frat house president who is known for his partying. It's 1967 and protests against the Vietnam war are now common on college campuses. Sam's task is ensure that a fellow student, Elizabeth Spokane, doesn't make an error that will ruin her life. In a few days, she will place a bomb in the chemistry lab to protest work they are doing for the Defense Department. Although the lab is supposed to be empty at the time, a student will be killed. It turns out Sam also has another task, one related to Wild Thing himself.
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Another Mother
| S 2 | Ep 13 | 1990/01/10 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam must prevent the teen-aged son of his host from disappearing. Al and Sam also find out that very young children can see the real Sam and Al. Sam leaps into the body of a divorced mother of three whose eldest son, 15 year-old Kevin, will run away from home in the next 24 hours never to be seen again. Kevin is at that awkward age where he's embarrassed that he's still a virgin. His so-called friends decide to pull a practical joke on him leading him to run away. Sam and Al also learn that a young child can see both of them and have to come up with some pretty quick answers.
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All Americans
| S 2 | Ep 14 | 1990/01/17 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam must prevent a fellow high school football player from throwing the championship game and losing his scholarship. Sam finds himself back in high school when he leaps into the body of Eddie Vega. Eddie and his best friend Chuey Martinez both star on the school's football team and Sam is there to keep Chuey from throwing the upcoming championship game. It turns out that Chuey's mother is several months behind in her rent to her landlord who also happens to be a heavy gambler. In return for Chuey throwing the game - he's the team's star receiver - he'll forgive what his mother owes.
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Her Charm
| S 2 | Ep 15 | 1990/02/07 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
As an FBI agent Sam has to protect a female witness when the people after her seem to know his every step. Sam leaps into the body of an FBI Agent who is assigned to protect Dana Berrenger. She testified against her boss who used his company to import drugs, among other things. Unfortunately for her, her ex-boss was found not guilty at his trial and he's now out for revenge. She is in the witness protection program but the man has an uncanny ability of finding her. She thinks her FBI protector is just plain incompetent but it's obvious there is someone working on the inside.
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Freedom
| S 2 | Ep 16 | 1990/02/14 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
As a American Indian, Sam escapes from jail to get his grandfather back to the reservation so he can die at home. Sam leaps into the body of George Washaki, a Native American who finds himself in jail with his grandfather. They had been arrested when George stole a pickup truck to help his grandfather run away from his nursing home and go back to his ancestral lands. The old man is dying and he does not want to die anywhere else. Sam decides to help him and they escape from jail setting off a manhunt. Along the way, Sam learns a little bit about himself as the old man dispenses wisdom that is applicable to both Sam as well as his grandson.
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Good Night, Dear Heart
| S 2 | Ep 17 | 1990/03/07 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam leaps into a coroner who must play detective and prove that a female victim was murdered. Sam leaps into the body of Melvin Spooner a small town mortician and part-time coroner. The police bring him the body of 19 year old local girl, Hilly, who they believe committed suicide. Sam isn't so sure that she killed herself when he finds what appears to be a bullet hole in the side of her head. Unfortunately, he doesn't find a bullet or an exit hole. The autopsy also reveals that she was pregnant. She was seeing the son of a prominent businessman who didn't approve of their relationship. Sam realizes that he must solve the crime if he is to leap again.
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Pool Hall Blues
| S 2 | Ep 18 | 1990/03/14 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam leaps into an old pool playing acquaintance of Al's and must win a pool game so that his granddaughter doesn't lose her bar. Sam leaps into the body of Charlie 'Black Magic' Walters, an aging pool pro who tries to help his granddaughter make a success of her club without resorting to pool playing. Al is thrilled at the turn of events having met Black Magic Walters in his youth. Unable to get a legitimate loan from the bank, Magic is forced to play the local loan shark to wipe out the debt. The only problem is that Sam can't play pool. Al comes up with a very practical way of ensuring Sam's success but he's left on his own when a technical glitch gets in the way.
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Leaping In Without A Net
| S 2 | Ep 19 | 1990/03/28 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam must overcome his fear of heights when he leaps into a trapeze artist whose sister dies doing a stunt without a net. Sam leaps into the body of Victor Panzini a trapeze artist along with his sister Eva and his father Laszlo. There is much tension in the Panzini family resulting from the death of the family matriarch a year ago. She fell during a performance while attempting a triple somersault and Laszlo blames his son who was acting as her catcher. Al tells Sam, who is afraid of heights, that in two days time, Eva Panzini will attempt the triple with her father as her catcher and she too will fall to her death. The only solution is for Sam to overcome his fears and take his father's place.
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Maybe Baby
| S 2 | Ep 20 | 1990/04/04 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam is involved with the kidnapping of a baby while crossing Texas with his stripper accomplice. Sam leaps into the body of Buster who is in the process of kidnapping a baby along with a stripper whose stage name is Bunny O'Hare and whose story is constantly changing. Initially, he thinks they might be the parents but Bunny tells him she is trying to get the baby, Christie, back to its real mother. Turns out she had good reason to take the baby away from her father
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Sea Bride
| S 2 | Ep 21 | 1990/05/02 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Onboard an ocean liner Sam must prevent the marriage of his host's ex-wife. Sam leaps into the body of Philip Dumont who is aboard the Queen Mary and is trying to prevent the marriage of Dumont's ex-wife Catherine Farrington to a gangster, Vincent Loggia, affectionately referred to as Vinny the Viper. She's still in love with Philip who inexplicably disappeared three years before while sailing in the south seas. Her father wants the marriage to go forward because Vinny has offered to buy his failing shipping firm. Catherine's younger sister is on Philip's side but Vinny is prepared to do whatever it takes to get rid of him.
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M.I.A.
| S 2 | Ep 22 | 1990/05/09 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Al tells Sam that he has to convince a Navy nurse that her MIA husband is still alive, but Sam keeps getting signals that he has another mission. Sam leaps into the body of a newly promoted police detective Jake Rawlins. His task is to keep a woman, Beth, from falling in love with a lawyer she is about to meet. Her husband has been listed as missing in action and is in fact in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. Sam doesn't quite get there in time and the two meet. He soon realizes however that Al has been less than honest with him about why it's important they not meet. In fact, Sam has leaped into Rawlins body to keep a junkie from killing his partner, Sgt. Roger Skaggs.
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The Leap Home (Part 1)
| S 3 | Ep 1 | 1990/09/28 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Sam leaps into himself as a teenager to help his high school basketball team win the championship. He also tries to help the other members of his family including his father who died from smoking, his brother who died in Viet Nam and his sister who married a wife abuser. Sam leaps into himself as a 16 year-old and gets to re-live a very happy time in his life. His father is still alive, and his mother and sister are happy as well. Al tells him that he's likely there to re-play the big championship basketball game his high school lost. If they win, several members of the team will go on to greater careers that they have had, including college scholarships and professional basketball careers. Sam isn't sure he wants to replay the game as it will likely cause him to leap and he wants to stay with his family. He hopes to get his father, who will die in three years, to quit smoking, his sister not to elope with her boyfriend and to persuade his older brother Tom not to go to Vietnam.
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The Leap Home (Part 2)
| S 3 | Ep 2 | 1990/10/05 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
Still involved in his brother's life, Sam leaps into Vietnam to either save his brother or ensure the success of the team's mission. Having won the high school basketball championship game and thereby changing the future for his teammates, Sam leaps into the body of a soldier in his brother Tom's SEAL team while they are on patrol in Vietnam. It's the day before his brother is killed but Al tells Sam that he's actually there to ensure that the next day's mission succeeds, not to save his brother. When he learns that an attractive and outgoing photo-journalist Maggie Dawson is also killed on the mission, he tries to save her as well. On patrol the next day, Al suggests that Sam help free a nearby American POW but he declines and doggedly sets off to save his brother.
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Leap Of Faith
| S 3 | Ep 3 | 1990/10/12 |
| TV Series Episode | 48 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV DRA | USA | |
As a priest, Sam must save another priest from alcoholism and prevent a murder. Sam leaps into the body of Father Frank Pistano, a Catholic priest. He's there to help his colleague, Father McRoberts who is bitter over the death of a young parishioner and is drinking heavily. Al tells Sam there is a high probability that Father Mac, as he is known, will be killed. Both Father Mac and the dead boy were the only witnesses to a killing by young hoodlum Tony Pronti and it is clear that Tony is out to get rid of him. When Father Mac reaches the end of his tether, Sam has to keep him from committing murder.