Dennis Wolfberg

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. He is Captain Hank Stratton, Air Force Pilot. He has a pregnant wife named Peg and a son named Mikey. When Sam goes up in the B-50 aircraft with Hank's best friend Capt. "Bird Dog" Birdell and Capt. Tony LaMott, they think he is joking when he insists he does not know how to fly. Part 1 of 2.

Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula), a brilliant scientist, takes part in the Quantum Leap experiment which lands him in 1956 as a test pilot. With the help of his holographic "Observer" (Dean Stockwell), Sam remembers the experiment and learns that his fate is to "quantum leap" back and forth in time with the hope of returning to his own present in the conclusion of the premiere episode written by series executive producer Donald P. Bellisario and directed by David Hemmings. Part 2 of 2.

Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into a tavern in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania, as himself on his day of birth. He befriends a wise bartender, Alberto Bellisario and a group of coal miners, on the series finale.

A lightning bolt strikes Sam (Scott Bakula) and Al (Dean Stockwell), causing them to trade places and personalities: Al (Dean Stockwell) becomes a World War II ex-POW just returned home in 1945; Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps ''home'' to the Q.L. control center in 1999.

Part 1 of 2. Sam (Scott Bakula) has an opportunity to change history forever when he leaps into the body of Lee Harvey Oswald on several occasions, including the day of JFK's assassination. With Dean Stockwell.