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.
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Lester "Doc" Fuller, pitcher for the Galveston "Mustangs," a minor league baseball team. Sam (Scott Bakula) is here to get Doc from the minors to the majors and to prevent his premature death.
For the duration of Hurricane Camille, Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) becomes Sheriff Archie Necaise in order to save nurse Cissy Davis, Archie’s girlfriend, from getting killed by the storm.
Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Clyde, who works in the voter’s registration office at the county courthouse and has just been inducted into the KKK. Sam (Scott Bakula) is there to prevent the hanging of a black rights activist.
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into Frank Bianca during a hectic day at Frank’s Beverly Hills hair salon. He must save the lives of Frank’s girlfriend Laura and her young crippled son Kyle, who is witness to a murder.
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into Katie McBain right after she is examined at the hospital following a brutal date rape, and he figures out that he must file charges and testify against the young man to get him convicted.
Scott Bakula
Dr. Sam Beckett
Dean Stockwell
Al Calavicci
Dennis Wolfberg
Gooshie
W. K. Stratton
Lawrence 'Larry' Stanton III
Carolyn Seymour
Zoey