Quantum Leap (1989): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1989, Quantum Leap is a sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure and drama series.

What it’s about. Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

Who’s in it. Quantum Leap stars Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett, Dean Stockwell as Al Calavicci, Dennis Wolfberg as Gooshie and Danny Nucci as Tony Pronti, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, Quantum Leap sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Philo and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Quantum Leap page.

If you liked it. Fans of Quantum Leap tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.