Season 5, Episode 11

Promised Land

December 15, 199245 min

December 22, 1971: Sam leaps back to Elk Ridge, Indiana to help save the lives of the Walters boys as they try to save their farm from a banker with designs on getting rich from foreclosure.

Directed by
Scott Bakula
Written by
Tommy Thompson, Gillian Horvath

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  1. S5 E1

    Lee Harvey Oswald (1)

    Sep 22, 199245 min

    October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: As a result of leaping again before he had a chance to complete his original mission, Sam finds himself leaping back and forth through the life of Lee Harvey Oswald. Following the sole assassin theory, S

  2. S5 E2

    Lee Harvey Oswald (2)

    Sep 22, 199245 min

    October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: As a result of leaping again before he had a chance to complete his original mission, Sam finds himself leaping back and forth through the life of Lee Harvey Oswald. Following the sole assassin theory, S

  3. S5 E3

    Leaping of the Shrew

    Sep 29, 199245 min

    September 27, 1956: It's Robinson Crusoe with a twist when Sam leaps into a Greek sailor stranded on a deserted island with a beautiful young rich woman who appears to be less than fond of both him and their stranded situation.

  4. S5 E4

    Nowhere to Run

    Oct 6, 199245 min

    August 10, 1968: As a Marine captain whose legs were amputated after a mishap in Vietnam, Sam finds himself in a veteran's hospital, where he must prevent the suicide of a fellow patient who would rather be dead than face life paralyzed fro

  5. S5 E5

    Killin' Time

    Oct 20, 19925.345 min

    June 18, 1958: Sam leaps into a tricky situation as an escaped killer holed up in a house with a mother and daughter as hostages. Escape isn't going to be easy for either Sam or his hostages, when the real killer breaks out of the waiting r

  6. S5 E6

    Star Light, Star Bright

    Oct 27, 199245 min

    May 21, 1966: Sam leaps into a 79-year-old man whose son wants to have him committed when he claims to have seen UFO's. Sam is kept busy as he tries to keep the family together, prevent the future drug overdose of "his" grandson, and avoid