Blind Faith

Who knew that if Sam leaped into a blind pianist’s body that he’d be able to see with his own eyes and stop a Central Park killer?

— Michael Main

He says he wants to play.

Quantum Leap (s02e05), “Blind Faith” (NBC-TV, USA, 1 November 1989).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Time Travel Methods

Themes

Animals or Small Children Sense Time Travelers: Chopin notices the difference in the pianist and also can see or otherwise sense Al.
Identity Illusion
Incorporeal Traveler: Al
Touched by a Time Traveler: Sam touches the lives of Michedlle Stevens and her mother.

Real-World Tags

The Beatles: The Beatles have arrived in NYC for the Ed Sullivan Show, and Sam runs into them.

Groupings

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From a Detroit office building, 18 October 1961 ⋙ to Carnegie Hall, NYC, 6 February 1964. Note: into blind pianist Andrew Ross.
From Central Park, NYC, 7 February 1964 ⋙ to Peoria, Illinois, 9 September 1959. Note: into disc jockey “Howlin’” Chick Howell.
From the imaging chamber at the project lab, New Mexico desert, circa 1996 ⋙ to various locations and times in the episode at an unknown time. Multiple round trips. Note: Al’s hologram.