<Li> In the fifth - season episode "Trilogy (Part 2)," Sam fathers a child who proves to be his true genetic child, not the child of his Leapee . Samantha Josephine' Sammy Jo' Fuller, like Sam, is a child prodigy with a eidetic memory . She would grow up to join the staff of PQL, never knowing that Sam is her true father . </Li> <Li> In the series finale "Mirror Image", Sam learned the truth that he was, and had always been, the one in control of his journey through time (albeit only via his subconscious mind up to this point). Sam then returned to a specific point in time, to reveal his true self to Al's first wife, Beth, while assuring her that Al was alive as a POW in Vietnam who would return to her . </Li> <P> As stated above, in the final episode of the show Sam learned from a bartender named Al (played by Bruce McGill, who also appeared in the first episode as a different character) that he was in control of his leaps and could have returned home whenever he wanted . The bartender reminded Sam that he created Project Quantum Leap to help the world, and that in each leap he changed people and events for the better . Although Sam wanted to go home, he instead chose to return and inform Beth that Al was still alive . The final caption of the show tells the audience that, in the end, Sam never returned home with the title card at the end somewhat unceremoniously announcing it, and also with his last name misspelled: "Dr. Sam Becket never returned home ." </P>

Did sam make it home on quantum leap