Quantum Leap is an American science-fiction television series, created by Donald P. Bellisario, that originally aired on NBC for five seasons, from March 25, 1989 through May 5, 1993. It stars Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who involuntarily leaps through spacetime during experiments in time travel, by temporarily taking the place of other people to correct what he consistently discovers were historical mistakes. Dean Stockwell co-stars as Admiral Al Calavicci, Sam's womanizing, cigar-smoking companion and best friend, who appears to him as a hologram and researches and shapes his opinions of the past.

Jimmy is the eighth episode of Season 2 of the Quantum Leap TV series, also the 17th overall series episode. Written by Paul M. Belous, the episode, which was directed by Robert A. Wolterstorff, originally aired on NBC-TV on November 22, 1989.

Sam leaps into Jimmy LaMotta, a young man with a development disability that needs to show he can keep his job at the docks or else he will die in a mental institution. Michael Madsen guest stars as a dock worker that teases and intimidates Jimmy for being disabled. Since mainstreaming the mentally handicapped is not yet a popular concept, Sam must help Jimmy LaMotta (played by Brad Silverman), the "slow" young man he's leaped into, get a job and gain his coworkers' acceptance, to prevent his brother from returning Jimmy to the institution. It's also revealed that Al had a younger sister who had a development disability and died in an institution.

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