[s5e22] Mirror Image - August 8, 1953 May 2026

Sam meets Al the Bartender (Bruce McGill), who seems to possess an omniscient understanding of Sam’s journey.

Realizing he has more control over his leaps than he thought, Sam chooses to make one final leap as himself to tell Beth that Al Calavicci is still alive, preventing their divorce and changing Al's future for the better. [S5E22] Mirror Image - August 8, 1953

The episode ends with the famous and bittersweet title card: "Dr. Sam Becket [sic] never returned home" . Sam meets Al the Bartender (Bruce McGill), who

The bartender's name, Alberto Bellisario, is a nod to the show's creator, Donald P. Bellisario, who also wrote this final episode. Donald P. Bellisario