Lee Harvey Oswald, Part II was the conclusion of a two-part episode Season 2 opening story arc of Quantum Leap exploring the JFK assasination, as Dr. Samuel Beckett leaps into the life of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, at different points in his life leading up to the 1963 assassination in Dallas. Also the 77th overall series episode, it was written by series creator Donald P. Bellisario, and directed by James Whitmore, Jr.. The episode originally aired on NBC-TV on September 22, 1992 with Lee Harvey Oswald, Part I as a two hour episode.