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

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

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" . The bartender's name, Alberto Bellisario, is a nod

In this surreal and emotional series finale, Dr. Sam Beckett leaps into a tavern in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania—on the exact day and time of his own birth. For the first time in the series, Sam looks in the mirror and sees his own reflection instead of a host. The episode ends with the famous and bittersweet

The tavern is filled with miners who share the faces of people Sam has helped in the past, though they have different names.