Sam leaps into himself as a 16 year old, just before Thanksgiving. Al tells him he is there to win a a big high school basketball game which will change the lives of several of the participants, but Sam is determined to use the time to improve the lives of his family: helping his sister avoid a disastrous elopement, saving his father from an eventual heart attack, and eventually helping his brother not to die in the Vietnam war. In the end, Sam wins the game but fails to change his family’s fate, but God or time or fate may give him another chance…
Written by Donald P. Bellisario. Directed by Joe Napolitano
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