Sam meets Al the Bartender (Bruce McGill), who seems to possess an omniscient understanding of Sam’s journey.
The tavern is filled with miners who share the faces of people Sam has helped in the past, though they have different names. [S5E22] Mirror Image - August 8, 1953
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. Sam meets Al the Bartender (Bruce McGill), who
The episode ends with the famous and bittersweet title card: "Dr. Sam Becket [sic] never returned home" . [S5E22] Mirror Image - August 8, 1953