Lead character Sam Beckett "leaps" (travels through time) to 1957, into the body of a mortician investigating the death of a young West German immigrant woman.

Paul Brown won an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series for writing "Good Night, Dear Heart".

It is November 9, 1957, and Sam Beckett has "leaped" into the body of Melvin Spooner, a mortician in fictional Riven Rock, Massachusetts, who also serves as the town's coroner.

[1] It is explained that Hilla has no family since her father died in North Africa in World War II and her mother and brothers perished in the 1945 firebombing of Dresden.

"Good Night, Dear Heart" won an Edgar Award for writer Paul Brown for Best Episode in a TV Series.

When Clement is later arrested and beaten by police, Sam photographs him out of drag with his injuries to call attention to the abuse faced by gay and lesbian people.