Set 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, follows a new team that must restart the project hoping to understand the mysteries behind the mach... Read allSet 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, follows a new team that must restart the project hoping to understand the mysteries behind the machine and its creator.Set 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, follows a new team that must restart the project hoping to understand the mysteries behind the machine and its creator.
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- TriviaOriginal series star Scott Bakula declined to return for this sequel, despite lobbying for a continuation to the original series for more than 20 years. Fans even speculated that Ben Song was actually tracking Sam Beckett (Bakula's character) through time to rescue him after the conclusion of the original series, which ended up not being true. Later, in interviews both Bakula and the producers of this show have admitted that the original pilot script for the reboot featured a cameo by Sam Beckett but disclose what his role was. However Bakula backed out and refused to reprise the role as either a supporting or recurring character, without the presence of Dean Stockwell who died in 2021. The producers have since said they have an "open door" policy with Bakula, and that he would be allowed to appear in the show at any time should he change his mind.
- GoofsSeveral times in the series the holographic observer (usually Addison) is able to sit down next to the leaper (Ben), as if they are in the past with him. This shouldn't happen since the imaging chamber doesn't have a seat in it. Technically the observer should phase through the seat they are trying to sit on.
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[Opening Narration Season 1]
Addison Augustine: Dr. Ben Song risked everything when he used the Quantum Leap Accelerator to travel back in time. Now our team is working to find out why. As he leaps between bodies with no memory of who he is, he still has one hope: that his next leap will take him back to the place and people he calls home.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Half in the Bag: 2022 Catch-up Part 2 (2023)
The new series continues this story nearly 30 years later. Dr. Ben Song steps into an updated Quantum Leap chamber and leaps into another person's life "to put right what once went wrong." This time, the holographic guide is his fiancee, Addison, which provides an interesting wrinkle when Ben's leaps induce amnesia (known to Sam as the "Swiss cheese effect"). However, this rendition of the series introduces a flurry of supporting characters, which so far appears both a blessing and a curse. Their diversity of gender, race, and sexuality is a refreshing change, but their quantity and extensive storylines complicated the first episode and kept the actors from building depth and chemistry. Instead, the writers too often imbued scenes with a heavy-handed and overly serious intensity without humanizing the characters with lighter quirks to make them more relatable. That said, one character, a programmer named Ian, already had a bit more flair, and more nuanced development may evolve in future episodes.
I'd only rate this a 5 or less if not for its skillfully brief allusions to characters from the original Quantum Leap project (unlike other more overbearing reboots), including a cathartic nod to the messy cliffhanger ending to the earlier series. Hopefully, NBC will provide this show and its characters time for growth. A few slaps seemed to fix Al's gizmo, and maybe this program's glitches will similarly improve over the next few episodes.
- webcruser
- Sep 23, 2022
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