User Reviews

Credit where credit is due. I've been saying the production team should make the new show more like the original, and focus more on Ben then the "mystery" and give Raymond Lee a chance to act... and they have. Yay. So this episode wasn't much about the project, although it did give Jenn a chance to sit around and do more than look grumpy. It also gave the team something humorous to do, which to date they've been pretty much a bunch of stiffs. Them paying and betting was funny. Not LOL, but snicker-alicious.

The actual story with Ben wasn't anything major, but neither were a lot of the original QL stories. It's nice to see Raymond Lee getting to do funny. Last week with his "Would it distract you if I asked a stupid question?", and this week his coping with high heels and pulling around his suitcase in the process was again, worth a snicker or two. I also liked Jenn as the Observer, and I'd rather see her doing it than Addison. Which would mean Addison wouldn't really have anything to do. Darn.

There's not really much else to say. It was an episode in the spirit of the original. If the new show is going to call itself 'Quantum Leap' and be a sequel to the original, then this is the kind of show I'd like to see.

There were a couple of minor flaws. I thought Ben leaped a bit too early: I would have liked to see his triumph in court. I also don't object to Ben's Leapee having a same-sex relationship, but it rather neatly avoids Ben having to kiss a man. And Addison not being present means she didn't have to deal with the emotional angst of seeing her fiancée kissing someone. Or being kissed by someone. So the same-sex relationship and Addison not being able to be present seemed more like writing to avoid anything too significant and toss in some gimmick, than heartfelt intentions.

But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?

Jonathan Chase was a revelation as the deliciously corrupt ADA Bill Barnes who has ambitions for higher office at the expense of the innocent.

Ben is a public defender who does his best with limited resources and a judge who lacks any kind of compassion.

This episode was quite advanced in the sense that it portrayed an 80s same gender relationship without any sense of awkwardness or discrimination that the audience could sense. Anyway, I know die hard fans of the original Quantum Leap would rise with a loud "objection" to this, but yes that's how society has changed I guess for Quantum Leap.