Quantum Leap

[Thundarr]

I'm about half way through Season 5. Just finished watching The Return Of The Evil Leaper. Great episode, as was the introduction of the Evil Leaper.

 

[Golgo-13]

How would that work on a purely scientific level? Sam was not only time traveling into other people's bodies but he had to accomplish a specific task before he could travel to somewhere/someone else and it was out of his control beyond that.

Dunno.......some sort of scientific anomaly...

 

[Dk1201]

I wonder if this show will get the reboot it deserves.

 

[Dr.]

‘Quantum Leap’ Reboot Set At NBC With Pilot Order – Deadline

 

[Isub_Zero]

‘Quantum Leap’ Reboot Set At NBC With Pilot Order – Deadline

Sammy Jo Fuller and one of Al's daughters for the new Duo, and Amy Acker to portray Sammy Jo.

 

[Deck Rickard]

LOL it was only a matter of time before they brought this back. Might as well get Bakula to come back to mentor the new leaper.

 

[Dr. Evil]

LOL it was only a matter of time before they brought this back. Might as well get Bakula to come back to mentor the new leaper.

They would have to find Sam Becket first.

 

[Dr.]

'Quantum Leap' Sequel Series Pilot at NBC Casts Raymond Lee - Variety

 

[samsnee]

Interesting. I loved the original. It was the perfect show for the boomer generation, even though I’m younger than that. It’ll be hard to recapture the chemistry of Sam and Al.

 

[Dr.]

‘Quantum Leap’ Reboot Pilot Picked Up To Series By NBC – Deadline

 

[Kaleb]

 

[Incarnadine]

I just saw a brief TV spot for the new Quantum Leap, I literally had no idea whatsoever this was being made.
Looking at the cast gives me some hope it might be decent. I always liked Jewel Staite and Ernie Hudson.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Bumped because it's on tonight.

Also, can he find Dr. Sam Beckett? They mentioned when they started the show that Scott Bakula is aware the show exists. If the show is a hit off the bat, the plot to find him should be the season finale or at least the fall finale. Now Bakula is off doing one of the NCIS spinoffs (New Orleans I think).

 

[Dr.]

Bakula says he's not involved.

 

[Deck Rickard]

This might be the first time in history that Scott Bakula has passed on a TV series, lol. Oh, well. Hopefully the new show is good but the promos seemed kinda meh.

 

[Morg]

something about the show doesn't grab me

 

[Morg]

That gadget looks like a Tron dics

 

[Dr. Evil]

It was okay. Right now the only positive is that it's an Asian American lead.

 

[Dave McFly]

I like that they brought Debora Pratt who did the original narration from the old show to do the new one and in that show she was also the voice of Ziggy since this new show shows what is happening in the present as well as the past I hope they have her voice the computer too it would be a nice way of bridging the 2 shows together other than the character Magic who was a guy Sam leaped into in an episode of the old show.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

It doesn't look like NBC Universal spent a lot of money on this pilot. The present day just looks like they filmed those scenes on a bunch of sets from other shows or soap operas they had and the past was obviously the Universal back-lot. It already looks cheap the first episode in. I don't like the production design of the present day scenes at all.

I am not sure how I feel about Addison and Dr. Song being lovers. I can understand them not wanting to repeat the Sam and Al friendship and wanting to do something different, but she feels a bit bland as The Observer compared to Al, and I wonder if it would've been better if they were exes or maybe she was a friend with a crush on him, etc, rather then being in a committed romantic relationship.

I am not really digging the JJ Abrams Mystery Box Theater plots (Al's daughter, Dr. Song having a secret reason for why he went into the Accelerator Chamber to leap, etc). The Leap plot got the short end of the stick in terms of focus, and the whole episode felt rushed because they packed a lot of lore and stuff into 42 minutes, and it feels burdensome. They added a bunch of stuff to the narrative that I am not sure we need.

I hope this show improves.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Spoiler

So I am guessing Ernie Hudson's character is going to be revealed as the bad guy? There has to be a reason why Al's daughter doesn't trust him. He seems a bit shady.

 

[Dark Raven]

There's too much time spent in the present when the whole premise is about time traveling to the past. They should streamline the present day cast and only have them appear sporadically instead of spending so much time on them.

And setting it on a space shuttle seemed more like a bottle show so they didn't have to show any period sets. It could've been any time period they were in, even modern day.

I wish they had the Mike Post theme tune.

 

[X-Ray]

Spoiler

So I am guessing Ernie Hudson's character is going to be revealed as the bad guy? There has to be a reason why Al's daughter doesn't trust him. He seems a bit shady.

That would be a twist considering his connection to Sam. It's either him or Ian. Something gave those two (Ben & Janice) a reason to do what they did.

There's too much time spent in the present when the whole premise is about time traveling to the past. They should streamline the present day cast and only have them appear sporadically instead of spending so much time on them.

And setting it on a space shuttle seemed more like a bottle show so they didn't have to show any period sets. It could've been any time period they were in, even modern day.

I wish they had the Mike Post theme tune.

Crappy cgi, green screen in both episodes. They're really doing a crappy job it making it feel like it's 1985 and most recently 1998.

 

[Dave McFly]

seeing the original hand link from the old show show up is interesting

 

[Dr.]

For me, the reboot has been... okay. But I guess it's doing well enough for the network to order more episodes.

‘Quantum Leap’: NBC Orders More Episodes For Freshman Drama – Deadline