WTF Happened to Quantum Leap? (1989-1993)
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- This week on Gone But Not Forgotten, we're taking a look at one of the most beloved sci-fi shows of the early nineties, the great Quantum Leap! Starring Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a brilliant scientist who finds himself trapped traveling through time after an experiment done wrong, with Dean Stockwell as his faithful hologram sidekick Al, the show stands as one of the most iconic shows of the series. What made it so good? In addition to Bakula and Stockwell, the show also never really stuck to one genre.
Given the nature of the show, some week's Sam's mission would be action-packed and exciting, while in other weeks it would be straight drama or even comedy. Truly it was a one of a kind show that, in a pre-internet era, even beat cancellation thanks to one of the biggest letter-writing campaigns in TV history. So join us as we follow Sam on his quest to "put right what once went wrong, hoping each time that the next leap - will be the leap home!"
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JoBlo, if anyone has Roku, the entire Quantum Leap series is available to watch right now on Roku channel. No cost!
Monitizing old TV series - you have a beautiful concept channel. Excellent !
Want to bring back two underrated short term shows ? Dollhouse and CAPRICA. :-)
Also remembering DEFIANCE, the TV Show, (not the game, which sadly, finally was put down by the game corporation this year 2021.)
12:26 Babylon 5 - nice to see Claudia Christian out of uniform and all dolled up girly girl style. :-) Carry on, Commander Ivanova, carry on...
Eerie Indiana!
The movie Source Code which has a Quantum Leap vibe actually has a cameo by Scott Bakula. When Jake Gyllenhaal calls his father it’s Bakula who answers with his QL catchphrase “Oh boy!”
Had the pleasure of meeting Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell at a comic-con in 2012. Dr. Beckett IS Scott Bakula.
They made a great team!
I watched quantum leap every week with my grandparents for years. Back in the day when you actually had to watch commercials and wait a week to see the show.
Same. Can still remember it on at my grandparents and sitting there watching it
They've made shows weekly again. Which sucks. Cause it's not worth the wait these days.
Same here dude
My older sister and I use to watch this show on NBC religiously..
Guess when I was young I thought outside the box alittle. I would leave the t.v. on the channel & put the VHS to record at the time it was on, lol. Now that I'm 45 DVR is so much easier lol
RIP Dean Stockwell. Al was such a fun character, even when he was being a lecherous ass. I loved the hell out of this show.
Dean was a great actor. My Mom loved him. RIP to my Mom and Dean Stockwell.
“Even when”? No, “ESPECIALLY when”. So much fun. People are far too sensitive these days.
@@CHRISDABAHIA I'm glad that wasn't all the character development he got though. I really enjoyed the eps where he'd be serious and sweet, like the one where he sings the Inchworm song to that kid. That was really cute.
I thought he died 15 years ago... very weird to find out it was only 6 months ago.
@@CHRISDABAHIA This is why I love Dan Fielding played by John Larroquette on Night Court. He was an ass, but every so often you would see that it was a cover for something. Life is not black and white, nor should the characters in our TV shows be played that way.
That letter writing campaign promo is so awesome. I've never seen it before and was expecting Sam to leap into the producer's body and say "We're setting it right!" Seems like a super missed opportunity, but it made me smile anyway!
If I may: the "Oh boy" line was an ad lib by Scott Bakula during filming of the first episode. The producers loved it so much that it was kept in.
Who else expected it in Enterprise? Lol.
@@sherrihaight2724 I wish he would've said it just once. There were many perfect moments for it, such as when he was in the shower and the artificial gravity turned off then back on.
Yes!!!
Absolutely LOVED quantum leap!!!!!!! Some of the episodes were real tear jerkers.
yes! two times i cried the most was the jimmy episode when al talks about his sister and the end of the one with als wife at the end when hes dancing with her :'( i fuckin' LOST IT. he loved her so much.
Jessica LaFlamme Yes the one I remember most was the one where he went back as himself and he was so upset he couldn’t save his dad and went running off and collapsed on the floor and Al told him he had the chance to spend some more time with his dad. And he was telling his sister about the Beatles and she asked what happened to John as he was her favourite and al just said “don’t tell her Sam”. And then he said “John..... writes my favourite song”. And plays imagine. Brilliant!!!!!!
I miss the past. I miss these moments. The wonder years was also amazing.
The “Halloween” episode with “Stevie” King is my favorite.
One of fav shows lol
This was my very favorite show. Loved every episode.
And how about that THEME SONG?!? It was so dope!
the theme song has lyrics to it yeh it does some cool lyrics at that
the 5th season's music sux & i have to mute it. i don't like it. i like the other theme song
It was
@@anndavis2920 facts that season 5 title music was dogwater, the episodes tho *chefs kiss*
I always took Sam never returning home as proof that he kept leaping to help people in need, because he realized he's in a unique position to do so, and with great power comes great responsibility.
Sam needs some vacantions!
He did return home. It was Dr Sam Becket that didn't return home (one t - the lazy bastards didn't even write the end card correct). lol
I used to love the re-runs here on UK television
Sam had messed up his own time line at some point and couldn’t come home.
There was actually most of a movie script floating around the internet that continued the story but thank god it never came to fruition.
Sadly, Dean Stockwell passed away last week...RIP sweet man. God bless and thank you for sharing your many gifts with us...you will be in our prayers.
Dean Stockwell was an amazing actor, especially in his youth. I loved him in the movie Anchors Aweigh with Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson. Also the Boy with Green Hair. A very long career. He will be missed.
And what a great career - I mean, he was in a movie as a child actor called "Anchors Aweigh" with Sinatra and Gene Kelly. And don't forget his controversial episode on The Twilight Zone in which he transformed back and forth into an American and a Japanese soldier...
Totally agree, this show was my guilty childhood obsession. We need a comeback.
Yass!!!!
Why guilty? Fantastic show 👏
Edit your post again and remove "guilty". Thanks.
Wouldn’t be the same without Al. And Dean Stockwell is retired. 😕
Why a guilty pleasure?
One of my favorite episodes was when Sam & Al switched places.
Al was the person that leaped to stop a murder and Sam was the hologram.
The Leap Back
How was that possible?
My fave episodes as well .in a way Al " losing his virginity " in a way
What about Sam's Leap into AL, or his leap to save his brother,but lost the reporter, or the final episode where he met "god" , and saved Al's marriage.
I loved the Halloween episode where it turned out the Devil had replaced Al and had been killing people and screwing with Sam as he was investigating the murders.
"Oh Boy!"
Surprised Jo didn't mention this. Oh, well. :/
Scott played the living ✨heck✨ out of Samuel Becket.
Talk about the catchphrase of my childhood lol
The ending scene with the text was so powerful, that I was 14 when the series finale aired and to this day I remember it. It's like, the only show I've watched that the ending stuck with me - I didn't remember what the episode was about, but that ending was a shocker!
I loved the final episode and it always gets me choked up. As for him not returning home, it makes perfect sense as there is always someone's life that could use a little help. It is just the kind of person Sam is.
I agree. I think many great shows have a thankless task when it comes to a finale.
So many fans are expectant of how a story will resolve that you're likely to please only a small fraction of them. I think that they left things unresolved and bitter-sweet was perfect. For me it was hugely memorable.
Same 😊
The episode where he went home and tryed to stop his brother going to Vietnam, were he was killed.. Broke my heart. Sam told them he was from the future and everything.. I'm 40 now and ó still think of the show and also the Steven King episode was awesome
Stephen King episode?
@@barbarawilkins9622 yes. A Steven King episode.. kinda ruined the surprise for you.
@@TookieMacSpookie *Stephen King
The reason I assumed he never returned home was because he selflessly chose to commit to helping others over thinking of his own needs. It wasn't that he couldn't return home, he chose not to. It showed how much of a hero he was.
R.I.P. Mr Stockwell. You shall be dearly missed.
I grew up watching this show and it was just fantastic, the dynamic between Scott and Dean the story writing and acting makes this an unforgettable TV series
*Quantum Leap was heart felt, original, well scripted, and wonderfully acted. I feel privileged to have been exposed to it in my teen years and may have grown to be a different man, had I not. The only other series that came close to having that kind of imagination was "Sliders" but it was very short lived, and not as well written by a long shot. I'm thankful for JoBlo's video, I know he does retro shows and movies, but this video highlights that I was not alone in my fandom.*
Glad you enjoyed the episode, I’ve been wanting to talk about Quantum Leap for a while now 😁
I loved Quantum Leap and the ending disappointed me...
Then, I loved Person of Interest and the ending...John dies? WTF!
@@cinziacutelle9942
*They ended the show on a cliff hanger but only after killing off John R. Davies. They say that you can tell how bad you've pissed off the script writers by how thoroughly they kill you off, and John Davies got obliterated. As good as an actor as he is, and as bad as the show had nose-dived, I have to side with Mr. Davies on this one, even if the writers got a short lived, "last laugh".*
I couldn't imagine what life would've been like without Quantum Leap. A show with such heart, intelligence, great humor and showing the importance of doing what's right and true friendship. Sam and Al were the ultimate bromance. These guys were amazing together!
Loved sliders to
How could you not mention the "I'm retarded?" episode?
"Oh boy"
Jimmy!!
I quoted that for years!
That was a tough episode. The one I remember most.
A great episode tho
Shock Theater will always be one of my favorite episodes. The emotional journey that we were witnessing as Sam channeled in and out of numerous individuals from prior leaps and the dramatic conclusion of whether Sam will ever be Sam again, brilliant.
Season 3 had the greatest premiere and finale of the series.
Small correction: Small children were sometimes able to see Sam as himself, as they are more open minded. This was probably one of my favourite shows ever ♥️
The last episode makes me cry every time!
Oh and dogs
@@tompatchak8706 And the mentally instable.
@@martyklestadt6766 that too
@@tompatchak8706 I like the way Al once referred to that phenomenon. "Animals, little kids, and WHEE-WHOO (whistle)." :)
@@martyklestadt6766 hahahaaa!! Like my dad
In the early 90's the show would come on at midnight, I would stay up and sneak to turn on the tv and sit right next to the console tv for an hour. Then sleep for a few hours and go to school, It was so worth it. Now I have them all on dvd. :)
I'd go to bed at about ten, sleep for a couple hours, and set my alarm clock for midnight so I could get up and watch QL. I had a TV in my room, and my brother would wake up when he heard my alarm go off, and come in and watch with me. Good times. :)
I LOVED this show to the core of my being!!!!!! I STILL watch it on amazon prime!!!!!!
I still and will always love this show. Watching it as a kid was great and when I hear the song it always gives me a feeling of déjà vu and I go back in time for a second and I love it!
Theory: With the alternate ending taken into consideration, the reason why he never returned but was himself in the waiting room, was because he was going back to his own life to prepare himself, studying, getting doctorates etc, so he could be sure he was in the place he needed to be to make the world a better place.
I like that idea!
The original script for the 6th Season had Sam leaping into the future, I think the 1st episode was going to be set on a space station
Man! I loved this show much growing up . It reminds me of watching it with my mom ( who’s now passed ) every week together. Such a phenomenal show .
I LOVE the pilot episode, its still one of my favorite episodes. Sam's emotion as he learns his situation, his desperation to solve the puzzle, the friggin phone call to his dad at the end?!? I would never recommend anyone skip the pilot, its great!
One of the all time great pilots for sure! Up there with the pilots of Magnum, PI, Hill Street Blues, Rockford Files, The Incredible Hulk etc.
The pilot movie was released as a stand alone DVD before the first season DVD.
Scott Bakula’s Rendition of “Imagine” is so good I listen to it over John Lennon’s original version regularly.
Sadly we just lost Dean Stockwell who played Al. RIP. My heart is totally gutted.
This was a favorite of the family when it ran; I fell in love with Dean Stockwell, and our mother especially loved the series. I vaguely remember an episode where it was Al who leaped instead of Sam. I can still remember Stockwell commenting with his Al inflection, before realizing he's leaped: "Oh. It's my birthday."
Quantum leap started my love of physics.... I'm about to graduate with my bachelor's degree in physics. I'm glad to find someone else who loves it too :)
I cried like a baby when he went back to Al's wife and the starkness of the final title card really hit home. Its the only final episode I can recall almost beat for beat- such was the impact of it and the series that led me to that point. No other series has drawn me in like that and left such a lasting impression.
When Dr. Sam Beckett leaped into Lee Harvey Oswald, I wondered what needed to changed, if at all. By the end of the episode, I was reasonably satisfied that there are some things that just have to be. One episode that I may have missed was "Man of La Mancha," where the actor in question was John Cullum, who was a Broadway stage actor and played "Holling Vincoeur" of "Northern Exposure.";)
I heard that the cast actually put on the entire 'Man of La Mancha' play.
I honestly don't know if you can recapture the magic of this show. Like so many shows after themselves or what made the show so great Sam & Al I don't think you could ever again capture the magic those two brought
Yeah Quantum Leap was for sure lightning in a bottle. This show could have been a train wreck but Bakula and Stockwell’s performance made this show.
One of your best videos, covering a fantastic show that is strangely almost lost in time. Would love to see you recap Magnum P.I.
Thanks I’ll put it on the list
Bellisario wanted to have Selleck do a cameo and get Sam to leap into Magnum PI. (I’m early in the video, so sorry if he mentions that). They could still do it, having Bakula and Selleck reprise their roles as older versions of themselves.
There's actually a giant Quantum Leap poster at my bus stop lol. Obviously with Covid the networks are bringing back the nostalgia shows.
@@squamish4244 Cool! Now if they’d just make a sequel...
Thanks to Full House.
One of the best shows There has ever been. Doesn’t get mentioned enough!
I totally agree. I love that show.
The best! Up there with Magnum, The A Team, Columbo, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Rockford Files, Star Trek and many more.
DID get a mention in "Avengers: Endgame". I gave a little fangirl squeal at that. ☺️
I love this show.. And it's criminal that this show doesn't get mentioned much..
Thanks for the video which I really enjoyed watching. I liked how you picked out some of the memorable ones that I liked such as Pool Hall Blues and Future Boy (when the inventor almost manages time travel).
However, I was surprised that you didn't make more about what happens to be my favourite episode, The Journey Home Pt 2 Vietnam, which ties directly to the MIA episode from the end of Season 2 and the very last ever episode.
As you said in MIA, Sam says that he can't break the rules and hence decides not to help Al. Then you move forward to The Journey Home Pt 2 and in a scene that resonates so hard and always tears me up, you realise that Al prevented himself from being rescued which consigned him to 4 years of being a POW that directly leads to him losing his wife. He made the most amazing sacrifice to save Sam's brother and unfortunately the scene is never given the time for Sam to fully realise what Al did.
Fast forward to the very final episode and I really love that Sam has never forgotten about Al's incredible act that saved his brother's life and hence he sacrifices himself from ever going home to do that one thing for Al that he should have done previously. I think it's beautiful and I don't think it means Sam keeps leaping because how could he without Al (or someone else's help).
Hence the series ends with Sam making the ultimate sacrifice for his best friend. If that isn't beautiful and touching, I really don't know what is.
Well, the project would still need someone to be the sidekick and it would probably still be Al, even though his personal history changed.
I thought the last ep was done exquisitely. Sad, heartbreaking... but beautifully done.
This show was amazing. One of best if not the best show on television. Yes I would love to see it come back.
It is amazing and one of the best which is why I wouldn't want them to bring it back and ruin it a la Coming 2 America, Magnum, Walker Texas Ranger, MacGyver, Charmed etc.
I have this entire show (all 5 seasons) on HD Blu-Ray (from Mill Creek & with all the correct unedited original audio and original music as it first aired on TV - no new edits with bland elevator music in place of the old music & no new miss mashed edited to be PC dialogue either). It looks and sounds awesome... 👍
Probably my favorite series finale of ALL time- gives me chills whenever I see it!
The final episode is my favorite. It’s beautiful. Considering how little time there was, it’s even more impressive.
The reason quantum leap could get away with “breaking the rules” is because they said from the beginning they weren’t sure what the rules were. So when he leaps into the civil war it was a family member, creating a genetic link going back. If he jumped into any rando then that would have been an issue. However when the break the rules I have a bit of an issue with that.
Also a reboot would work if Sam’s research had been hidden and someone found it then they started leaping. Since they wouldn’t have the complete notes the new leaper would have to discover the rules again and some new ones. It would be a continuation, and a reboot at the same time.
I'd be up for that! Bellasario and Bakula must be involved!! I'd like to think Dean Stockwell could have a glorified cameo as he retires from the program and we get introduced to the person who becomes the new "guide" role that Al played so well.
@Oonagh "The reason quantum leap could get away with “breaking the rules” is because they said from the beginning they weren’t sure what the rules were."
Pretty much, they were basically in a position where they can make things up as went along. So I'm not entirely convinced that QL was more consistent than Buffy or DLM (both good shows btw).
That sounds like a great idea. The season 1 finale should be abut the new leaper bumping into Sam.
No, it would just be a continuation. A reboot is when you start from the beginning all over again.
A reboot COULD work, and a new cast could be great, and a new show could be better than ever...but it would probably be awful, and damage the franchise. When is the last time an old classic came back, replaced the main characters with younger stars, and DIDN’T suck? It certainly wasn’t lately. I wouldn’t trust anyone in this day and age to not ruin it. They’d sideline Sam as a gimmicky guest star while they focused on the hip, amazing young woman who replaced him, and the brilliance she displays that puts his scientific talents to shame. She’d be poorly conceived, horribly written, and excruciating to watch. I would love more QL, but I hope they don’t risk it because I’m tired of every franchise getting ruined.
My take on the ending is that when Sam changed Al's history, Al never became involved in getting Project Quantum Leap off the ground, so the Sam we travelled with for 5 years pops out of existence, leaving a Sam Beckett who lives in the timeline that Al stayed married to Beth in, but never got to travel in time.
But how does rthat explain Al remembering him leaping?
@@paulheap1982 Well, that wouldn't account for the deleted scene.
That sounds plausible and still maintains Sam making a huge sacrifice for his friend who made a huge sacrifice for him.
In one episode where sam leaps into al in his 20s (a leap for lisa), al ends up getting court martialed and executed. A woman replaces al temporarily until sam can reverse the fate of al and then al returns.
@@pdennis93 it wasn't a woman who replaced Al, it was Roddy McDowell from the original Planet of the Apes movies. He called Sam, Samuel
I always wanted to see Al going back to the mountain, digging through the lab now trashed and abandoned, finding a backup of Ziggy (maybe uploading her to new tech) and tracking down Sam. He would have brought him back. Al would not have given up.
An epic show the likes of which will never be seen again. Dean Stockwell, Legend.
I adored this show so much when it first aired. I was a kid though, so I definitely need to revisit this.
Changing Al’s life could change the possibility of him ending up in the Quantum Leap program.
Oh! Nice way to write out Stockwell. I approve. 😉
Should, could and likely would... and while I acknowledge its a deleted scene, if we take into account the alt ending, it would seem that the intent was that Al was still a part of the program. However, even if by chance he wasnt, and he changed that... much like past episodes, he would still have had a hologram just someone else. And Id like to think theyd still be helping and hoping to bring him back.
It definitely would have. Al and Sam only met because Al was drunkenly kicking the shit out of a vending machine and Sam came over to help. And Al was only a pathetic drunk because he lost Beth. So with Sam fixing that relationship, Al and Sam would never meet. That's how much Sam cared about his friend.
Which is why he never came home. Without Al, Sam was lost.
@@0311Mushroom Sam never came home because he never admitted he had a subconscious control over his leaps.
I have all five seasons on DVD. I love this show. I also have the comic books.
They had comics ???
@@Aceinfinity-le8zc Innovation did 14 issues and a Special Edition from 1991 to 1993.
Innovation also sold a Quantum Leap comic book portfolio which I have.
There was going to be a second comic series from a different company but it was cancelled.
There was also a parody comic book called Quantum Creep in which Sam was a pervert named Dr. Scumm Bucket.
Quantum leap is definitely the most nostalgic sci fi show for me
You really nailed it in this review my guy.
I'd add that essentially my favorite element is that it simply had a human touch that has one remembering how much most human beings care about one another and the battles it takes to get us to keep remembering it.
A new premise would be somebody discovers sam and Al's work. The recreate the time stream becoming stuck themselves, but they run into Sam a few episodes in, from there it's a race to get home...eh? Eh?
Absolutely one of my fave shows ever.
Great childhood memories! Always watched this with my parents growing up.
Just found this channel and watched this video the other night. Woke up to the news that Dean Stockwell passed☹ R.I.P. sir
Man! I remember watching the series finale with my mom and dad. We were all split on the ending. Then years later I'd watch the reruns with my grandma. Good times.
I absolutely love the final episode. It is the ending that fit Sam (misspelling aside). He was someone who gave his all to hekp others, so it makes sense that he decided to use his power the rest of his life.
The best comment I have read about the QL finale was that while Sam never made it home every tv show, movie, cameo, and project that Scott Bakula did after QL was actually Sam "leaping from life to life". So, Sam Beckett has always been with us!
Loved this series. The novels are worth a read as well
Quantum Leap was a brilliant series. I remember when it aired on BBC2 when I was living in the UK in the early 1990s before moving to New Zealand in 1995.
I loved the ending as is. It emphasized just how much Al meant to Sam that Sam was willing to sacrifice himself to change Al’s future. It’s very bittersweet, but also leaves the window open for a potential soft reboot.
there was an alternate ending filmed
And you got your wish! There is a new reboot!
I recall being incredibly ticked off at the ending. Sam never got to go home.
@@nathanieldaiken1064 I really hope that they are able to close out the Bakula storyline somehow and he makes an appearance. Maybe the new leaper takes his place or something.
the reboot sucks
Watched the Leap Home 1 and 2 when my Mom was dying of terminal cancer. We both had tears in our eyes at the scene with John Lennon's imagine.
FYI - Sams descedent became captain of the Enterprise.
I remember the episode when Sam leaped into the aged quarterback of the Texas State University Fighting Armadillos and had to lead the debilitated, rag-tag football players into cohesive, winning team.
@@skyden24195 Welcome to foot... ball. LOL
I remember sam jumping into an NCIS agent working in new orleans
I had no idea the ending was controversial. I'm a huge fan that watched the series premiere and then straight through to the end. The finale was brilliant, a wonderful way to send off these characters. God the Bartender pretty much spells out what happens, as you noted, but then somehow you don't carry it through to the intended conclusion: Sam never returned home because he chose the selfless path, continuing to leap through time to help others rather than return to his own life. This is even foreshadowed in my personal favorite episode, where Sam and Al switch places and Sam remembers he's married but Al never told him. His wife in the future pleads with him to stay with her there, but Sam re-enters the machine to leap into Al and save his life, even though that means he returns to leaping and will even forget his wife again. But he does it because he can't leave Al to die in the past, and it's the right thing to do. So when God the Bartender offers him the same choice (choose to go home to your old life or keep helping people), Sam doesn't return home. The alternate ending completely undermines that sacrifice, which is no doubt why it was cut.
At the very least, it could have been mentioned that Same found a way to go home at will and/or improve his memory when away.
Carl gets it
Agree with everything you said and that episode him & Al switch is also a personal favorite of mine
I hear what you are saying but Sam couldn't continue leaping into different people without a guide or an operation to look after the leapees in the waiting room. The show has demonstrated this over 5 series.
I think that as another commenter suggested, that he changed Al's life which meant that he popped out of existence. Hence making an incredible sacrifice like Al had done for him and his brother. That, to me, is why he never got to go home.
The episode wasn't intended to be a series finale, but a setup for a sixth season, the idea that Sam could now leap into the future. The cut ending was nixed by NBC who were also responsible for the onscreen text because they weren't going to renew the show and therefore it seems they didn't want it open-ended.
it's crazy how in the first minute alone, i already recognize the episodes in the background footage and everything that happened in them
The end of the episode that sees Al dancing with his 1st wife was soul crushing to watch. Well done.
I dont care what I was doing. Wednesday nights I stepped into the "Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished".
Robert Hayes Did you awake to find yourself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that weren’t your own? 😉
Did you put things right that once went wrong?
I must have missed that Enterprise time travel episode
There were actually time travel episodes in Enterprise ;)
Stockwell was in Enterprise.
I love that you included clips from Tales of the Gold Monkey! My favorite show as a kid.
It was on here in Houston right after Unsolved Mysteries & I honestly started watching it because I was too lazy to get up & change the channel, but it was one of those ultra rare instances where my laziness worked to my benefit because Quantum Leap kicked ass
This is one of my all time favorite shows. I had the biggest crush on Scott Bacula so much that I never missed an episode. Although I hated the ending it does leave room to bring the show back... but it just wouldn't be the same without Al. RIP Dean Stockwell😢 My husband and I just started binge watching it again on Roku.
The episode with Al's ex wife is really sad at the end when there dancing 💃 doesn't she dance to the song Georgia by Ray Charles 😢 But the last episode when he leaps into the Bar and finds out he's an Angel working for God.. such a Great show
Unchained melody. Al dances through Sam's body. Straight ghost rip off but good.
I never thought he was a ghost, just working for God
@@mrmeerkat1096 Actually, when it originally aired, Al and Beth danced to "Georgia On My Mind" by Ray Charles. However, when it came time for the video tape and dvd releases, they could not get the rights to include "Georgia", so they replaced it. The latest blu-ray edition restores the original soundtrack, complete with "Georgia On My Mind".
@@TheCkent100 As does the latest DVD release.
Always been a hard one for me to watch. Lost someone close to me, years ago, that that was her favorite song. On we danced to, and that was one of the last things we talked about, while she was in hospice.
Hearing it played at her funeral, that broke me. Still gets to me, more than 20 years later.
@@TheCkent100 that's interesting. Here in Britain when it aired on TV in the early 90s, it was unchained melody. So they must have changed it for us on TV as well as VHS.
Toss up between sliders and this for my fave sci fi tv show back in the day
Hi it’s Fred Lord. I did the laser effects on QL. My favorite show ever. Dean was Great to work with bless his soul so is Scott. I just sent a note to Bellasarius offering my services for the reboot. Thank you. For your video. You brought back great memories for me. Ty 😊
In the series Sam has a daughter who is highly intelligent and was later revealed to have been working on the Quantum Leap project.
If they decide to bring the series back I think it would be cool to have his daughter leap back in time in search of her father.
I never knew that he had a daughter working on the project. That would be a good idea having her leap and look for her dad.
@@mrmeerkat1096 Yeah! 😊
They had a Trilogy of three Episodes that showed the evolution of Sam’s relationship with a person he was trying to help on a leap.
The first episode he has to save a father and daughter from trouble.
In the second episode the girl has grown up as an adult and he still has to save her from more bad luck. He actually falls in love with her throughout this episode.
And by the third Episode he finds out that the little girl he’s now trying to help is his biological daughter through his relationship with the woman he had originally saved back in the previous episodes.
The story pretty much comes full circle.
It’s a pretty cool saga in the series.
It’s in season 5: Episode 8, Episode 9, and Episode 10.
(I tried to leave out spoilers by describing the episodes in a basic way. It’s definitely worth a watch.)
@@janellephoenix4378 thankyou for that. I loved this show back when I was a kid, its very nostalgic for me. My favourite episodes are the evil leaper part one and two. I liked the idea of there being a opposite leaper that causes problems through time and she having her own holigram played by Carolyn Seymour who I like in most things she does and the evil super computer the opposite to Ziggy. Do you know which episode has Roddy mcdowall in it as Sam's holigram? I liked that one also.
@@mrmeerkat1096 The Evil Leaper episodes were cool, too. 😊 That story line was really interesting to see unfold.
They really had some great ideas for stories throughout the series.
@@mrmeerkat1096 I think Roddy was in season 4?
I think it might have been A Leap for Lisa. I haven’t seen that one in awhile. May have to back and check out again for old times sake. 😊
Putting in a request for the show The Pretender. Was on NBC in the 90s and has seemed to have disappeared.
OMG YEs@@@@ amazing show!!!!!!!!!!!
I liked the Pretender but wouldn't want to watch it now
terrible ending to that show
#2 Behind Quantum Leap but what an amazing show, I consider The Pretender as the Dark Version of Sam but always did the right thing just like Sam. ✌
I second this request!
I was in college during this show and 20 of us kids would gather in one dorm room to watch the new episode of Quantum Leap every week - I miss those days of a brilliant show like this one
I'm seriously with you. The show was amazing. I watched it faithfully every week on TV when it came out. That original ending very much upset me. Thank you for sharing that alt ending. I'd never known it existed.
I would love to see your take on Hogan's Heroes.
This,seaQuest and unsolved mysteries was my childhood
Just listened to young Sam talking to his sister Katie about the Beatles and Scott Bakula / Sam singing Imagine to his little sister. Tried hard not to cry. Loved Quantum Leap and want to watch again.
WOW A Fantastic Retrospective of yes, one of the most criminally underrated shows ever.
I watched the last episode a few years ago and I almost cried.
The hastily-shoehorned conclusion totally ruined it.
A local channel aired that episode last week. I DID cry!🥺
@@barbarawilkins9622 Good you watched it.
Sadly, Dean Stockwell passed away a year or so ago from stroke complications, so we'd need someone else to be Al. I don't know if there's anyone out there as talented as Dean was. You are sorely missed, Dean Stockwell!
Do "Early Edition" some time please.
Great show, was rare for so many different actors to be in a series every week back then and even now really, glad it's on Peacock now.
This video is just great. So much effort and love, it was so much fun but also brought tears of joy. Thank you guys.
Personally, I loved the finale, as Sam’s choice to “keep leaping” really makes sense for his selfless character as Sam Beckett is the original “Boy Scout.” But at the same time, I would absolutely delete that last line that says, “Sam never came home.”
Because really it’s just that last line that makes it sound so damn permanent and not to mention hopeless and depressing. So I say keep Sam’s personal choice to keep going, as featured in the finale,
but change that last line to something like - “And so, Sam Beckett continues his mission to change lives for the better, continuing to put right what once went wrong............”
And just leave it at that. I dunno, to me, it’s just that very last sentence that makes the finale kinda a downer. Change it to what I wrote above, leaves the show very much open to a possible continuing storyline somewhere down the road and that Sam still might return home one day.
Plus, after ten more years or so, he wouldn't be physically able to do some of the stuff that a leaper would need to do.
RIP Dean. You will be missed.
RIP Dean Stockwell.
I don't even know how many times I have watched Quantum Leap from start to finish.... it's been so many times over 20 years, but I remember first of June, 2000 when I saw the series finale for the first time and practically cried.
I wish I knew Scott was really singing.
That piano song
“When you’re feeling down and there’s trouble all around ya.
When it seems like nothing’s gonna turn out right”
It’s so beautiful. I can’t find the lyrics anywhere. Is it original to the show? Scott, please release a single!
My pals and I used to joke a movie would star Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
Directed by Kevin Smith?
I watched an episode set in vietnam. He sat and played imagine on an acoustic guitar, it inspired me to take up the guitar.
When he plays the guitar hes leaped into himself... vietnam, when he leaps into a soldier in his brother unit. The 2 part Epiaode The Leap Home Imo the 2 best eps in the series
8:00 - it always bugged me back then and I never thought of that explanation. And it's BRILLIANT!)))
I highly suggest all 5 seasons of Quantum Leap on DVD - a must see. binge watching at its finest
My mum has the complete collection on DVD, so I can rewatch it whenever I want. I loved this show growing up, but I don't think we got it here in the UK till early 90's. I remember watching on BBC2 and taking about with my friends the next day at Senior school (11-16). We all had crushes on Dr Sam Beckett. I really like the Don Quixote episode, especially good for singing and theatrics.
I just binged watched it, it was refreshing to have a series focus in entertainment first and social issues are just there and not forced down your throat.