#Quantum Leap (1993)

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The last episode of the original run of Quantum Leap aired on May 5, 1993. Almost everyone in the episode appeared in previous episodes or reference previously mentioned characters. In theory, Sam lept into himself in August 8, 1953 in a mining town, but it appeared he had actually lept into some kind of limbo possibly meeting God. It was implied that Sam was the one controlling his leaps. Sam went on to alter Al's life. A title card at the end revealed that Sam never returned home again. ("Mirror Image", Quantum Leap, TV Event)

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Teri Hatcher Quantum Leap 'Star-Crossed - June 15, 1972' (1989)

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Murder, She Wrote ‘Lone Witness’ guest stars

Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser MD, How I Met Your Mother, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Starship Troopers, Dr Who, The Simpsons, Roseanne, Quantum Leap (1993), The Outer Limits, Will & Grace, Harold & Kumar movies, Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog)

Liz Vassey (first of two appearances) (Castle, Dr Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog, Quantum Leap, Murphy Brown, Married with Children, Beverly Hills 90210, All My Children, ST:TNG)

Beth Howland (Alice, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Love American Style, The Love Boat, Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

9.19 Episode aired Apr 4, 1993

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Actor Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett in the original Quantum Leap.

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scott bakula as sam beckett in season five of quantum leap

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding lead actor in a drama series

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Quantum Leap #13 (July 1993) by Innovation

Written by Christine Hantzopulos-Hunt, drawn by Luke Ross, cover by C. Winston Taylor.

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I can't go through 18k notes to see if any of them say Quantum Leap, but omfg Quantum Leap, whose DVDs were released with substitute music all over the place - including, in the season 2 finale "MIA," Beth Calavicci dancing alone (because she can't see the hologram of Al) to SOME RANDOM INSTRUMENTAL NONSENSE RATHER THAN "GEORGIA ON MY MIND" which should have been the moment everyone involved realized something had gone TERRIBLY TERRIBLY WRONG

(Fortunately there is a DVD set available with all the right music in the right places, although it lacks any other additional material such as commentary or even subtitles - still that's the one I put on my family server because WHAT)

you know how you can go and watch a movie you watched a bunch as a kid and the version of a song in it is different? like they actually changed it since you were a kid? that isn't normal. we didn't do that until like, the last ten years. it's fucked up.

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Quantum Leap's alternate ending to "Mirror Image."

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Scott Bakula and Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Quantum Leap's "Dr. Ruth - April 25, 1985" (1993)

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Quantum Leap (1989-1993)

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Scott Bakula + Dean Stockwell on "Quantum's Leap" (NBC, 1989-1993)

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Quantum Leap house ad circa October 1993

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Came across this exchange on Twitter and I love the idea of the Stargate/ Quantum Leap crossover in which Sam Beckett leaps into Jack O’Neill’s body (though the timelines aren’t quite right as QL was 1989-1993). If only I could write!

Ziggy and Al can’t find anything about Jack in the database, so Sam heads off to Cheyenne Mountain after finding Jack’s ID card and is very, very, surprised.

Then the rest of SG1 realise really quickly that Jack isn’t really Jack, because an alien bodysnatcher seems quite plausible, and Sam has to confess.

Carter recognises the name Dr Sam Beckett from physics academia (I’m assuming Sam Beckett published papers on the theory of time travel) so believes what he’s saying.

Or, Sam and Al search Jack’s house for clues since Ziggy can’t tell them much, and find an official photo of SG1 on his desk that has the names on the back. Ziggy can track down Daniel (archaeologist, disappeared from academia a few years ago) and Carter (also works in ‘deep space telemetry’) but has nothing on Teal’c.

Al then works out that Sam has to save Daniel and Carter because the next thing he finds is their obituaries and they wonder how archaeology or deep space telemetry can be that dangerous?

They also find a couple of photos of Carter (from nights out/ team BBQs) hidden behind the photo of SG1 and Al and Sam assume that Jack’s in love with his colleague (they’re right, of course).

Sam and Al save the day, and as Sam leaps, Al says that all of SG1 survive, Jack is promoted to General, and does marry Carter in a few years time ❤️

Or, it happens post-season 8 and Sam jumps into Jack at his desk in the Pentagon, Al still can’t find much about him (‘I’ve never heard of Homeworld Security’), then suddenly an attractive blonde Colonel walks in and starts kissing him (a throwback to those QL episodes which start with Sam being kissed). Al’s in the background and says ‘I think that’s Colonel Carter, your wife’.

Or Sam jumps into Jack in his office, is still trying to figure things out when his secretary tells him that Colonel Carter is here, and Sam as Jack says ‘Send him in’ 🤦‍♀️

Meanwhile, Jack is in the ‘waiting room’ and assumes he’s been abducted by aliens, which I expect many of the hosts think, but he’s the first one to start asking which alien race they are and threatening the aliens with… other aliens?

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Note: Not to be confused with the remake from 2022

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dean stockwell as al calavicci in season five of quantum leap

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series