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Pulling this out of my watching Quantum Leap (2022) Episode 1x18 Post:

I fucking love it when actresses know how to hold the guns their characters are using. I mean, the actress who plays Addison was military for like seven years, so she would know. But, like, they almost NEVER train actresses how to hold their weapons.

Her stance is perfect. Her arm is bent, her firing hand is properly supported, the gun is in her line of sight, the way she follows him with her firearm up? *chef's kiss.*

They need to train women how to hold guns like this on screen because whether the audience knows how to hold a firearm or not, this just aesthetically looks better because of how confident a stance it comes off as naturally.

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[Transcript] Season 4, Episode 4. Quantum Leap 2022 Eulogy

Gone too soon! Quantum Leap (2022-2024) has been canceled and Ron and Mon aren't taking it well. We share our thoughts about the show, what we loved, what could have been improved, and we run through a list of our favourite episodes.

Listen to the episode on Spotify.

Hello, and welcome to a new episode of Stereo Geeks.

I'm Mon.

And I'm Ron.

This is our Eulogy to Quantum Leap 2022-2024.

Rest in Peace.

Can I just say, I did not see this coming, but I feel like you had an inkling that this would happen.

The first season was renewed almost immediately, and this one, it came, it went, no one talked about it.

And then I got that feeling, you know, it's like, you just know it's doomed.

And I was right.

I know that there are going to be no more seasons, we only got the two, but we still want people to watch it wherever they can find it, which is why we're doing this episode.

So a little bit about the show.

Quantum Leap is not exactly a remake, more like a half sequel to the 80s Quantum Leap show.

It was extremely popular.

2022, we heard about Quantum Leap.

We thought, let's give it a try.

We quite quickly fell in love with the show.

First season went absolutely brilliantly.

We were excited for the second season.

And yeah, now, alas.

So let's take a look at the cast.

We have Dr. Ben Song, played by Raymond Lee.

His fiancee, Addison Augustine, played by Caitlin Bassett.

Then we have the kind of tech genius, Ian Wright, played by Mason Alexander Park.

The security chief, Jen Chu, played by Nanrisa Lee.

The head of the Quantum Leap division is Magic, played by Ernie Hudson.

In season two, we had a recurring character, Hannah Carson, played by Eliza Taylor, and also Tom Westfall, played by Peter Gaddio.

I'm probably pronouncing that wrong.

We also have, throughout the two seasons, a few appearances by a character called Janice, played by Georgina Riley.

Not too much into her because spoilers.

I'll also shout out some notable guest stars.

We had Brandon Routh, aka Superman. Obviously not playing Superman here, but still.

Lou Diamond Phillips, a veteran of Hollywood.

Melissa Roxborough, who we recently saw in Manifest.

Justin Hartley, who's been in a lot of stuff, but I believe most people know him from This Is Us.

Jewel Staite, who most Canadians know because she's a Canadian actor.

Deborah Ann Woll, who's coming back as her character Karen in the Daredevil series.

Robert Picardo, who obviously we know very well because he was the doctor on Voyager.

And James Frain, who is in everything, like he's James Frain.

Season one had 18 episodes.

Good, solid season.

Season two had 13 episodes.

I guess the signs are already there.

I really think so.

I mean, we didn't realize it, but anyway, this is a celebratory episode.

We're never going to see these characters again.

But yeah, this is the goodest time of the year to just get in there, watch these two seasons, enjoy a really heartfelt, rousing show about finding the best in humanity.

Let's get into it.

We never got around to watching the original Quantum Leap.

They didn't show it where we were.

It's a bit hard to now get into it.

80s aesthetics, some of the sensibilities.

I hear that the original Quantum Leap was way ahead of its time.

You know, people are fans even now.

Even though we went in cold, one of the most exciting parts about Quantum Leap in general is time travel.

And this reboot, remake, reimagining definitely stuck to a lot of time travel.

Yeah, I love time travel in any of its forms.

I have seen some shockingly bad films because they were apparently about time travel.

Anyway, I think the reason why the Quantum Leap concept is so fun is because generally with time travel, you don't want to change the past.

That's a bad thing.

Butterfly effect and all that.

But in Quantum Leap, the whole purpose is to change the past because that's what's going to make things better.

Yeah, absolutely.

And it makes things a lot better for characters who are queer, especially in this show.

And that's actually one of the things that I really like about the show being made in 2022.

Love how all the show's characters are just unabashedly allies of the queer community.

It's like not even a second thought.

No one's fighting that battle.

And it's especially great because Ian, played by Mason Alexander Park, is a queer character, and they are queer in real life as well.

So this just feels so much more layered.

They don't go on and on about it, and all of Ian's storylines are not about them being queer, but they're definitely the center of it, when that's the episodic storyline.

I thought all the characters were really interesting.

It's a very diverse cast.

The dynamics among the characters are very interesting, but each character also has an arc of their own.

It wasn't just, you know, Ben and Addison's romance, but you know, in the background, you have Ian, Jen, and Magic.

Like they're this trio of heroes that are making things happen and trying to save Ben.

Speaking of Ben, this show lives and dies by the fact that he's not only played very carefully and sweetly, I would say, by Raymond Lee, but he's also really well written.

He's purposefully written as this very kind-hearted person.

He believes in the best of people.

He knows that, yes, sometimes you're in a situation that is absolutely terrible.

You've done something or you could be doing something, which is horrible, but there's something to redeem you.

I just love that so much.

And that plays into how each episode is structured, because it's all about the rousing speeches at the end that Ben gives.

He wins the heart of whoever he's talking to, but he also wins the heart of the viewer.

Absolutely.

Ben so easily sees the best in people, and that's why when he makes a sincere appeal to their humanity, they listen.

And we as the viewers are also listening.

And I feel like after every episode, we just felt like better people.

Yeah, if there's one major grouse with the show, it's that we only get two seasons of it.

Exactly.

I mean, we're definitely upset the show is canceled because Raymond Lee was so game to do anything in this show.

Like he was a flight stewardess in one episode.

He was a lady bounty hunter in another.

It could have gone so many different places.

And we probably would have seen more opportunities of him hanging out with his other teammates because they would have been the holograms instead of just Addison.

We got to see that a little bit, but season three, they kind of promised that that would actually happen.

And now we never get to see it.

Yeah, exactly.

The first few times that the others got to be holograms, it was a lot of fun.

Like Jen was singing about it, which was absolutely hilarious to watch.

Like when magic got to be a hologram, so much emotion, just so much emotion.

But yeah, now we'll never get to see that.

But is there anything that didn't work for you?

I think the one major thing that didn't work for me at all was the whole Janice plot line in season one.

I think it needed to be fleshed out a lot more.

They were trying to be very cagey and keep things under their hats, but I feel like maybe they went overboard.

Or if they'd been able to stretch it out a little bit more over two or three seasons, we would have really felt, I think, the stakes of exactly what was happening and why a little bit better.

For me, I think season two, the Addison-Tom relationship, it didn't work for me.

I couldn't really see the chemistry between them.

And for some bizarre reason, I just couldn't trust Tom.

I still don't trust him, and we'll never know if our concerns were warranted or not.

Since this is a celebration, let's chat about some of our favorite episodes.

It was really tempting to put all 18 of the first season and all 13 of the second, but you know what?

We need to be tempered in our view.

So if you are wondering if you want to invest so much time into the show, maybe start with just these faves.

Kicking off with season one, one of the episodes that I really found quite emotionally stunning was episode three, Somebody Up There Likes Ben.

First of all, there's a lot of physicality in this episode because Ben leaps into the body of a boxer.

There are a lot of stakes.

It's an emotional roller coaster, and it also has a really powerful message about mental health.

It was so lovely.

It will definitely have you quite emotional by the end of it.

The first two episodes of the first season got you hooked.

Episode three was when I realized this was a great show.

And they tried different things.

They weren't just formulaic or one-note.

With episode seven, for example, Oh Ye of Little Faith, it was a Halloween episode, and it was completely a horror genre.

And how they made it work and made it plausible within the context of the story was fantastic.

But this was so good.

This was…

It was hilarious.

It was kind of scary.

And Ben Song was an absolute delight in this one.

To make the horror elements work within the world, it was very impressive.

They could have done so much more.

And there was another genre episode that I was really impressed by.

That was the 10th episode of the first season, Paging Doctor Song.

It's a medical episode.

Generally, I don't like medical shows.

They make me feel ill.

But even though this episode is kind of gory at times, it's so unexpected and unpredictable plot-wise.

And again, the emotional beats, they just come out of nowhere.

Well, I think this particular episode for me was a reminder that the show is about people.

It's about how we interact and live with each other.

And that's what makes us come back for more.

And we would have come back for a season three if they hadn't canceled it.

And literally the next episode is probably one of the best.

It's called Leap Die Repeat.

Look, time loop episodes are a mainstay of the time travel genre.

They are also some of my favorite tropes.

I can't think of a single time loop episode that was bad.

But there is also so much danger in this episode.

The stakes are insanely high.

Ben could die at any time, but he's cycling through these time loops and he is actually running out of time as well.

There's always, you know, there's got to be some deadline to your obstacles.

Also Robert Picardo is in it.

It's a banger.

Yeah, I have to say that was edge of your seat stuff.

And the next episode after that is also our favorite.

This is odd.

All we can say is that middle part of season one was really good.

So episode 12, Let Them Play, it's a chance manifesto.

We won't get into the details, but it is so full of feels.

There's a lot more of the episode characters rather than the main characters, but also a focus on Ian and how they're bringing the queer perspective and the queer lived experience to what the story is about.

Mason Alexander Park really brings a lot of emotionality and depth to Ian's storyline there.

Some great scenes about being trans, about being queer.

It's really, really a very good episode and absolutely a joker.

Oh yeah, that one just, it really does bring so much emotion.

It's a really powerful story as well.

And also an interesting mystery.

And really relevant to the current situation, even two years on, in the US and the UK especially, and now maybe in Canada.

Well, moving on to episode 13 of season one, that middle bunch of episodes was just spectacular.

Family style, it's an Indian episode.

We gotta shout it out.

But there are so many lovely little moments about this episode that made it stand out for me.

Ben loves to cook.

Like in the previous episode, he is overjoyed because he gets to be a basketball coach and he's a basketball fan.

But he is in his element in the kitchen.

He is losing his mind because he gets to cook this amazing food.

And also there are all these family dynamics that you and I recognized.

It's a top favorite for me.

Yeah, this one had probably one of my favorite closing scenes.

It was just like all the fields, all the fields.

But you know what I really liked about this one?

We live in a multicultural society.

Like the whole world is multicultural right now.

You can't imagine a time when we were growing up where you would have watched something where the main character of an American TV show would just be super excited to be in an Indian restaurant trying out this amazing Indian food and getting deep into actually trying to cook it.

And here's Ben just enjoying himself.

Like he's just having the time of his life and this is food that he's familiar with and he likes.

It's just so good.

It was just, it was heartwarming.

And so on to season two, I will say I was a little bit concerned when it started.

The first two or three episodes were a little off and it really was because of Ben.

Story wise, it made sense why he wasn't himself, but it didn't pick up till Ben was kind of back to his usual self.

And I think the turning point was really episode five of season two, One Night in Koreatown.

This one had so many feels.

I did not know what to expect.

It was so layered and nuanced and said a lot about racism in the US especially.

Racism among communities, about other communities.

It's not something that a lot of people are comfortable talking about.

But I think also what made it special was the fact that magic got to be the hologram.

And he's part of an event that he originally experienced as well.

I just found that Ben and magic's relationship, their dynamic, along with the dynamic of the family that Ben is involved with in the story, it was so incredible.

This was my favorite episode of the entire show.

This was a real standout.

I had actually heard an entire podcast series about this particular event.

So when I saw the title, I was like, oh my gosh.

I have to say I was a bit nervous because I was like, this is an event that it's left a mark on people.

They still talk about it.

And I wasn't quite sure how the show was going to handle it.

I think they went in the right direction.

They went ground level.

They hyper-focused on one small family, and the result was very relatable and as you said, a real tear-jerker.

Great stuff.

So moving on to something else, which would you believe it, I had just listened to a podcast series about.

Episode 7 of season 2, A Kind of Magic.

It was all about witch trials.

And as I said, I heard a podcast series, and then I heard two separate episodes of two different podcasts, which were both about witch trials.

One of them was about the American witch trials.

Another was about the European ones.

So I had a lot of information in my head when I went into this.

Again, this show does such a great job.

It just goes ground level.

Ben is in the body of this young girl, who is of course accused of being a witch.

And a lot of the stuff that I was reading about, it was super accurate in this episode.

I was very impressed.

And despite the nightmare situation, somehow Ben finds the positivity to inspire the people around him.

I just love that about this character.

Yeah, witch trials for me, every time I come across any storylines like that, they just make me so angry.

And the writers of the show just know how to calm you down.

Because you can't do anything with that misplaced anger.

This happened years ago.

So this episode felt a little bit cathartic for those of us who just are needlessly angry about something that has nothing to do with us.

Cathartic is the word.

We are just living constantly with impotent rage.

When you watch something like Quantum Leap, and you see Ben going into these situations, and you know that you can't do anything, and all the horrible stuff has already happened, and we are living through a time when there is more horrible stuff happening, and you get to feel some amount of positivity because Ben can fix the situation.

That's why we need this show.

You are making me sad now that we don't get more.

Let's talk about another favorite.

Well, literally the next episode, episode 8, it's called Nomads Egypt.

It's set in Egypt.

Who doesn't love Egypt and spies?

That is a fantastic combo.

And what really worked was that they shot on location.

You feel that.

One of the things that a lot of people complain about, a lot of entertainment media nowadays, is that everything looks flat.

You can tell that they shot on VFX.

Now listen, VFX, when done right, looks great and looks seamless.

But the people who work behind the scenes on post-production need time.

Guess what a lot of people don't give them?

Time.

And the other thing nowadays, everybody wants to cut budgets.

Hence, no location shooting.

So, what do you get?

Everything looks the same.

Thankfully, this episode, I don't know how they had the money to do it, but there they were in Egypt and it looked great.

It has this really nice, old-timey, heist spy movie sort of feel to it.

I love that.

Love that episode.

And in a similar vein, we have episode 10, The Family Treasure.

This was a stellar episode.

It's essentially Indiana Jones.

But it focuses on three siblings.

Ben is one of them.

And they are so wildly different from one another and have very, very different relationships with their dearly departed parents.

And all this comes to the fore because they're on a treasure hunt.

I love treasure.

I love adventure.

And this was only part of what this story is about.

We won't even go into the rest again.

It was just so heartfelt.

Ben is the best ally in all of TV history as far as I'm concerned.

Truly, truly, like Ben brings people together and really helps them see perspectives because they can't.

I mean, he just goes out of his way to see the best in people, and he shows them the good things about themselves that they're missing, which is exemplified in the episode right after that, The Outsider.

Honestly, the end of the season just bangers one after the other.

So Ben's unwavering positivity changes a journalist's mind about her own abilities because she had a bad situation and she let it get to her head.

But Ben would not let her doubt herself.

Honestly, we all need a champion like Ben in our lives.

This episode was sort of going one way, and then it just hits you in the feels because Ben just is like a dog with a bone when it comes to redeeming a person.

I felt very heartened when I watched this episode.

And then on to the finale.

You know, finales can be hit and miss.

The first season finale I thought was one of the weaker episodes of that season.

And with season 2, I was really wondering, where are they going with this?

Lots of twists and turns, quite epic, very tense and intense as well.

But again, that cathartic feeling because Ben is appealing to the best of humanity, even when all seems lost.

You can't even imagine that this man is going to win.

How is he going to win?

There's no way.

Despite all these twists and turns, you can't predict what will happen next.

And somehow Ben is like hanging on and telling you to hang on.

Because yeah, humanity is worth saving.

Yeah, Ben just constantly believes that humanity is good and that when the chips are down, we will do our best.

Apparently, he did not live through the pandemic.

But yeah, this was an epic season finale.

Very, very tense moments.

Some really quite shocking plot twists.

But the biggest plot twist of course was that we couldn't have predicted that they would cancel the damn show.

We are not at all bitter.

Spoiler alert, we are very bitter.

Alright, so that's our episode on Quantum Leap.

I know that it's gone.

It only lasted two seasons, but it was two fantastic seasons.

I'm so glad we got to meet these characters, hang out with them, even though it was only for two years, but they made us feel so much better.

Tuning in every week sparked a little bit of joy in all our lives.

We're going to miss you, Quantum Leap.

Ron: You can find us on Twitter @Stereo_Geeks. Or send us an email stereogeekspodcast@gmail.com. We hope you enjoyed this episode. And see you next week!

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Quantum Leap (2022) 1x18: Judgement Day

Where to Watch: Peacock

Spoilers: Probably.

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Yaani King MONDSCHEIN?

MONDSCHEIN?!

That's my mother's family's name! What the fuck?!

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Mason is amazing!

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Oh shit! BEN, YOU DIPSHIT!

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I fucking love it when actresses know how to hold the guns their characters are using. I mean, the actress who plays Addison was military, so she would know. But, like, they almost NEVER train actresses how to hold their weapons.

Her stance is perfect, her arm is bent, her firing hand is properly supported, the gun is in her line of sight, the way she follows him with her firearm up? *chef's kiss.*

They need to train women how to hold guns like this on screen because whether the audience knows how to hold a firearm or not, this just aesthetically looks better because of how confident a stance it comes off as naturally.

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SHE CAN TELL IF HER PAST SELF IS GOING TO SHOOT, BEN! KRYST!

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OF COURSE HE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE BEN! HE DOESN'T HAVE ALL HIS MEMORIES, AND IT'S 4 YEARS IN THE FUTURE!

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Again, so weird that they're this close, but maybe I just haven't had enough experience with friends.

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God Ben you are...Ben. (Ben means stupid in Mandarin, if I remember right.)

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They better not kill Magic.

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When did Ben learn how to lift? Did I forget him doing that?

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She shouldn't be that upset, right?

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There has to be some twist here, right? Some sort of cliffhanger? Is there going to be a nice neat wrap up? Oh...hunh

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Quantum Leap (2022) 1x17: The Friendly Skies

Where to Watch: Peacock

Spoilers: Probably.

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Another chef...sort of?

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS INSIDE QUANTUM LEAP?! THE FUCK?! Ziggy probably has cameras and can lip read!

Like Ziggy isn't going to have calculated this as a possiblity and planned for it.

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He's been a woman so many times. Very cool!

Also this is PanAm, right? Or just international flying. Also super cool for the Irish accented actress.

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They like to fall asleep to "Air Disasters" HAHAHA

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I know I'm not saying much this episode, but I'm actually really liking it. Really love how he chose Corey to help him. Perfect person for the job. So cool Corey's getting to actually do something real and save people.

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IAN! AND HE REMEMBERED IAN! YAY!

Wait, aren't they breaking their own "no two holograms for long" thing they established two episodes ago? Oh good, they mentioned that and fixed it.

They just mentioned Under Pressure and, I just got done watching an episode of Law & Order Criminal Intent or that was the opening song.

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Awww, Cory became a pilot!

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Oh shit, where and when the fuck is Ben?!

OH SHIT!

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Quantum Leap (2022) 1x16: Ben, Interrupted

Where to Watch: Peacock

Spoilers: Yeah.

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I know this actor. I know his voice. But he looks SOOOO different.

Oh god, this is a psych ward episode, like in the OG series. Doing a bunch of their greatest hits now, eh?

Oh, with a twist, going in on purpose.

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Yeah, the system is totally fucked up.

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Addison, I don't think he's falling asleep.

Oh look, I was right.

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I like this Ralph. I hope he ends up okay.

Is it normal to keep male and female mental health patients in the same place?

Oh well now I really like Ralph.

I'm definitely liking this one more than last one.

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I'm surprised Janice is staying with her mother after what's happened between them.

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Well that was the first green screeny thing that has looked bad.

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OH THEY'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE EVIL LEAPERS! THE ONES FROM THE OG SHOW!

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I guess they're forgetting people with a screw loose can see holograms, hunh? Lame. That was such a fun thing in the OG show.

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If he was really an evil leaper, from a different program, then he shouldn't be able to see Addison. Then again, that's from the Lore of the OG series, and they haven't been keeping with that entirely, which is endlessly frustrating as a sequel series.*

*They did stick to the lore on this, this time. Basically.

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Ew, truth serum. Which is bullshit. That's not how this works. Ugh, you were doing so well, episode. UGH. LAME!

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Martinez is certainly a lot better at not talking to Addison around people that can't hear her. Also I guess we know that he is willing to kill on missions.

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Women aren't really allowed on the front lines in the US military, right? Right? What does she mean, "front lines"?

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I do like them working together. Very interesting twist.

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There's gotta be another twist here and yup, here we go.

Oh seriously? While he's fucking bleeding out? Are you kidding me? UGGGGHHHHH

Oh this is insane. Ew.

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She can do a crying voice, but there isn't the right emotion in her eyes. No redness. Oh, it's getting better.

Oh he's awake still.

Oh why the fuck wasn't he in the driver's side first?

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(I suspect the season will end with it looking like Addison is dead or going to die.)

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OH FUCKING THANK GOD! That was the best, most interesting way Janice could have finished that sentence.

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Quantum Leap (2022) 1x15: Ben Song for the Defense

Where to Watch: Peacock

Spoilers: A little, maybe? But honestly, I wrote down four things. I maybe just couldn't focus on the episode. I think it could have been that the whole episode basically had a monochromatic color palette, so I just tuned it out.

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Oh this defendant is a great actor. (And that's all we see of him in the episode. That sucks.)

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OH HE'S A LESBIAN THIS TIME! NICE!

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It is interesting to see Ben and Jen working together.

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Wow. This team is oddly close, aren't they? Or am I just not used to seeing friend groups like this. Like, "it made me realize how much I miss Ben" coming from someone not his fiance is ODD.

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Quantum Leap (2022) 1x14: S.O.S

Where to Watch: Peacock

Spoilers: Probably.

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Oh yeah, Brandon Roth.

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How were they able to find him and not know where he is? Is that something that happened in the OG show? I genuinely have watched too much TV since.i was watching that.

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What the fuck is wrong with the CO? PTSD or other psych issues?

Oh? Can't just be the wife.

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Mississippi, eh?

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Sir, don't you need orders from higher up to attack?

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Her eyes aren't red. Fake tears.

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Holograms do have influence sometimes.

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Oh that leaper is much older than last time.

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I love how often Ben gets to be a woman. Very cool.

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Sorry I don't have much to say for this episode, but I really enjoyed it. No camp that for some reason bothers me. All good stuffs. Very good stuffs.

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Quantum Leap (2022) 1x13: Family Style

Where to Watch: Peacock

Spoilers: Probably.

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Oh God I love Indian food.

Oh yay! He's a woman again!

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God Mason (Ian) is terrific.

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I am so thrilled they are centering on an Indian family, this is so wonderful!

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What a bitch this mom is. Like, grief is no excuse for this behavior.

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I love they let Mason's wardrobe be truly enby.

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You don't use water to put out a fire from a gas leak, right???

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This is so corny but it's making me cry and I hate that.

Like, the OG show never felt this campy, which was absolutely impressive. This show feels just slightly campy enough to make me only lightly uncomfortable, but tolerable, but at the same time, I don't like it not getting to me.

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Quantum Leap (2022) 1x12: Let Them Play

Where to Watch: Peacock

Spoilers: Probably.

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Why people are mad at this, idk, I mean this show's concept is so damn queer in the fucking first place.

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I saw an article say, "the waiting room's dead," but didn't they mention it earlier this season?

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I love how supportive her team is though. That's all that should matter: what the majority of the team members think. They have to know too, since other's don't.

Ok come on, unfair? She's a fucking twig.

Makes sense for the white girl to be the fucking cunt here.

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I love how the use Ian to show how the timeline updates in real time. It's a cool concept, but it's also a little...fucking with their memory also feels wrong, ya know?

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Dottie...oh look, she's trans too!

Oh, she was leaped into, right? (Technically I got spoilers of this unintentionally, but I didn't know who it would be.)

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Oh, Gia's supposed to be mixed race? Half Korean? That was "mom" in Korean. Oh I can't tell, now she looks Latina.

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Actually Ben should know more than most. Like, he didn't physically feel like a man in a woman's body previously, but he was. Though he hasn't been made to feel like he's been in the wrong body by the people around him yet.

Again I'm think about all the times Scott Bakula wore woman's clothes, and although Sam had been uncomfortable at first, Scott never looked it himself. King shit.

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And here we have Addison, played by an actual military vet, probably telling a story she can actually relate to. Maybe. I'm not sure the timing of her service and what she's talking about. Oh wait, I think it does match up, since it happened under trump and I think her transition to acting was really recent, maybe just this show? No, she was in something in 2020.

I still can't believe she was born in 1990 and she's 33. I'm YOUNGER than her too, so I shouldn't be shocked. But to see another 90s baby as a grown ass adult on TV is WERID.

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God this is such an important story. I wish the bigots watched this. I'm thankful NBC didn't veto this episode. They absolutely could have. Then knew about it, and still renewed this show, even though they knew it could kill their ratings. (See: earlier in this post.)

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Why bitch girl suddenly almost being nice?

(she's still a cunt)

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Oh yeah! Talk about hypocrisy in people who say they worship Jesus!

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"force the school" where else is this going to be fixed?

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They don't let her hang out? At ALL? Even with the teammates that liked her? Even if it's just at their place? Wtf?

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So many trans people in this episode. I really do love that.

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Oh good, cunty girl changed. But it doesn't full like en after all that, she would have changed yet.

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"blood tests and strip searches" which is basically where we are now.

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I totally forgot I was in the middle of this, oops.

Overalls, great episode, even if it was a little sappy at moments, it was extremely important.

[thefirsthogokage]

Quantum Leap (2022) 1x11: Leap, Die, Repeat

Spoilers: Yup

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Oh right! Robert Picardo is in this one!

WOOLSEY?! LIKE STARGATE ATLANTIS?!?! HE'S PLAYING ANOTHER WOOLSEY??!! Ok, whever hired him absolutely watched SGA

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Oh thank FUCKING god it isn't a straightforward time loop episode. That would have been so goddamn boring. And it makes sense that the writers wouldn't do this, they clearly know their sci-fi, and they knew their audience probably would too. Ok, good on them!

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Oh, "if you're struck by lightning, you're more likely to be struck again." That makes sense given some things I've heard. Must do some weird charging shit to your body. Fascinating!

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Ben's gonna knock out being all sorts of people this episode.

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So, someone in the elevator did it, but they all died, eh?

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Well that soda spill will be important.

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Wait, she's "been mourning him since he leaped, but didn't feel it until today"? Seriously? That's how they phrased that? She should have said she didn't realize it until today, or she didn't let herself feel it until today.

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I still can't believe someone thought of putting Magic into the show. That was really cool. And they are definitely repeatedly saying they hope Scott changes his mind and comes back.

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Oh, even more than a non-normal time loop episode, it's a semi-time loop episode. Okay.

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He used the same book? Ugh, convenient. Knew that actor would be playing the bad guy. Should have called it earlier. I mean it just know because of the actor.

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So, why did her mother not want her involved? Was she just scared? Probably.

[thefirsthogokage]

Quantum Leap (2022) 1x10:

'Paging Dr. Song'

Where to Watch: Peacock

Spoliers: Yeah, I'd say so.

⚠️ Warning if you haven't watch this one for people who don't like injuries.

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Babies come early sometimes, happens.

That was---IT'S EYES SHOULD NOT BE OPEN! You could just not shoot the face so you don't get that wrong, UGH!

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Not fond of them not using the same episode title format as the OG series beyond the first episode.

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OH FINALLY WE'RE HAVING A LEAPER WEAR A DAMN BRA! THANK GOD!

The CGI with the hologram being moved through is SO much better.

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Oh it's going to be a hard day for Ben!

Damn. Something ba-OH THAT'S BAD! Now what makes Ben necessary here?

Also, they talked about a bra, but no fucking way he's actually wearing a bra.

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Oh, boy, wonder how he's going to explain that to the nurse.

This guy! I know this guy! I've seen him in plenty of things! Bones? Was he on Bones? Probably that....YUP! Dr. Edison! Oh right, and Diggle's little brother on Arrow. Bones only ended in 2017? Hunh. Oh, right! Crossing Jordan before that. He's gotten a hell of a lot of work!

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No, don't say "Temporarily, I hope." Say, "Cancer isn't my specialty."

He can't tell her because of HIPAA!

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There should be swelling of that, right? And if that's deep enough, there should be swelling of the eye, too, right?

Shouldn't they sedate him if they are going to remove that? That has to be in his brain. Ew. I guess it wasn't that deep. They didn't even tell him to stay still? Or was that just not in the scene?

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One down, two to go!

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One person? Wonder who that could be. Ziggy? Does she consider Ziggy a person? And have they referred to Ziggy as a he? So did they change genders?

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Twaaaaaaattt.

Two people saying something could have mattered.

You dad can help with that custody battle you can't afford.

Why did the deaths from that drug go up?

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"To see a lawyer about a doctor" HA.

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She wants to help people, but doesn't want to help get a drug off the market....

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All of these people are going to be connected to each other somehow, right?

Are women allowed into the field to like that in the US military? I know some things are changing, but....also some (US) military propoganda 🤮

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You can't tell her! HIPAA!

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It's going to be the wife. The brain dead wife.

NO! HIPAA VIOLATION! NO!

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Dr. Harper already had them use that drug once and it nearly killed her. The dipshit really wants to do it again? That's fucking malpractice.

What the fuck even is this drug for, did they say and I missed it because I'm too tired or...?

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This is a sad, endlessly frustrating episode. Would not watch on a rewatch, that's for sure. I guess having non-date titles is a bonus for remembering what episodes to skip 🙃

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Oh are they going to breach a sterilize area?

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And THIS is why drug companies aren't allowed to do shit they did before.

Why hasn't he leaped yet? Is it to have this convo? That's not how leaping works....

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Oh man, is some on the team a bad guy? I don't want that, I like the team as is.

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ROBERT PICARDO?! And that guy! I've seen him play someone smart before! I'll have to look him up next time.

"like something out of science fiction with THE DOCTOR right there!"

[thefirsthogokage]

Quantum Leap (2022) 1x09:

'Fellow Travelers'

Where to Watch: Peacock

Spoilers: Yes. But not all of them.

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Deborah Ann Woll?!

No way that's her actual voice.

Apparently, that is her voice. It was much deeper than I expected.

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Since I started binging the OG show last time, it feels so odd he's remembering so much.

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No way he could have heard her from there! She should have screamed louder. Like, he got it, but still.

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Why not tell her? They don't know enough yet?

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Now, as a side note, did they have our leaper in a relationship to try not to have someone who got around as much in the year 2022, or...? Because I'm fine with the way the OG show did it. I don't need the romance.

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Was that for shadowing? Did she leave someone behind? This is a whodoneit episode.

Did she do it, or was she framed? And wait did I miss why Ziggy didn't go through those records?

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She was brought there to be framed.

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I know this actress....wait does she only look familiar from an episode of Grimm? Or does she look like someone?

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It's so weird to see the immediate change in knowledge of people, knowing the new history. It effected them. Just feels odd.

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They look zero percent alike for people playing sisters.

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Some people are great manipulators. Though I really don't think she did it.

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Again, after watching the OG version, there are things about this I don't like. Mainly the love story.

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I would have said, "but we can decide what we do going forward."

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There's like 15 more minutes, he didn't try to kill her.

It's not your fault Carly, you couldn't have known.

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It could still be Trevor somehow, right?

Oh that's interesting.

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The stalker had a stalker? Fairly rare storyline.

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What's he doing still there? Why hast he leaped.

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It's really sad that "Calavicci" is a name associated with someone that suspicious."

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They're making Ben a woman (and a POC) more times than Sam was, I think. Cool. I mean, makes sense too, since Ben is Asian.