Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)

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Quantum Leap
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Genre
Created by Donald P. Bellisario
Starring
Narrated by
  • Deborah Pratt (intro)
  • Scott Bakula (episodes)
Theme music composer Mike Post
Composer Velton Ray Bunch
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes97 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
Production location California
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseMarch 26, 1989 (1989-03-26) –
May 5, 1993 (1993-05-05)
Related
Quantum Leap (2022 TV series)

Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series, created by Donald P. Bellisario, that aired on NBC for five seasons, from March 26, 1989, to May 5, 1993. The series stars Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who, believing he has invented a way to travel through time, voluntarily subjects himself to an experiment that he believes will prove the validity of his controversial theories. Sam “leaps” into the fluid of spacetime and apparently disappears forever. However, it is soon revealed that Beckett's consciousness is alive and able to transfer to and inhabit the bodies of other people existing on his timeline. The artificially intelligent computer he created operates with the assumption that in order to return home, Sam must change events in the past in order to "correct" the future course of events, which have somehow been changed in an undesirable way by an unknown agent.

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Dean Stockwell co-stars as Rear Admiral Al Calavicci, Sam's womanizing, cigar-smoking companion and best friend, who appears only as a hologram. Al is able to research the life Sam currently inhabits, providing advice when needed, and he is the only person able to see Sam when Sam has travelled through time, and is therefore the only witness who can testify that project Quantum Leap has been successful.

The series, which combines humor, drama, romance, social commentary, and science fiction, was ranked number 19 on TV Guide 's "Top Cult Shows Ever" in 2007. [1] [2]

A revival series, following the original show's continuity, premiered on NBC on September 19, 2022.

Premise and characters

In the very near future, physicist Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) theorizes that time travel within one's own lifetime is possible, and obtains government support to build project "Quantum Leap". Some years later, having already spent $43 billion, the government threatens to halt funding, as apparently no progress has been made. Sam then decides to test the project accelerator himself to save the project, telling no one. He is immediately thrown back in time, but upon awakening, finds that while he physically exists in the past, he appears to everyone else as a person into whom he has "leapt", and further has partial amnesia related to his own identity. [3] [4] [5] [6]

A hologram of his best friend, United States Navy Rear Admiral Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell), appears, visible and audible only to Sam, who explains to Dr. Beckett that it appears he must fix something that "went wrong" in time. Al is aided by project Quantum Leap’s artificially intelligent supercomputer, nicknamed Ziggy, who is described as a "parallel hybrid computer with a massive ego". Despite successfully changing the past in episode 1, Sam continues to leap, seemingly guided by what is eventually described as “an unknown force" that wants him to put right events in the past that once went wrong, for reasons unknown. Thence forth, Dr. Samuel Beckett leaps from life to life and time to time, attempting to "put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home". [3] [4] [5] [6]

Sam has six doctoral degrees, a black belt in kung fu, a photographic memory, and near-virtuosic musical talent, allowing him to easily slip into the shoes of almost anyone in the past. The somewhat bookish and naive Sam is contrasted by Al, who is, among other things, a womanizing, cigar-smoking, five-time divorcé who spent his early years in an orphanage, was active in the civil rights movement, and was even a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Sam and Al are the only characters to appear in every episode. The supporting characters of each episode are the friends, family, and acquaintances of the person Sam has leapt into. With a few exceptions, such as two-part or sequential episodes, these characters appear only once, though several actors have played multiple characters. Occasionally, Sam runs into real-life historical figures such as Buddy Holly, Michael Jackson, Donald Trump, Marilyn Monroe, and Ruth Westheimer, the last of whom played herself.

The other members of the Quantum Leap team, though mentioned often, appear in only a handful of episodes. They include head programmer Irving "Gooshie" Gushman (Dennis Wolfberg), psychiatrist Dr. Verbena Beeks (Candy Ann Brown), medical technician (and Al's lover) Tina Martinez (Gigi Rice), and Sam's wife, Dr. Donna Eleese (Teri Hatcher/Mimi Kuzyk), the project's director in his absence. The latter does not exist as Sam’s wife until Dr. Beckett changes history.

Production

Development

The main premise for Quantum Leap was inspired by such movies as Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and, Heaven Can Wait (1978), as well as the 1960s TV show, The Time Tunnel . Series creator, Donald P. Bellisario [4] [7] saw its potential as an original anthology series, though at the time, similarly themed shows were unpopular with the major networks. [4]

The series ran on NBC [8] for five seasons, from March 1989 through May 1993.

Soundtrack

The theme for the series, written by Mike Post, [4] was later rearranged for the fifth season, except for the series-finale episode, which featured the original theme music. Scores for the episodes were composed by Post and Velton Ray Bunch.

A soundtrack album was first released in 1993, titled Music from the Television Series 'Quantum Leap' , dedicated to John Anderson, who played Pat Knight in The Last Gunfighter. It was released by GNP Crescendo on CD and cassette tape.

No.Track [9] Composer(s)LengthEpisode
1Prologue (Saga Sell) Mike Post, Velton Ray Bunch, Deborah Pratt (voiceover)1:05
2Quantum Leap (Main Title)Mike Post1:15
3Somewhere in the Night Scott Bakula 3:32Piano Man
4Suite from the Leap HomeVelton Ray Bunch3:37The Leap Home, Part 1
5 Imagine John Lennon3:05The Leap Home, Part 1
6Sam's PrayerVelton Ray Bunch1:52A Single Drop of Rain
7 Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe1:41Memphis Melody
8 Baby, Let's Play House Arthur Gunter2:13Memphis Melody
9Shoot OutVelton Ray Bunch3:03The Last Gunfighter
10Medley from Man of La Mancha Scott Bakula6:18Catch a Falling Star
11Bite MeVelton Ray Bunch3:29Blood Moon
12Alphabet Rap Dean Stockwell 2:05Shock Theater
13Suite from "Lee Harvey Oswald"Velton Ray Bunch14:55Leaping on a String
14Fate's Wide WheelScott Bakula3:05Glitter Rock
15A Conversation with Scott BakulaScott Bakula (interview)12:02
16Quantum Leap (Prologue and Main Title Reprise)Mike Post, Velton Ray Bunch2:20

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 9March 26, 1989 (1989-03-26)May 17, 1989 (1989-05-17)
2 22September 20, 1989 (1989-09-20)May 9, 1990 (1990-05-09)
3 22September 28, 1990 (1990-09-28)May 22, 1991 (1991-05-22)
4 22September 18, 1991 (1991-09-18)May 20, 1992 (1992-05-20)
5 22September 22, 1992 (1992-09-22)May 5, 1993 (1993-05-05)

Broadcast history

The Quantum Leap series, though initially scheduled to air on Friday nights, was almost immediately moved to Wednesday evenings. Later on, as the show became more successful, it was moved to Fridays. In late 1992, it began to air on Tuesdays. The series finale aired on a Wednesday in May, 1993. [4]

The most frequent time slot for the series is indicated by italics:

In the United Kingdom, the show began on BBC Two on February 13, 1990, [10] airing Tuesday evenings at 9:00 pm. The final episode was scheduled to be aired on June 14, 1994, but altered schedules after the death of British dramatist Dennis Potter earlier that month delayed the airing until June 21, 1994. [11] Repeat episodes continued on the channel at various times until December 28, 1999. [12]

Quantum Leap Week

During the summer of 1990, NBC scheduled a "Quantum Leap Week". Over the course of five consecutive nights, repeat episodes of the show were broadcast in an effort to drum up interest in the fledging series. [13] The "Quantum Leap Week" was repeated during the summer of 1991. Each of the weekly events was supported by a series of advertisements. In each were a series of "man-on-the-street" attempting to say "Quantum Leap Week" fast, with varied levels of success. [14] [15]

Home media

Universal Studios has released the entire, digitally remastered, Quantum Leap series on DVD. [16] [17] Some controversy arose when fans discovered that many songs had been replaced from the soundtrack due to music rights issues. For the fifth season, Universal included all of the original music. [18]

On April 13, 2016, Mill Creek Entertainment announced that it had acquired the rights to the series and re-released the first two seasons on DVD on June 7, 2016. [19]

On February 7, 2017, Mill Creek re-released Quantum Leap - the Complete Series on DVD and also released the complete series on Blu-ray for the first time. [20] The 18-disc set contains all 97 episodes of the series, as well as most of the original music restored for all seasons.

Season - DVD name Episodes DVD release date
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Season 1 - The Complete First Season9June 8, 2004November 8, 2004May 2, 2005
Season 2 - The Complete Second Season22December 14, 2004October 31, 2005February 7, 2006
Season 3 - The Complete Third Season22May 10, 2005December 12, 2005June 7, 2006
Season 4 - The Complete Fourth Season22March 28, 2006June 26, 2006November 2006
Season 5 - The Complete Fifth Season22November 14, 2006December 26, 2006February 21, 2007
Seasons 1–5 - The Complete Series
(The Complete Collection)		97November 4, 2014 [16] October 8, 2007 [17] N/A

Final episode

At the end of season five, Bellisario was told to write an episode that could serve as a season finale or series finale, as it was unclear whether Quantum Leap would be renewed. The episode contained some answers to long-standing questions about the show, but contained enough ambiguity for a season six. When the show was not renewed, two title cards were tacked on to the end of the last episode; one read that Al's first wife Beth never remarried, so they were still married in the present day and had four daughters. The last title cards said "Sam Becket [sic] never returned home." The finale was met by viewers with mixed feelings. [21] [22] [23]

A few years[ when? ] after the airing of the finale, a script for an alternate ending was leaked on the internet. It implied that Al, through encouragement of his wife Beth, would become a leaper to go after Sam. Bellisario has said no script exists and that he does not know where this idea came from. In 2018, however, fan Allison Pregler purchased title cards taken from season five that contained some shots of Al and Beth together; this implies that part of the alternate ending was, in fact, shot and gives credibility to the alternate-ending scenario. [24] [25] In May 2019, a video of the lost footage was uploaded to Reddit by a contributor with the handle Leaper1953. [26] How this person obtained the footage is not known publicly. Scott Bakula confirmed that several endings were shot and that the footage was authentic. [27]

Reception

The series had a slow start in the ratings, and its timeslot was moved often, but it did well in the 18–49 demographic. The finale was viewed by 13 million American households. [28] In 2004 and 2007, Quantum Leap was ranked number 15 and 19, respectively, on TV Guide 's "Top Cult Shows Ever". [1]

Awards

Along with 43 nominations, Quantum Leap received 17 awards (listed below). [29] [30] [31]

YearAwardCategoryWinner(s)Episode
1989 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Roy H. Wagner "Genesis (Part 1)"
Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series Virginia Kearns"Double Identity"
1990 Quality TV Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series Scott Bakula
Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Dean Stockwell
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Michael W. Watkins "Pool Hall Blues"
1991 Quality TV Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series Scott Bakula
Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama SeriesDean Stockwell
Edgar Award Best Television Episode Paul Brown"Good Night, Dear Heart"
DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series Michael Zinberg "The Leap Home (Part 2) - Vietnam"
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series Gerald Quist
Michael Mills
Jeremy Swan		"The Leap Home (Part 1)"
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Michael W. Watkins"The Leap Home (Part 2) - Vietnam"
1992 Quality TV Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama SeriesScott Bakula
Golden Globe Award Best Actor – Television Series Drama Scott Bakula
1993 Quality TV Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama SeriesScott Bakula
Young Artist Award Best Young Actress Guest-Starring in a Television Series Kimberly Cullum
ACE Award Best Edited One Hour Series for Television Jon Koslowsky"A Song for the Soul"
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Jon Koslowsky"Lee Harvey Oswald"

Other media

Books

Nonfiction
Fiction

Comics

Innovation Publishing produced a series of comic books that ran for 13 issues from September 1991 through August 1993. As with the television series, each issue ended with a teaser preview of the following issue and Sam's exclamation of "Oh, boy." Among the people into whom Sam found himself leaping in this series were: [32]

IssueTitlePersonDate
1"First There Was a Mountain, Then There Was No Mountain, Then There Was"High school teacher named Karen Connors in Memphis, Tennessee March 25, 1968
2"Freedom of the Press" Death row inmate named Willie Jackson, who must prevent a murder on the outsideJune 11, 1962
3A"He Knows If You've Been Bad or Good ..."Part-time Santa Claus, who goes by the name of NickDecember 20, 1963
3B"The Infinite Corridor"Student at MIT named Matt Randall, who is researching quantum physics April 2, 1968
4"The 50,000 Quest"Contestant amid the quiz show scandals August 15, 1958
5"Seeing is Believing"Newspaper reporter/columnist, who responds to a girl seeing a UFO November 14, 1957
6"A Tale of Two Cindys"Teenaged girl with an identical twin sisterFebruary 12, 1959
7A"Lives on the Fringe"Professional golfer with the Mafia after him1974
7B"Sarah's Got a Gun"Bus driver, who discovers child abuse May 19, 1953
8"Getaway"Bank robber, while the leapee tours the project with Al1958
9"Up Against a Stonewall"Sequel to "Good Night, Dear Heart": Stephanie Heywood is released from prison after serving 12 years for manslaughter.June 22, 1969
10"Too Funny For Words"Stand-up comedian, who befriends a fading silent movie starJune 13, 1966
11"For the Good of the Nation"Doctor studying the effects of LSD on human subjectsJuly 1958
12"Waiting"Gas-station attendant with a lot of time on his handsApril 24, 1958
13"One Giant Leap"An extraterrestrial aboard an orbiting spaceshipJune 5, 1963
[14]"Two Dweebs and a Little Monster"Not published

Few of the comic stories referenced episodes of the television series, with the exception of the ninth issue, "Up Against a Stonewall".

Continuation

Proposed films

Television film

In July 2002, the Sci-Fi Channel (which at the time was airing reruns of the show) announced development of a two-hour television film based on Quantum Leap that would have served as a backdoor pilot for a new series, with Bellisario as executive producer. [33]

Feature film

In July 2010 during the TV Guide panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Scott Bakula said that Bellisario was working on a script for a projected Quantum Leap feature film. [34] Bellisario confirmed in October 2017 at the L.A. Comic Con that he had finished the script. [35]

Revival

In January 2020, Jeff Bader, NBC's head of program planning and strategy, announced that the network was considering a reboot of Quantum Leap for the launch of its Peacock streaming service. [36]

In January 2022, NBC greenlit a pilot episode of a Quantum Leap sixth season revival. Bellisario is involved, while the showrunners include Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, with Deborah Pratt and Martin Gero as executive producers. The pilot will take place 30 years after the conclusion of the original series, with a new team reviving Project Quantum Leap to understand both it and the fate of Sam Beckett. [37] Raymond Lee was signed to star in the pilot in the role of Dr. Ben Song, the person that ends up traveling back in time through the Quantum Leap project. [38] Ernie Hudson was cast as Herbert "Magic" Williams, the lead of the new Quantum Leap program and a Vietnam War veteran whom Sam leaped into in the season three episode "The Leap Home (Part 2) – Vietnam". [39] NBC gave the green light for a full season order in May 2022. [40] In July 2022, it was announced that Dean Georgaris joined as showrunner. [41] It premiered on September 19, 2022, airing on Monday nights. [42] [43]

In September 2022, original series star Scott Bakula confirmed that he had been asked by producers to reprise his role as Sam Beckett in the revival, but ultimately decided against it, saying in a statement on Instagram, "As the show has always been near and dear to my heart, it was a very difficult decision to pass on the project". [44]

On April 5, 2024, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled after two seasons. [45]

In the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame, Scott Lang brings the show up as one of many examples of time travel in fiction allowing one to change one's own past, contrasting Bruce Banner's explanation that time travel works differently in their universe. [46]

Source Code , a 2011 science-fiction action thriller film, was directed by Duncan Jones. Jones said in reading its script that he was reminded of Quantum Leap and as a reference to the show, cast Bakula in a voice cameo role, including giving him one line of "Oh, boy" in the script. [47]

Special episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise ("Detained", 2002) and NCIS: New Orleans ("Chasing Ghosts", 2014), both series that featured Bakula as lead, included Stockwell as a guest star to reunite the two actors from Quantum Leap. Further, "Chasing Ghosts" was directed by James Whitmore Jr., who had directed 15 episodes, and acted in three episodes, of Quantum Leap. [48]

The 2017 episode "The Gang Turns Black" of the series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia features numerous Quantum Leap references. When the gang finds themselves in different bodies, Sweet Dee suggests that they are "quantum leaping". Bakula has a guest appearance, as himself, supposedly researching an upcoming role, but in fact working as a retirement home custodian due to lack of residuals. [49]

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