#88

Quantum Leap

“Theorising that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Doctor Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished… He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own, and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Doctor Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home…”

“Oh boy….”

Quantum Leap is a great sci-fi show that aired on NBC in the late 80’s, early 90’s. It starred Scott Bakula as Dr. Samuel Beckett and Dean Stockwell as Al.

Sam Beckett would jump around time, into the body of someone else, and then have to try to fix the history of this person’s life. Some were smaller, more personal stories while others were big and bombastic, featuring famous people’s stories.

Al was a hologram of a man from Beckett’s actual timeline who was there to aid Sam through his missions. Al could only be seen by Sam.

The show had some really exciting moments, some humor, and plenty of sci-fi goodness. The show did not shy away from the deeper subjects either such as racism, sexism and hatred.

Every episode ended with the tie in to the next episode, as we see Sam arrive in the body of someone new. Sam continued to hope that the next leap would be the leap home.

I did not watch the revival of Quantum Leap that aired on CBS for a couple of years. This is completely the original show that is at #88 on my list.