What was the explanation for the ending of quantum leap. Guests who appeared in other quantum leap episodes. Its overlooked by many younger genre fans today, but quantum leap was a fun, interesting, and influential show and it also has one of the most. Sam beckett stepped into the quantum leap accelerator and vanished. After purchasing a beer, hes shocked to see his own reflection in. 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. Bakula reprises his role as sam beckett for a brandnew quantum leap adventure. For a lonely, depressed, very sensitive person it is a very sad show at times. Stephen mchattie is one of the few actors appearing in mirror image who did not have a role within an earlier quantum leap episode.
Quantum leap has what might be the most infinitely flexible premise in television history. Watch all 9 quantum leap episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. But quantum leap definitively jumped the shark during the premiere of its fifth and final season, when sam made his notorious leap into lee. For the only time, this episodes leap date is the same as a previous one season ones the color of truth. In the final season, sam and his holographic sidekick, al dean stockwell. Watch quantum leap episodes online season 5 1993 tv. Yes, this is bakulas show and al is a supporting player, but quantum leap has been a buddy comedy for most of its run sidelining one half of the main characters for almost the entirety of the finale is a bold and potentially foolish move. Quantum leap episode guide at als place mirror image. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show quantum leap anytime, anywhere. Quantum leap mirror image august 8, 1953 tv episode. This is the last season of quantum leap and sam and al. Watch sam and stephen leap backwards through time to seek out a young donal. The show, a lateseason replacement, was recognized with a creative arts emmy award for outstanding achievement in hairstyling for a series, for the work on double identity. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film.
Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Last ever episode of quantum leap video dailymotion. The bartender then asks sam where he wishes to leap to next. If you are a quantum leap fan like me youll not want to miss the final episodes.
Quantum leap returns with scott bakula as sam beckett youtube. In the series final episode mirror image, sam is caught in a strange leap wherein he meets strangely parallel versions of people he had met on other adventures. One of the real challenges about quantum leap were the kisses with history. Although, sam has leaped from one person to another person at the same time, within the same episode. Written by series creator and executive producer donald p. Quantum leap 19891993 is a nbc cult classic series. Al the bartender helps sam remember that he built project quantum leap because he wanted to help right the wrongs in history, but not one life at a time. Sam learns more about quantum leap, and whos responsible for his leaps.
It was sad, but at least sam beckett accomplished something before he didnt make it home, and the sadness was surrounding just one character. Sam leaps into a bar with a bartender thats more than he appears. His two goals as he leapt through time was to put right what once went wrong and to. Watch quantum leap online full episodes of season 5 to 1. Watch last ever episode of quantum leap martin horton on dailymotion. The only way for him to move on from any time period he lands in is to change the lives of people there for the better. For a few years in the late 80s and early 90s, quantum leap was the rarest of genre series a scifi procedural with good ratings that was well received by critics, and actually got nominated for and won golden globe and emmy awards. On the premiere episode of quantum leap, sam beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization that he does not belong there. Although the project quantum leap isnt ready yet, sam beckett doesnt listen to supercomputer ziggy, hops into the accelerator and leaps. Mirror image was the 22nd and final episode of season 5 of quantum leap, also the 96th and final episode of the series. The first season of quantum leap ran on nbc from march 26 to may 17, 1989.
The finale i have ever seen was the finale to battlestar galactica. Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, dr. Remembering quantum leap and insights into each episode for the season. Sam beckett scott bakula, caught in a malfunctioning time travel experiment that bounces him back and forth into the roles of different people in the past. Did the show ever spin off novels or comics after the series ended that explained more.
Season two of quantum leap ran on nbc from september 20, 1989 to may 9, 1990. Clayton fuller sams mirror image in this episode is played by episode director james whitmore, jr. Before he takes his next leap, he realizes he must correct something that could affect his personal history. A look back at the disappointing quantum leap finale. Quantum leap creator has written a feature movie script. Quantum leap is an american sciencefiction television series created by donald p. Sam beckett, a physicist who leaps through spacetime during an experiment in time travel, by temporarily taking the place of other people to correct historical mistakes.
Physicist sam beckett scott bakula can travel through time, assuming others identities and correcting past mistakes, but he cant seem to find his way back to. Season four of quantum leap ran on nbc from september 18, 1991 to may 20, 1992. Is the last episode of quantum leap the saddest tv series finale. In each leap, sam has a job to do before he can leap again. Although the project quantum leap pql isnt ready yet, sam doesnt listen his supercomputer, ziggy, and hops into. Scientist sam beckett finds himself trapped in the past, leaping into the bodies of different people on a regular basis. However, like whitmore, mchattie reunited with scott bakula when he had a guest role on enterprise.
His only guide on this journey is al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram. Apparently the last few scenes of the episode were written two ways, because at the time it was not determined that the show was cancelled. Directed by james whitmore jr with scott bakula, dean stockwell, bruce mcgill, john daquino. Many episodes are touching as you watch sam attempt to right wrongs and fight for the right thing. Watch mirror image august 8, 1953 season 5, episode 22 of quantum leap or get episode details on nbc. Quantum leap is an american television series that first aired on nbc from march 1989 to. Bellisario, the episode, which was directed by james whitmore, jr. If you have not seen all the previous episodes, the final show will be a bit mysterious for you as it. Sam beckett stepped into the quantum leap accelerator and. Though separated by decades, sam and al continued to work closely together until the people at project quantum leap lost contact with sam. The last episode of quantum leap that aired mirror image august 8, 1953 wasnt designed as a series finale, but a season finale that bellisario took and just tacked some extra. The final episode was scheduled to be aired on june 14, 1994, but altered schedules. I saw the last episode and remember him talking to a fat man at the bar. Many times sam wants to do more than he is allowed to do.
Show creator donald bellisario says he doesnt know what will come of the treatment, but some fans are already thinking netflix. There are also some rather striking stylistic choices that date the episode. As tom stratton, an air force test pilot about to attempt a dangerous flight. The last episode has many references to the movie casablanca with many of the people mistaking sams character for humphrey bogart. Download quantum leap complete seasons 15 torrent or any other torrent from category. He depended on his closest friend al calavicci from the start of his leaping. My father and i liked to watch the last season of quantum leap together, and i think my mother watched the last episode with us, too. The bartender helps sam remember that he built project quantum leap exactly because he wanted to put right what once went wrong and makes him realize that he himself has control over his leaps. Quantum leap is a show that has plot and great character.
When sam looks into a mirror, he sees his own reflection. During this season, dean stockwell won a golden globe for best supporting actor series, miniseries or television film. Watch quantum leap episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Its also one of the most convoluted, especially when compared to the moreorless straightforward dramatic and comedic plots that play out over the course of each episode. Each page has a detailed synopsis, one sound file, and several photos from that particular episode. But was it ever established who or what was leaping sam around in time. Physicist sam beckett scott bakula can travel through time, assuming others identities and correcting past mistakes, but he cant seem to find his way back to his own life or even remember it in this emmywinning series. In the future, they realize that sam has leaped into himself, they search history for sam. Fans of science fiction or of the time travel genre will love it. Is the last episode of quantum leap the saddest tv series.