I didn't mind the ending, because the show was Always about the Leap. So the idea of Sam continuing Leaping makes sense. Similar to the last ep of Sliders; it ends with the unknown Slide, which is what the show was always about.
Quantum Leap is one of the best shows, I was 9-13yrs when it aired. Always remember our Maths teacher at school loved the show, the lesson was soon forgotten about if we mentioned Quantum Leap. Great to hear it could be back if rumours are true, just sad Dean is no longer with us. A new series has could have Sam (once he is found) in the Al roll as a guide to someone else
This video came out in 2021, but the new series is set to debut this fall. Did he miss an announcement? As to Sam, I feel he should be in the role of god/bartender. They were always wondering who was leaping him about, and the guy said "you." So maybe he's in a position to help his past self, as the rules seemed to change. How did Ziggy know in the pilot that he had to help someone in order to leap out? Perhaps in the first go-through nothing worked right and he had a low success rate, then by somehow helping himself he scored 90%, which is what we saw, though it still took him 3 tries to solve "Trilogy."
I loved Quantum Leap and I never realized it struggled in the ratings. I enjoyed it so much( as did everyone I knew) and it was such a great show I just assumed it did well. I would love to see a reboot -if a show ever deserved a second chance it is Quantum Leap.
@@stephensundstrom6379 I was disappointed with the last episode, although it was a stark contrast from the elvis one. As a child I would make up episodes when the show was shown every Tuesday at 21.00 in the uk 🇬🇧 to show sams future leaps. One was sam became an ice hockey player in the Olympics where steroids were going to ruin his career.
He traded places with Al in a season finale, so he did get to go home for 1 or 2 days. What I didn't like was that he had a wife waiting for him. Apparently, he changed his own history, so he got married, but didn't remember her.
@@sandal_thong8631 there was a season 6 lined up where Beth tells Al to leap and go look for him. So Al goes in the accelerator to look for him. But it was scrapped 😕
Absolutely loved this show I was 18 when it debuted I don't think I ever missed an episode. I would love a revival of the show I would watch it for sure.
I seriously loved this show. I am now watching it again in reruns. Every time I watch the final episode I cry. Loved every episode, looked forward to a new one every week.
I was struggling with SyFy muting "offensive" words like retarded, colored, negro and the N-word. They decided not to mute an N-word in a season 5 episode, but its use was pointless except to say that racism still existed in the 1970s.
This show in the 80s was to me what Star Trek was in the 60s, a very entertaining point of imaginative departure and emotional inspiration. BTW, as to Dean’s cigar ploy, that’s hysterical. Good for him. This was one of the great shows of its day and not as popular as it should have been. I am struck by its similarity in that sense to St. Elsewhere, another personal favorite and contemporary on NBC that also had a finale people gripe about. I personally loved the ending (of both) as it was. Too many people want happy endings and closed loops. It’s simplistic to think Sam should get his wish to go home and be happy. The way I see it, that’s not and never was the purpose of his life. He was here for a reason that mattered, to make a real difference to others. Too many fans just want simple fairy tales, not life. They often just want easy and settle for nothing of importance. That final episode, grounded on the day of Sam’s birth and extended beyond all definition of time, has a wistful touch of the infinite. The mystery of the bartender, played brilliantly by Bruce McGill, is exactly the right touch. There is a profound message in that last episode, and too many don’t wish to take the risk to make that particular leap.
Such a stellar show. I ope the reboot is faithful to the source material and maintains a high level of quality that it deserves. Thanks for watching my video and sharing your comments!
I didn’t know any of those facts! It was a great show back then and I still think that final episode was a strong one. It would be good if it was renewed in 2021.
I’m not into SciFi, but I loved QL as a kid during the original run because I loved History. Every week was a different year and location. Typically with some sort of nod to a historically significant figure or event.
Quantum Leap is one of my all-time favorite shows. I never understood why the ratings were not higher or why the network was not really supportive of the show. I remember when it struggled to stay on when it was being aired every evening. I suppose it was their way of trying to get more viewers. It is hard to define a favorite episode although the "evil leaper" episodes were very memorable. Although I suppose Mirror Image was one that really got to me the most. A great series and a great cast. I doubt Dean Stockwell at 85 years old might not be able to return.. It is funny though that I do see Sam as continuing to leap now "out of his own lifetime" having been a Captain of the NX-01 Enterprise and now a policeman. But that's just me.
I didn't like the way it ended with Sam never returning home, but the bar tender telling him of all the thing he had done and he did right a wrong for Al and his wife at the end of the episode. BTW: Dennis Wolfberg who had a recurring role as Gooshie was a very funny comedian who left us way to soon.
I am not sure if I replied before. I would loved to see a continuation of this show. I think fans would welcome a revival or continuation. I think Scott Bakula killed it with this show.
I'd like to see Sam in some kind of Limbo like for the LOKI series; looking up people who need someone to help them and first guiding his past self to be more successful, then guiding the new team.
Yes I would like that if they did a reboot so long as it is with the same two actors. Or at least they could do a 3 hour TV movie from 8pm to 11pm. But they have to do it soon for they are both getting older.
Bad news, Leapers. NBC is doing a "reboot" of "Quantum Leap" WITHOUT Scott Bakula. The picture of the proposed cast is pure present day Hollyweird, with The Message taking center stage. Can you say: "Netflix 'Cowboy bebop"/Dumpster fire? Move along folks, there's nothing to see here.:(
I wish they would've brought Sam home. It leaves so much of a hole in fans that can't be filled unless they bring him home in a made for tv movie, or in the reboot, but Scott said he has nothing to do with the new show.
Great show; always a new situation, new characters, different historical times places and events to visit. I remember QL batted cleanup Wensday nights before the local news with Unsolved Mysteries leading off.
I knew the ratings weren't very good, but I enjoyed the show a great deal. I thought the final episode was very good. The ending, although heartbreaking, was perfect, in my opinion. Even the intonations of the female narrator when she said "Dr Samuel Beckett never returned home" was pitch perfect.
The BEST Show on television! I really loved the entire concept and it showed , if done right, how everything could be fixed. ❤️ Never has this type of story line was really brought out in full Spectrum!
Love the show so much, over the years I learned most of this that you presented here. I didn’t know that the cast and crew thought they were going to get renewed, and at the last minute they weren’t. Too bad we didn’t get a six season so they could wrap it up better, but it does leave the door open for the opportunity to have a continuation show and I hope that happens because I would really enjoy that.
Dr. Becket tries to change history for the better. Doctor Who believes a fixed moment in time should NOT be changed! This premise would have made a good cross-over story! And a great place to revive Quantum Leap (with very special guest David Tennant!)...
I still love the show. Have all seasons on dvd but never watched the final episode. In the run of the show he changed his history and get married and also getting a daughter (Sammy Joe). Father and daughter could work together to bring him home....
@@stephensundstrom6379 Now a reboot will come. But I think it won't be the same again. But I am glad that the original final episode wasn't the idea of Bellisario to make it to the final episode. In my last post I wasn't clear enough. I watched the final episode but I was completely baffled they canceled the show that way. The story telling was always brilliant and I hope they do a fantastic job with this reboot.
There is rehearsal footage of the cliffhanger ending. The sixth season plan was that Sam started leaping into the future and that to finally rescue him, Al (reunited with his wife in a new timeline caused by Sam) had to leap too. Not only did Stockwell guest star on Enterprise and NCIS New Orleans, I like to think they made a reference to Al in the second last season of NCIS New Orleans. Bakula’s character is haunted by visions of a man in a red suit (I won’t spoil it for you). I like to think that was a sly nod to Stockwell who I think by then was dealing with health issues that forced him into retirement.
I would LOVE to see a reunion. It seemed in the final episode that Sam more or less chose not to go home, realizing that he had a greater calling in life. I would love to see that he was leaping, lost without Al but somehow the reunion episode or movie or season could focus on Al trying to find and bring Sam back to their present which would still be in the future for us. Maybe when Sam changed time so Al's first wife Beth would wait for him, Al never met Sam. This meant Sam was leaping alone but with memories of the old time line and a Swiss cheese brain and somehow Al has residual memories of his assistance as Sam's hologram... This would have to be six episodes!!!
@@stephensundstrom6379 After watching your video, I saw that they had filmed a scene that was supposed to set up seasons 6-- where All and Beth in their present are at home and Al tells her that Sam is leaping as himself because there is no one in the waiting room. So apparently Al was still working with Sam, and time being altered (much like when it was revealed Sam ended up getting married after all to the woman who's left him and two other guys before him at the altar, because Sam fixed her relationship with her estranged father) didn't keep Al off the project. I would love it then if all these years, Al has been searching and all these years, Sam has been inspiring people and maybe Al will find pictures of Sam appearing in the past as himself. So many possibilities!!! This was really one of my favorite shows of all times.
rewatching quantum leap on Roku I realize quantum leap was really about faith and changing what went wrong .I'm still just in awe that dean Stockwell started as a child .I was and am an Al's girl 😊💙 the stories themselves were good I cried so hard at the end .
Ahoy-Oh Boy S.S.! I think it was arguably Scott Bakula's best work. I always thought they should have done a 📺 movie for proper closure! Like they did with Rescue From Gilligans Island!!📺🎥🇺🇸
I would love to see Sam get home. I have the series on DVD and found it so annoying that they didn't put all the episodes in order! The whole jumping thing was ruined! But still this is one of my all-time favorite shows. It never gets old.
Thanks for the info Stephen! I new the network messed with 'Galactica 80'... but never realized it was down to the conceptual level! QL was a great series! It adds much credence to my credo that 'All Great US Sci/Fi TV is 'The Fugitive' In A SF Setting'!
Loved the show since I stayed up late to watch the premiere. Wish they would’ve said “oh boy” a lot less though. (It wasn’t every ep, but it felt like it).
That would be awesome! Even if they don’t bring the show back as a full series, they could do a one off movie, or a multi episode run on something like Netflix. Thanks for watching my video!
I guess people missed the one where he leaped home, remembered he had a wife, Al got knocked unconscious and was about to be killed before Sam leapt into his body to switch again.
My favorite TV series of all time!! Yes I would love them to come back and at least finish the series properly! And my favorite episode, though it’s hard to choose, I believe would be the one where Al gets to dance with his wife one last time.
it was my first and only scifi series that I watched ever .I'll be honest rewatching on Roku I see it was about believing in something you can't see the other reason I watched I went 😍🥰for Al dean Stockwell .I was amazed that he started as a child actor young adult and for me he was quantum leap.the whole plot I liked about making a good change and believing what you can't necessarily see .
For the longest time I didn't like the ending because I was idealistic and I felt like Sam had put his time in and should get the reward, but now I appreciate how real it is in that just isn't how things work most of the time.
@@stephensundstrom6379 I don't know if you have or would consider, but I would love to see you do something about Night Court. That is another show that is very special to my youth. Thank you for the great content.
Quantum leap was a big show here in the uk. I'd like to see it continued in some way. Maybe Sam's daughter Sammy could leap to tryvand find her father to bring him home.
Another great video. This is one of my favorite shows ever. The finale was very very well made... I wasn't happy watching it though. It was as rough for me as the ending of Forever Knight was.
It would have been better had they left off the end card, and just left it to your imagination. Even the alternate ending with Al going after him would have been better.
I have been a major fan of Quantum Leap. What I really enjoyed was Scott Bakulas talent (that I never knew he had) when he was singing in the different episodes. My favorite Episode was "Catch a Falling Star". With the ending and having all the crew up on stage I still try to find out if they actually performed Man of La Mancha for an audience with having actors like John Cullum (1776) and his Co Start from Northern Exposure Janine Turner in it. I just never saw a TV show end like that without some kind of reason. My least favorite was the Series finale, unless they bring back the group to do a movie and make up for that flop.
NBC has picked up its first pilot-to-series order for the 2022-2023 season as the Raymond Lee-starring Quantum Leap reboot is given the green light. Based on the original sci-fi series created by Donald P. Bellisario, this updated version takes place 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has come together to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
seemed to me by the end of the 4th season , The writers ran out of ideas and resorted to doing episodes around famous people which ran against the grain of the shows principle rules . I just think they had nothing more to contribute .
I could see Scott Bakula maybe playing in this new show if it was continuation. However Dean I'm sorry to say how that he couldn't do it. on one of the last interviews they had with him and Scott Comic-Con you could tell Dean was really out of it. I would rather see maybe two hour movie Sam leaps home and his child takes his place. if he doesn't want to leap home like said it last episode said Sam never leaps home his child goes and tries to find him that could be a new series or a continuation. My favorite episodes were the evil leaper one more season would have been great to see it finish whatever happened to the girl leaper for closer.
I assumed Dean Stockwell was dead, If they want to use him in any sort of new version they better hurry up.......He was in a good episode of Columbo with Robert Culp.
@@dfangirl72 Thanks, didn't realize that was his brother. I remember guy being in an old episode of Magnum PI and just looking at IMDB it seems his final credit was a newer episode of Columbo interestingly enough.
@@stephensundstrom6379 I have to check it out and I will get back to you for sure about this. Is there any links to goto for this or just should I look it up on RU-vid? :)
At the time, in South Africa, we didn't have many options with our very limited choice from our only TV provider, the national, government-controlled, South African Broadcasting Corporation. Quantum Leap was a great concept and I got excited about the show - but soon, I found that the stories were full of fatal flaws, quite unimaginative, and relied on stupid limitations, such as absurdly "partial" amnesia, to make the stories "work". I can't think of a single episode that stands out. I usually found the episodes where Bakula acted as a woman, really pathetic. I don't think we were shown all the seasons. Today, I read about S5E1, with Beckett taking the place of Lee Harvey Oswald - and it seems interesting - but I can't find the episode online (which is how I found this post). I don't think that I care very much if I never find it. Bakula tried hard to be convincing - but I absolutely DESPISED Stockwell's character of Al - what an unfunny idiot!
The series finale would have been a great new jump start to a renewal of a few more seasons. Sam started and kept leaping for seasons on others body's while the other body's were in the wait chamber. New story is Sam starts leaping as himself and not in others body's. Everything gets really tricky then. And that builds viewers. Unlike say the walking dead with the same story's over and over as shit soap operas go. This show is still adventure. As was sliders until producers took over to make it action only.
When I watch the last episode of Quantum Leap I thought that the barman was God I'm sure the barman says something like oh this old place I made it myself am I the only one that thought this
@@stephensundstrom6379 That’s really cool! Hope your channel succeeds. There was so much great TV in the 80’s and 90’s. Lots of material there. Best of luck!
