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Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap intertitle
Format	Science fiction/Drama
Created by	Donald P. Bellisario
Starring	Scott Bakula Dean Stockwell
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	96 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	March 26, 1989 – May 5, 1993
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series that ran for 96 episodes from March 1989 to May 1993 on the NBC network. Reruns began airing on ION Television Monday, April 7, 2008 [1]. Image File history File links Acap. ... For the rules of English grammar, see English grammar and Disputes in English grammar. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Logo for the television show Quantum Leap. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... Donald Bellisario (left) makes a cameo appearance on a photograph on the show he created, NCIS. Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American television producer and scriptwriter. ... Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor who played leading roles in two science fiction television series: Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Dean Stockwell (born March 5, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning American film and television actor, active for over 60 years. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This is a list of Quantum Leap episodes in the order in which they were released. ... This article is about the television network. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... This is a list of Quantum Leap episodes in the order in which they were released. ... This article is about the television network. ... ION Television is a broadcast and cable television network first broadcast on August 31, 1998 under the name PAX TV (early on in its development, it was called PaxNet). ...

The plot involves scientist Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaping to various points in time, and into the body and life of a different person, usually constrained within the period of his own lifetime. Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor who played leading roles in two science fiction television series: Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise. ...

At the end of each episode, Sam leaps into another person, giving viewers a teaser of the following episode. As part of a running gag, after Sam's leap, in awe or dismay about his new situation, he utters the catch phrase "Oh boy!" The running gag is a popular hallmark of comic and serious forms of entertainment. ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ...

Opening narration

After the pilot, the first season episodes open with an introductory narration by Sam Beckett:

Beginning with the thirteenth episode of the second season ("Another Mother"), each episode begins with a spoken introduction which explains the series' broader premise. On its first appearance, this introduction was spoken by actor Lance LeGault (who appears in the show's first season episode "How the Tess Was Won"). For the remaining episodes of the season, it was read by Deborah Pratt (Bellisario's then wife, show co-producer, occasional show writer, and guest star in the episode "A Portrait for Troian", as well as the uncredited voice of Ziggy. The Lone Ranger was an early, long-running radio and television show based on characters created by George W. Trendle of Detroit, Michigan and developed by writer Fran Stryker of Buffalo, New York. ... Tonto may mean: Tonto (Lone Ranger character), the fictional sidekick to the Lone Ranger. ... Lance LeGault (b. ... Deborah M. Pratt (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress, writer and television producer. ...

Some versions of these second season episodes, such as some first run broadcasts, and those originally shown by BBC Two in the United Kingdom, did not have the opening narration, instead going straight into the episode as Sam leaps. For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2. ...

A shorter version of the second season introduction with slightly different wording, read by Deborah Pratt but without the echo effect, was used in the third to fifth seasons, and in syndication:

The show's first season was a mid-season replacement, and consisted of the pilot and six separate episodes. These first season episodes were presented in a pseudo-serialized format, wherein the last few minutes of the previous episode was shown before Sam would leap into the current episode's storyline. This helped viewers understand that Sam was leaping directly from one life to another. The practice was dropped in the second season so that episodes could be run (and rerun) in a random order; all episodes now began at the point of leap-in. The first season episodes were re-edited into this format.

Plot

In the near future (1999), at a highly classified U.S. government-funded research facility somewhere in the desert near the small ranching town of Stallion's Gate, New Mexico, physicist Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) is working on a grand experiment to prove his time-travel theory. Sam is working alongside Gooshie (Dennis Wolfberg), the lead programmer of Project Quantum Leap. Gooshie also works the controls for the imaging chamber. However, the funding for the project is about to be cut. Sam's colleagues protest that they're not ready, but in a last-ditch effort to prove that his theories are correct, Sam steps into the project's "accelerator chamber" too early and vanishes. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Official language(s) None Spoken language(s) English 68. ... Not to be confused with physician, a person who practices medicine. ... This article is about the TV show. ... Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor who played leading roles in two science fiction television series: Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Project Quantum Leap is a fictional, top-secret, government-run science project involving time travel on the sci-fi/drama Quantum Leap, created by Donald Bellisario. ...

Dean Stockwell & Scott Bakula

Sam appears in the past with no memory of who he is or where he is. This side-effect amnesia is called Swiss-cheesing or (as a technical term in the show's universe) magnafluxing, which prevents him from remembering most of the details of his own life. His best friend from his original time, Albert "Al" Calavicci (Dean Stockwell), appears to him as a holographic projection from the "imaging chamber", usually only visible and audible to Sam, but also to small children, animals (Al often jokes "blondes" too), the mentally challenged, and, in one case, a man whose brainwaves are a near match to Sam's. Al is the Quantum Leap Project's observer and a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral. It is revealed that Gooshie made a frantic call to Al when Sam vanished in the project accelerator and called him in to work on the situation. Gooshie continues to work alongside Al in Sam's original time. Along with the (possibly sentient) supercomputer named Ziggy, Al is able to help Sam "set right what once went wrong" before he leaps out into the next person. At the beginning and end of nearly every episode, as Sam leaps into a new person he speaks his catch phrase"Oh Boy", and sees his 'new' reflection in a mirror. A notable exception is in the episode "Dr. Ruth", in which the leap is shown from the leapees' point of view rather than Sam's. When the leap takes place, we are with Dr. Ruth in the waiting room, who gives Al counseling about his own relationships. Image File history File links Quantum_Leap. ... Image File history File links Quantum_Leap. ... For other uses, see Amnesia (disambiguation). ... A fictional universe is an imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction or translatable non-fiction. ... Information Nickname(s) Al Gender Male Date of birth June 15 1934 Occupation Pilot Companion/Assistant to Samuel Beckett Title Rear Admiral Relationships Beth Children Four daughters Portrayed by Dean Stockwell Created by Donald P. Bellisario Rear Admiral Albert Calavicci is a fictional character on the sci-fi/drama Quantum... Dean Stockwell (born March 5, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning American film and television actor, active for over 60 years. ... Eurasian woman with dirty blond hair. ... USN redirects here. ... The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... Not to be confused with sapience. ... For other uses, see Supercomputer (disambiguation). ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... Dr. Ruth speaking on October 4, 2007 at Brown University Ruth Westheimer, Ed. ...

In the pilot episode, Sam has leapt to the year 1956 as an X-2 test pilot, Captain Tom Stratton, based on real life Captain Milburn G. Apt. In one of his holographic visits, Al tells Sam about Ziggy's theory that "God, or Time, was just waiting for your quantum leap to… correct a mistake." Al thinks that this is "a load of crap", but "if Ziggy's right, all you have to do is break Mach 3 and live." Al also suggests that he wait forty years and Sam will be in "the present.") But as more of these seemingly random leaps put Sam in a position to fix something that once went wrong, Al gradually comes to believe that the experiment has been mysteriously co-opted by an unidentified higher power, to use Sam to avert tragedies in ordinary people's lives. The revelation that God was controlling these leaps is confirmed in "The Honeymoon Express". The Quantum Leap project is in danger of losing its funding unless Al can convince the committee of Sam's existence and of Sam's influence on past events. Mid-episode, Al presses upon Sam to forget about the actual purpose of the leap and focus on preventing the American U-2 scandal. Forgetting that this would mean that Sam would no longer be able to interact with Al, Sam brushes off its importance by reminding Al that it is not the project leaping him from person to person, but God. It is reconfirmed when Sam meets the devil, temporarily assuming Al's appearance to torment Sam before trying to kill him, who asks of Sam "Who gave you the right to go bungling around in time, putting right what I made wrong?". However, because Sam is unconscious and actually dreaming this scenario, it may just be a projection of his own mind. It is re-confirmed indirectly when Sam meets an "evil leaper" who knows that her job is to set wrong what once went right. It is never explained exactly how the evil counterpart of Project Quantum Leap came to be, or who runs it. All we know of the evil Quantum Leap Project is that its counterpart of Ziggy is called Lothos, and that evil leapers manifest themselves with a red energy field, in contrast to the 'good' Sam, who leaps with a blue energy. Originally shown on Easter Sunday, 1989, the pilot was a two-hour movie simply known as Quantum Leap. ... The Bell X-2 was an American research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2_3 range. ... Milburn G. Mel Apt (April 9, 1924–September 27, 1956) was a US test pilot. ... This article is about the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... The U–2 Crisis of 1960 occurred when an American U–2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. ... This is an overview of the Devil. ...

Another episode supporting the idea that a higher power is in charge is one in which Sam happens to encounter Al's first wife, Beth. At Al's insistence, Sam tries to prevent her from falling in love with the man she would marry while Al was a POW in Vietnam. But every time Sam thinks he has gotten rid of the man, he winds up running into Beth again, as if it were meant to be. Finally, Sam finds out Al's true motive and makes Al tell him his true mission. In the series finale Sam reassures Beth that Al is alive and will come home; this episode also explicitly states that Sam himself is the only one in control of the leaps, though it is implied that the character who explains this is, in fact, God.

The term holographic projection is used in the program, although it is not the same as real holography. The show's "hologram" is a three dimensional, neurological projection; "created by an agitation of subatomic carbon quarks tuned to the mesons of my optic and otic neurons." To project the hologram, Al enters an "Imaging Chamber" in which the image of Al and anything he is touching, e.g., a person or cigar (but not the ground or chamber), are visible to Sam and Sam can hear Al speak, and correspondingly events in the past are visible and audible to Al. However, throughout the series, it has been found that animals, young children, the mentally ill and the fatally wounded can see Al. This is used to Sam's advantage on a few occasions, such as Al soothing a crying child, leading a dog away from Sam, or speaking directly with an asylum inmate. This last proves very useful when Sam is unable to perform his usual Leap duties due to electro-shock therapy disrupting his ego and causing him to revert to the personalities of some of his past hosts. Fortunately, in this case, Al is able to talk to the person Sam is there to help and deals with the situation for him. This article is about the photographic technique. ... Helium atom (schematic) Showing two protons (red), two neutrons (green) and two electrons (yellow). ... For other uses, see Carbon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Quark (disambiguation). ... Mesons of spin 1 form a nonet In particle physics, a meson is a strongly interacting boson, that is, it is a hadron with integral spin. ... This article is about the anatomical structure. ... The vestibulocochlear nerve (also known as the auditory or acoustic nerve) is the eighth of twelve cranial nerves, and is responsible for transmitting sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the brain. ... This article is about cells in the nervous system. ...

In what may be a form of paradox, in one episode Sam leaps into a younger Al, when Al is on trial for rape and murder of a commander's wife. Although in the original history, Al was acquitted, Sam's actions cause the case to begin turning against Al. Part of the way through the episode, when Ziggy projects that the odds are 100% that Al will be convicted, Al disappears in mid-sentence and is replaced by Edward St John, a character played by Roddy McDowall, with only Sam remembering that Al was the Observer, implying that Al was convicted and executed. In this new continuity, the staff at Quantum Leap appeared less emotionally involved with Sam's various hosts, and Sam and St. John have no apparent connection beyond a professional relationship. St. John calls Sam 'Samuel', a name that Sam hasn't been called since he last saw his great-aunt. Fortunately, as soon as the odds jump back in favor of Al surviving, he is restored, with only Sam remembering that Edward St. John was ever there. This confirms that Project Quantum Leap would still exist without Al, though it would be a radically different project. Look up paradox in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (September 17, 1928 – October 3, 1998) was an English/American actor. ...

The Quantum Leap generator is run by a supercomputer called Ziggy which can use its immense database to pinpoint where, when, and who Sam is. Ziggy can also help Al figure out why he is there and what he must do so everything can be put right. Almost every episode centers on what Ziggy is trying to tell Sam to do, and giving him a clear objective, such as making sure someone doesn't end up in a car that will crash, saving a child's life, or having someone stand up for him- or herself after an attack like a rape or hate crime. Almost always, what Ziggy said was confusing and left Sam and Al to figure out in the last minute what had to be done. Ziggy is apparently self-aware, and in early seasons is generally referred to as "he". In one episode in season four though, in which Sam "returns home" to his own time, Ziggy is revealed to speak with a female voice, though Sam still refers to it as "he" (and, after experiencing "his" sarcasm, regrets programming "him" with "Barbra Streisand's ego"). Interestingly, in the aforementioned confrontation between Sam and the devil, Ziggy was reported as malfunctioning and unable to locate Sam, but the team could not determine what was the cause of such a serious malfunction. When Al eventually arrived on the scene (to see what appeared to be himself) he stated in a horrified tone that "Ziggy says there's definitely something there Sam!" in reference to the spot the devil was standing. Ziggy's power seems far more potent than a simple artificial intelligence. However, since this took place while Sam was unconscious and dreaming, it may not actually have significance in terms of Ziggy's abilities. For other uses, see Supercomputer (disambiguation). ... A Jewish cemetery in France after being defaced by Neo-Nazis. ... Barbara Joan Streisand (pronounced STRY-sand, IPA: ; born April 24, 1942) is a two time Academy Award-winning American singer and film and theatre actress. ... This is an overview of the Devil. ...

Leaping: mind or body?

In early episodes of the series, it is unclear whether it is only Sam's mind that leaps (into other people's bodies) or if Sam's mind and body leap together. Subsequent episodes make it clear that both Sam's mind and body leap, and that an 'aura' surrounds him, making him look and sound like whoever he's leaped into (back home, the 'leap-ee' is infused with a similar aura, and looks/sounds like Sam). Some examples of this include:

"Blind Faith"

Sam assumes the life of a blind concert pianist. Sam, however, can still see, and must pretend to be blind in order to complete his mission. Later in the episode, Sam is blinded by a flash bulb, and Al makes it clear that he is risking his own sight if he does not seek medical attention immediately.

"8½ Months"

Sam poses as a pregnant teenage girl. Sam incredulously asks Al how he could possibly be giving birth, to which Al replies that this is impossible—"it's your body, not hers." However, Sam is emotionally connected to the baby, which is in the future with the mother, Billie Jean. Also for the first time, Sam gives the impression he is really the person he leaps into, and doesn't just have the aura surrounding him. However, it is established elsewhere in the series that Sam's mind often merges with that of the leapee, and it is possible this merging causes Sam to feel the effects of Billie Jean's pregnancy.

"The Wrong Stuff"

Sam leaps into a chimpanzee in the space program. The episode makes it clear that chimpanzees are unable to swim, yet Sam is able to dive into the water to rescue a drowning man.

"Nowhere to Run"

Sam leaps in as a Vietnam vet who has no legs. However, Sam can still walk, and actually does so in the episode (to outside observers he appeared to be floating in midair).

"Killin' Time"

Sam explains to his hostages that he leaps into people's lives and his body is there with him.

"Trilogy (Part 3)"

Al informs Sam that he is the father of Samantha Josephine "Sammy Jo" Fuller, a child he fathered ten years earlier in "Trilogy (Part 2)". He also tells Sam that Sammy Jo inherited his intelligence (with an IQ of 194), proving that Sam is the biological father rather than the leapee.

"Revenge of the Evil Leaper"

Toward the end of the episode, Sam shoots the former Observer, Zoey, and kills her, but when the person she had leapt into returns, he is clearly alive and well; also, when Zoey attempts to shoot Alia, the first Evil Leaper, neither Alia nor her host are harmed, presumably because Alia leapt out just before the bullets hit and her host leapt back after the bullets passed through them.

• Zoey's fate also confirms that Sam could theoretically die during a leap. However, Alia's fate suggests that Sam would be leapt out of any such situation before he could actually die. Indeed, there are two episodes ("Last Dance Before an Execution" and "Trilogy, Part 1") in which Sam's host actually dies; in both situations, Sam leaps out just in time to avoid dying himself (though it should be noted that having accomplished his mission, Sam would have been due to leap out anyway).

There are numerous other episodes in which Sam performs feats of strength that are suggested to be beyond the abilities of the people leapt into. For instance, in "Runaway", despite being a young boy, Sam is able to easily suspend his older and stronger sister over a well. Several other episodes feature Sam as a woman beating up male attackers while witnesses look on in amazement. Also, in an episode where Sam leaped into a woman being attacked by her son's kidnappers, Sam's blouse is ripped open and one of the kidnappers leers at "her" exposed cleavage, allowing Sam the distraction he needed to defeat them.

If Sam leaps into someone whose body is physically a different size from Sam's own, Sam is 'refracted' and temporarily made larger or smaller to fit (similar to the effect of light being refracted through a prism), most notably in "The Wrong Stuff" when he became a chimpanzee. However, a simpler explanation of this would be mere dramatic license. Type species Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775 distribution of Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two extant species of apes in the genus Pan. ...

Sam's neurons and mesons are linked through Ziggy to Al. These are physical elements of the human body which would prove that Sam's physical body is leaping with Sam. This is also proven in the episode "A Leap for Lisa" when "Project: Quantum Leap" leaps young Al into himself. This article is about cells in the nervous system. ... Mesons of spin 1 form a nonet In particle physics, a meson is a strongly interacting boson, that is, it is a hadron with integral spin. ...

It is established early in the show's run that Al sees Sam as the leapee rather than as Sam. However, later episodes indicate that he clearly sees Sam as Sam. In the episode "What Price, Gloria", Al becomes smitten with Sam's appearance as a woman. However, later in "Miss Deep South", Al mocks Sam's attempts to imitate a gorgeous beauty pageant contestant. He refers to Sam/Darlene as "Scarlett O'Hara on steroids" at one point. And in the episode "Nowhere to Run" in the fifth season Al tells Sam, "Nobody sees you except me."

Sam's memory

At the beginning of the series Sam has severe amnesia, not even knowing his own name or origin, or recognizing Al upon his first appearance. With some prompting, Sam comes to recognize his situation but continues to suffer from a brain that is commonly referred to an being "Swiss Cheesed" (ie. full of holes). Complex technical skills (such as his medical and scientific training and his knowledge of foreign languages) survive intact, yet he is unable to recall more mundane or personal things, including his life experiences predating his first leap and many historical details. Al's projection is crucial for filling in these gaps when they become relevant. This article describes a kind of cheese produced primarily in the United States and Canada. ...

It is often implied that the "holes" in Sam's memory are temporarily filled by aspects from the mind of the person he is currently replacing, allowing him to assume the mannerisms of his host or intuitively know where to find items or locations relevant to them (ie, knowing where "home" is and where their car keys are). This is expressed most strongly when Sam takes Al's place, and is inundated with his lecherous friend's lascivious instincts, and when he leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald and finds his own personality dominated by that of the infamous assassin. Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to four United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. ...

As the show unfolds in the second season, Sam slowly but steadily begins to remember more personal information, such as having a brother who was killed in Vietnam in a story arc that spans much of the season. Generally from the third season onwards, Sam is able to remember much more. This can be explained by him slowly becoming accustomed to leaping and his memory gradually returning, though in real-life, it was as much to do with writers expanding new plots which allowed Sam to be able to do more without having to have everything explained to him. Yet, Sam's memory of his loving wife is kept hidden from him, presumably by the unknown force that directs his leaps and by agreement between Mrs. Beckett and Al, so that he can continue his missions unhindered by the burden of this knowledge.

Historical references

At the start of the show, it was established that Sam could not alter events of historical significance. As a result of this, there was an unofficial rule that Sam would not leap into a famous person, and at the very most would have only loose contact with famous people. Although the series very rarely addresses specific historical events, it often uses its 'ordinary people' plots to address particular social, political, and spiritual issues. Many episodes depict Sam dealing with issues characteristic of particular periods, such as civil rights, racism, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. The presence of Al helps in these regards, as Al was captured for most of the Vietnam War and had a sister, Trudy, who was born with Down Syndrome and died when Al was young. Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Ethnocracy Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial quota... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... Down syndrome or trisomy 21 (usually Downs Syndrome in British English[1]) is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. ...

The series strongly favors messages of tolerance and understanding others, aided in large part by the story format, which has the protagonist literally walking in another man's, or woman's, shoes. In one instance, Sam finds himself back in his own childhood in Indiana, with a chance to improve his own family's life, but when his initial attempts fail, he realizes that he may just have been there to say goodbye to them. In the next episode, however, he is able to save his brother's life in Vietnam on a mission where the brother originally died. For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ...

Behind the scenes, however, the reason was obvious. The producers wanted to keep the leaps "local" so the American viewing audience could identify better with the situations presented. Nonetheless, later in the show's run, Sam did begin leaping into foreign locales with greater regularity, leaping into Russia and Japan during the "Lee Harvey Oswald" two-part episode, an archaeological dig in Egypt in "The Curse of Ptah-hotep", an island in the Aegean Sea in "Leaping of the Shrew", England in "Blood Moon", and fighting in the Vietnam War in the second part of "The Leap Home". However, most of Sam's leaps (even those outside of the US) were into Americans.

There have been only three instances of Sam leaping outside of his own lifetime (an established limit on his ability to leap). In the first event, Sam leaps while receiving electroshock therapy. This switches the roles of Sam and Al such that Sam is the holographic image in the imaging chamber and Al is the leaper in the physical world. Al leaps into a serviceman recently returned from combat in World War II, on almost exactly the date he, Al, was born. Because Ziggy is only programmed to document events that happened during Sam's lifetime, the information about what Al is there to do arrives too late; this circumstance forces Sam back into his role as the leaper and returns Al to his own time. Sam leaps in to replace Al and completes the mission. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

In the second event, Sam unknowingly leaps into his great grandfather, Capt. John Beckett, during the height of the American Civil War. The explanation given is that although Sam cannot leap beyond his own lifetime, he somehow was able to leap with his great grandfather due to the fact that he and John Beckett have a similar DNA make-up. The error which allows Sam to leap beyond his own lifetime is subsequently corrected by Ziggy. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... The structure of part of a DNA double helix Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a nucleic acid molecule that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. ...

Some have inquired why Sam never tries to contact a past version of himself, or another member of the Quantum Leap project, to warn them about the accident that sent Sam leaping through time with no way to get home. This would have effectively changed history and prevented Sam's initial leap in time. During the series, Sam leaps into past versions of himself and Al and on a few occasions comes into contact with family members, professors, and scientists who would either later know about Project Quantum Leap or directly contribute to its completion. (On one occasion, his former professor ended up married to a woman Sam was there to protect). In one episode, Sam prompts Al to write a letter to Project Quantum Leap — to be delivered by his father's lawyer decades later — telling the project to open the Imaging Room door during an accident where Sam and Al switched places. He thus theoretically has multiple opportunities to prevent his future circumstances. If Sam changes history in this way, however, he wouldn't have leaped back in time in the first place to send the message—an example of the grandfather paradox. The grandfather paradox is a paradox of time travel, first described by the science fiction writer René Barjavel in his 1943 book Le Voyageur Imprudent (The Imprudent Traveller).[1] The paradox is this: Suppose a man traveled back in time and killed his biological grandfather before the latter met the...

One might speculate that whatever force is leaping Sam around in time would prevent him from being able to change history in this fashion. In addition, there are moral issues of undoing all his work and changing the lives of all the people he has helped. Another possibility is due to Sam's own discretion: if Sam prevents the project from ever happening, his dream of time travel would have never been realized.

On a few occasions Sam "leapt" into an actual historical figure, the first being Lee Harvey Oswald and the last being Elvis Presley. He also leaps into the chauffeur of Marilyn Monroe shortly before she dies. All these leaps are in the fifth (final) season and were widely believed to be jumping the shark efforts to boost the show's ratings and are looked down on by some fans. However, throughout the series it was common for Sam to leap into a character or situation based fairly obviously on a real person or event; for instance, in the episode "Roberto!", Sam leaps into a sensationalistic reporter and talk show host who is quite clearly based on Geraldo Rivera. Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to four United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. ... Elvis redirects here. ... Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson;[1] June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe award winning[2] American actress, singer, model, Hollywood icon,[3] cultural icon, fashion icon,[4] pop icon and sex symbol. ... The infamous moment when Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water skis. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Sensationalism is a manner of being extremely controversial, loud, attention-grabbing, or otherwise sensationalistic. ... Geraldo redirects here. ...

The Oswald story arc confirms that Sam and Al's "native time" in the Quantum Leap universe differs from ours, the viewers, when Sam attempts to intervene during the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Although he fails to save the president, Al reveals that his mission was still successful because, in their time line, Jacqueline Kennedy (Karen Ingram) also died in the attack. It is also hinted that, in the original Quantum Leap timeline, Marilyn Monroe committed suicide at an earlier date than she did in the history we know, and Sam's actions are responsible for her staying alive long enough to make one more movie. From a fictional standpoint this presents two possibilities. The first is that the project exists in an entirely fictional universe. The other is that it may be that our universe exists in the way it does because it has been "put right" by Sam's actions. As a result some fans have speculated that the Evil Leapers are actually inhabitants of the original Quantum Leap timeline that existed before Sam righted those things that once went wrong. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... First official White House portrait. ... Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson;[1] June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe award winning[2] American actress, singer, model, Hollywood icon,[3] cultural icon, fashion icon,[4] pop icon and sex symbol. ...

Speaking about the Oswald story arc, Donald Bellisario has claimed to have actually met Oswald while both were serving in the U.S. Marines. The scene in the episode in which Sam as Oswald rants like a lunatic (due to the mind of Oswald overpowering Sam) to another Marine was based on this alleged real-life meeting between Bellisario and Oswald. Donald Bellisario (left) makes a cameo appearance on a photograph on the show he created, NCIS. Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American television producer and scriptwriter. ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea,[1] using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces and is one of seven uniformed services. ...

Kisses with history

Also common are so-called "kisses with history", where Sam briefly encounters a famous or infamous person or event in a manner irrelevant to the story. For example:

• In "Star-Crossed", Sam has to get his future fiancée (and eventual wife due to the success of the leap) (Teri Hatcher) to reconnect with her father, who is a colonel in the army. On June 17, 1972, Sam tries to bluff his way past the security guards in the lobby of the Watergate Hotel. He is ejected, but Sam manages to find a door with a piece of tape over the latch. He and his future wife sneak in, but the guard, noticing their car, does a check of the outside doors and reports a break-in.
• In "How the Tess Was Won", Sam leads a young Buddy Holly to write the song "Peggy Sue".
• In "Double Identity", Sam causes the Northeast Blackout of 1965 when he asks someone to plug in a 1000 watt hair dryer at a fraternity house at 111 Erie Drive, Buffalo, New York at 22:15 GMT (5:15 EST) on November 9, 1965.
• In the episode "Kamikazi Kid", Sam meets a boy called "Mikey", ostensibly Michael Jackson, who demonstrates how to do the moonwalk.
• In "Play it again Seymour", Sam leaps into a man who looks a lot like Humphrey Bogart and in 1953 New York runs into a young Woody Allen.
• In "Good Morning, Peoria", Sam teaches Chubby Checker how to do the Twist.
• In "Thou Shalt Not…", Sam performs the Heimlich Maneuver on a choking man who is addressed as Dr Heimlich; no one else present recognizes the technique as it had not yet been invented.
• In "Sea Bride" a voice can be heard over the ship's intercom saying, "Calling Mrs. Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher", a reference to the British Prime Minister.
• In "Leap Of Faith", Sam recounts to a young boxer a scene from the film Rocky—the young boxer's locker door is tagged with S. Stallone—a reference to Sylvester Stallone. This could potentially be a continuity error, as the episode takes place in Philadelphia but Stallone grew up in New York City.
• In the episode "The Boogieman", Sam's actions help inspire a young horror writer, Stephen King.
• In "Rebel without a Clue", Sam pleads with Jack Kerouac to talk a young woman out of pursuing a dangerous life on the road.
• In "It's a Wonderful Leap" Sam, as a cab driver in 1958, advises a 12-year-old Donald Trump that investing in New York City real estate would be a good way to get rich, and that there will one day be a Crystal tower on 57th street and 5th aveune. That building is the Trump Tower. Note: In the same episode, Donald's father, Fred Trump, is played by Scott Bakula's future Star Trek: Enterprise costar Vaughn Armstrong.
• In "Goodbye Norma Jean", Sam inspires the title of the last film Marilyn Monroe ever completed. In Sam's universe she died before The Misfits was made.
• In "Dr. Ruth", Sam leaps into Dr. Ruth Westheimer. While Sam deals with a case of sexual harassment in the past, the real Dr. Ruth (in the waiting room) helps Al get over his inability to express his love to a woman, ever since his first wife left him. It appears that the point of Sam leaping into Dr. Ruth was for Dr. Ruth to help Al, rather than Sam to help the victim (Westheimer appeared as herself in this role). However, while defending a victim of sexual harassment from her harasser, a woman stops to listen to what Sam is saying, and when her companion speaks to her, we see that the woman listening is Anita Hill.
• In "The Leap Between the States", Sam leaps into his own great-grandfather during the American Civil War, who is charged with helping runaway slaves escape through the Underground Railroad. The house servant and conductor of the stop gives himself the last name of "King", implying that he is the ancestor of Martin Luther King, Jr..
• In the episode "Memphis Melody", where Sam leaps into Elvis Presley, a young saxophonist in a music contest from Hope, Arkansas is addressed as "little Billy C", a reference to Bill Clinton.
• In the second season episode "All Americans", Al notes that he is watching Super Bowl XXX and that the Steelers are three points behind. The game did in fact feature the Steelers, who trailed the Dallas Cowboys by exactly three points at two different points in the game. This is notable because the episode was filmed over six years before the game actually took place.

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Magnum, P.I. connection

A crossover with Magnum, P.I. (also produced by Donald Bellisario) was planned, in which Sam would leap into Thomas Magnum himself. This featured Scott Bakula, dressed in Magnum's classic red Aloha shirt, turning towards the camera and comically raising his eyebrows, just as Tom Selleck does at the end of the opening credits to Magnum, P.I.. Some consider that if this situation had Sam leaping into Magnum rather than Tom Selleck the actor, this would have created a continuity issue, since in an earlier episode a character (the daughter of Sam's current host, to be precise) is seen watching Magnum, P.I. on television. However, in the pilot episode of QL, Sam mentions that a relation of his had married Jim Bonick, who is a recurring character from Magnum, P.I. In the episode "Play It Again, Seymour" from the first season, Sam references Thomas Magnum being a detective. The episode was based before Magnum P.I. was even made, so none of the characters knew what he was talking about. It has been suggested that Gaming crossovers be merged into this article or section. ... Magnum, P.I. is an American television show, presented in a weekly, network-television, series format, that depicted the adventures of Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living in Oahu, Hawaii. ... Donald Bellisario (left) makes a cameo appearance on a photograph on the show he created, NCIS. Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American television producer and scriptwriter. ... Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor who played leading roles in two science fiction television series: Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Aloha shirts are usually adorned with repeating tropical patterns. ... Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his starring role on the long-running television show Magnum P.I. He is recognizable by his 6 ft 4 (193 cm) height... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ...

The Evil Project

In several episodes, we meet Alia Novack (Renee Coleman), who is an evil counterpart of Sam. Alia, assisted by equally evil holographic observers such as Thames (Hinton Battle) and Zoey (Carolyn Seymour), appears to be traveling through time with the express intent of causing trouble - putting things wrong that once went right, the exact opposite of Sam's mission. For instance, in one episode, Alia leaps in as the sister-in-law of Jimmy LaMotta, a mentally challenged man whom Sam had once helped. Alia's mission was to break up Jimmy's brother's marriage. Hinton Battle (b. ... Carolyn Seymour (born November 6, 1947 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is an English actress, best associated with portraying the role of Abby Grant in the BBC series Survivors in 1975. ...

The evil Project is operated by an unidentified team - the only members of which we ever meet face to face are Alia and her observers. We also know that the evil counterpart of Ziggy is a computer named Lothos which has a male personality, and that the evil project has a 'holding chamber' which corresponds to the normal version's 'waiting room'. What is never revealed is who is ultimately responsible for creating the evil project (although there are references to hell-like imagery spouted by the counterparts), what their motives might be, or what year the evil project counts as its present - whether the evil Quantum Leap Project is further in the future than its good counterpart.

Sam and Al often refer to "God or Time or whatever" as the force that keeps Sam leaping around time. When Alia hears this in "Deliver Us From Evil" she retorts "Not God...", implying that she and Zoe are being compelled by the Devil. In the same episode, Zoe says that she and Alia had "clawed [their] way out of Hell to get this assignment", providing further evidence for this theory. This is an overview of the Devil. ...

Some fans have speculated that the evil Quantum Leap facility occupies an alternative time line that existed before Sam began to right those things that once went wrong. In this light the actions of Sam can be seen as an attempt to "fix" the time line and restore the world to its original condition. After Sam manages to break Alia free of the evil project's control, she leaps - presumably to safety, as her final leap out is characteristic of Sam's, with a blue energy field - to parts unknown. In the same episode, Zoey is shot to death; the ultimate fate of the evil project is unknown.

Series conclusion and legacy

The series (created by Donald Bellisario) is somewhat unusual in that it has a science fiction premise, but little science fiction- or fantasy-oriented storytelling, instead focusing on the personal journeys of Sam Beckett and those he encounters. Even in its final episode, the show refuses to resolve many of its own technical and holistic questions, choosing instead to leave things open-ended and focus tightly on what is arguably the series' overarching message: that a single person can change the world one life at a time. Donald Bellisario (left) makes a cameo appearance on a photograph on the show he created, NCIS. Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American television producer and scriptwriter. ... The Earth seen from Apollo 17. ...

The final episode was in fact intended to be an end-of-season cliffhanger, but after the series was not renewed by the network, it was re-edited to function as the series finale. This may account for some of its ambiguous nature. The original ending has Sam leaping into 1969 a mere minute or two after he and Al leapt out in the episode "M.I.A", to tell Al's first wife, Beth, that Al is coming home. His Vietnam-era picture begins to "leap" (this is where the final episode cuts off), and then we see a modern picture of Al sitting with Beth and their four daughters. This ending somehow made it out of the studio and has been circulated on the Internet. In the ending that was actually broadcast, we are told that Al was reunited with Beth, that they remain married, and that "Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home". Fans have speculated that this would have erased Project Quantum Leap, Sam and Al's relationship, or even Sam himself from the altered time line. However, the original script and subsequent statements by Bellisario leave all of these intact. For other uses, see Cliffhanger (disambiguation). ... For the Paranoia Agent episode, see Final Episode. ...

In many ways, the show is similar to Highway to Heaven or Voyagers! and shows such as Touched by an Angel, Early Edition, Seven Days, Tru Calling, Journeyman, or Joan of Arcadia are similar to Quantum Leap - shows that have recurring plots where the protagonist tries to right wrongs without knowing the full purpose behind each mission. Highway to Heaven is a television drama which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. ... Voyagers! is a time travel-based television series broadcast in the 1982-1983 season on NBC, starting on October 3, 1982. ... This section contains a list of trivia items. ... Early Edition is a television series on CBS that ran from September 28, 1996 to May 27, 2000. ... Tru Calling is an American television program, which premiered on the Fox Network in October 2003. ... For other uses, see Journeyman (disambiguation). ... Joan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama, which aired on Fridays, 8-9 p. ...

When asked by fans in a Q&A interview with the BBC in September 2006 if there were any plans to resurrect the show in the form of a new series or movie, series star Scott Bakula replied "None that I know of."^[1] For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor who played leading roles in two science fiction television series: Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise. ...

In its second season in the USA, it was forced to compete with the Top 20 hits Full House and Family Matters, both on ABC in the same time slot, and came close to being canceled in its third season due to low ratings. However, a letter writing campaign helped save the series, and it continued for another two seasons, ending after the fifth season. In the summer of 1991 and 1992 NBC aired "Quantum Leap Week"s, showing one episode of QL each night for a week Monday through Friday in order to help promote the show. Full House was a popular American television family sitcom that originally ran from September 22, 1987 to May 23, 1995 on ABC. // Full House is set in San Francisco, California, where Danny Tanner is left to raise his three young daughters D.J., Stephanie and Michelle following the death of... Family Matters (TV series) also refers to a popular television series. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ...

Episodes

Main article: List of Quantum Leap episodes

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Further details

• Sam leaps into every year from 1953 through 1987 at least once, except for the years 1977, 1984 and 1986. He also leaps into the years 1945 and 1862. The year Sam most frequently leaps into is 1958, which occurs in eight different episodes. Sam leaps into the exact date August 8, 1955, twice, in the episodes "The Color of Truth" and "Trilogy, Part I". Sam leaps into August 8, 1953, the exact date of his birth, once, in the final episode, "Mirror Image."

• Almost every episode features a scene in which Sam looks in a mirror and sees the individual who he's leaped into. The exceptions are: "Shock Theater", when shock therapy causes Sam to assume the identities of hosts from previous leaps, so that he sees the face of the person he believes himself to be; the first leap at the beginning of "Honeymoon Express", where the viewer joins the action towards the end of Sam's experience as a 1950s fireman rescuing a cat from a tree; and "Blood Moon", where his character does not seem to have a reflection. However, the latter character is seen at the close of the previous episode, "Dr Ruth", where, rather than Sam leaping from one place to the next, Dr Ruth in the waiting room "leaps", becoming the character.

• In "Running For Honor", Sam leaps into a ROTC midshipman suspected of being gay (and whose mission is to help an ex-midshipman who is openly gay), marking one of the first times an American network television show dealt prominently with homosexuality, in addition to addressing the hot-button issue of gays in the military.

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Guest stars

A number of celebrities guest-starred on the series over the course of its run, including Debbie Allen, Bob Saget, Charles Rocket, Neil Patrick Harris, Brooke Shields, Roddy McDowall and others; Chubby Checker, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer appeared in episodes as themselves. Several future stars made guest appearances, including Jennifer Aniston, Michael Beach, Terry Farrell, Diedrich Bader, Robert Duncan McNeill, Jason Priestley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Carla Gugino, Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Eriq La Salle, Patricia Richardson, Patrick Warburton, Claudia Christian, James Morrison, Gregory Itzin, Lauren Tom, Jane Sibbett, Amy Yasbeck, Michael Stoyanov, and Beverley Mitchell. Debbie Allen (born Deborrah Kaye Allen on January 16, 1950 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor, choreographer, film director, television producer and a member of the Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities. ... 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Awards

• Emmy Awards
  • 1989: Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series (for "Double Identity")
  • 1990: Outstanding Cinematography for a Series ("Pool Hall Blues")
  • 1991: Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Series ("The Leap Home" (Part 1))
  • 1991: Outstanding Cinematography for a Series ("The Leap Home" (Part 2))
  • 1993: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series - Single Camera Production ("Lee Harvey Oswald")
• Golden Globe Awards
  • 1990: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Stockwell)
  • 1992: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama (Bakula)
• Directors Guild of America Awards
  • 1991: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Shows - Night (Michael Zinberg, for "Vietnam")
• Edgar Awards
  • 1991: Best Episode in a TV Series Teleplay (Paul Brown, for "Goodnight, Dear Heart")

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Other Media

Non-fiction

• Julie Barrett: The A–Z of Quantum Leap. Boxtree, London 1995. ISBN 0-7522-0628-1
• Louis Chunovic: Quantum Leap Book. Boxtree, London 1993. ISBN 1-85283-866-3
• Hal Schuster: The Making of Quantum Leap. HarperCollins, London 1996. ISBN 0-06-105438-0

Novels

CORGI BOOKS of U.K. officially published the first Quantum Leap novel in 1990. Entitled "The Ghost and the Gumshoe" by Julie Robitaille, it is a rarity, possibly available on AMAZON.CO.UK.

Ace Books published a series of novels due to the show's popularity, beginning in 1992 and continuing until the year 2000. While not considered canon, the novels were met with approval from Bellisarius Productions and Universal Studios. Being non-canon, the novels tended to deviate from series norms and also attempted to provide explanations for conventions that went unexplained in series episodes. For example, in Quantum Leap: The Novel (a.k.a. Carny Knowledge): Canon, in the context of a fictional universe, comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ...

• Sam is depicted as exchanging bodies with subjects he leaps into; he suffers from the degenerative results of polio on the 'leap-ee's' body for the duration of the story's leap.

• Ziggy is identified as female both in personality and by reference as "her" and "she" by those present at Project Quantum Leap.

• The novel states that Sam used brain cells from himself and Al in the creation of Ziggy (implying that Ziggy is a form of wetware computer), and that this "link" was the reason why Ziggy could transmit an image of Al to Sam's mind. This is also used to explain why Al can recognize changes in the present due to Sam's actions while others remain unaware.

Novels in order of publication: Neurons (also called nerve cells) are the primary cells of the nervous system. ... An organic computer based on living neurons and ganglions. ...

• Julie Robitaille: The Ghost and the Gumshoe. CORGI BOOKS, London 1990. ISBN 1-85283-397-1
  • Re-published in U.K. by BOXTREE LIMITED, London 1994

• Ashley McConnell: Quantum Leap: The Novel. ACE, 1992. ISBN 0-441-69322-9.
  • Re-published in the UK as Carny Knowledge. Boxtree Limited, London 1993. ISBN 1 85283 871 X

• Ashley McConnell: Too Close for Comfort. ACE, 1993. ISBN 0-441-69323-7

• Julie Robitaille: The Beginning. BOXTREE LIMITED, London 1994. ISBN 1-85283-392-0

• Ashley McConnell: The Wall. ACE, 1994. ISBN 0-441-00015-0

• Ashley McConnell: Prelude. ACE, 1994. ISBN 0-441-00076-2

• Melanie Rawn: Knights of the Morningstar. ACE, 1994. ISBN 0-441-00092-4

• Melissa Crendall: Search and Rescue. ACE, 1994. ISBN 0-441-00122-X

• Ashley McConnell: Random Measures. ACE, 1995. ISBN 0-441-00182-3

• L. Elizabeth Storm: Pulitzer. ACE, 1995. ISBN 1-57297-022-7

• C. J. Henderson: Double or Nothing. ACE, 1995. ISBN 1-57297-055-3

• Barbara E. Walton: Odyssey. BOULEVARD, 1996. ISBN 1-57297-092-8

• John Peel: Independence. BOULEVARD, 1996. ISBN 1-57297-150-9
  • Re-published in the U.K. as Leap Into the Unknown. BOXTREE LIMITED, London 1996 ISBN 0-75220-137-9

• L. Elizabeth Storm: Angels Unaware. BOULEVARD, 1997. ISBN 1-57297-206-8

• Carol Davis: Obsessions. BOULEVARD, 1997. ISBN 1-57297-241-6

• Sandy Schofield: Loch Ness Leap. BOULEVARD, 1997 ISBN 1-57297-231-9

• Melanie Kent: Heat Wave. BOULEVARD, 1997 ISBN 1-57297-312-9

• Christo Defillipis: Foreknowledge. BOULEVARD, 1998 ISBN 0-42516-487-X

• Mindy Peterman: Song And Dance. BOULEVARD, 1998 ISBN 0-42516-577-9

• Carol Davis, Esther D. Reese: Mirror's Edge. BOULEVARD, 2000 ISBN 0-42517-351-8

Comics

Cover of Quantum Leap #10, art by C. Winston Taylor

Innovation Publishing produced a series of comic books which ran for thirteen 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 Sam found himself leaping into in this series were: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Innovation Publishing was an American comic book company based in Wheeling, West Virginia. ...

Few of the comic stories referenced episodes of the television series, with the notable exception of #9, "Up Against A Stonewall": Sam leaps into Stephanie Haywood, a central character in the episode "Good Night, Dear Heart". The story in the comic book begins with her parole, about a week before the Stonewall riots. For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... For information about the Record company see Death Row Records For information about the computer game see Deathrow (game) Death Row is a term that refers to the section of a prison that houses individuals awaiting execution. ... A typical depiction of Santa Claus. ... The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were the result of the revelation that contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the producers to arrange the outcome of a supposedly fair competition. ... UFO can mean: Unidentified flying object United Future Organization, a Japanese-Brazilian electronic jazz band UFO, the rock band that previously featured Michael Schenker UFO, the Gerry Anderson TV series United Farmers of Ontario, a political party that formed the government in Ontario from 1919 to 1923 U.F.O... For other uses, see Twin (disambiguation). ... This article is about the criminal society. ... Child abuse is the physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect of children. ... This article is about same-sex desire and sexuality among women. ... It has been suggested that Medical parole be merged into this article or section. ... Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ... Green people redirects here. ... LGBT rights Around the world By country History · Groups · Activists Declaration of Montreal Same-sex relationships Marriage · Adoption Opposition · Discrimination Violence This box:      The Stonewall riots were a series of violent conflicts between New York City police officers and groups of gay and transgender people that began during the early...

Pop culture references

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• In an episode (title needed) of Blossom, a confused elderly lady, when asked the year, says, "It's 1953, isn't it?" to which Blossom's brother Joey responds, "What is this, Quantum Leap?"

• In the Family Guy episode "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz", Peter Griffin, in a parody of the Jehovah's Witness faith, knocks on a man's door and offers to talk about Jesus Christ. The man takes Peter up on his offer, and Peter (caught unaware) says that "Jesus was a miracle worker, of sorts. Uh... he would travel from place to place, putting things right that once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap would be the leap home." A flashback then shows Jesus "leaping" into a person on the back of a pick-up truck with a farm girl kissing him. The girl's husband then points a rifle at him and Jesus says "Oh Boy" with the Donald P. Bellisario credit appearing at the bottom of the screen.

• In another Family Guy episode "The Kiss Seen Around the World" , Neil Goldman is revealed to have had Sam leap into him when out of the blue he begins talking to Al. Sam's objective is to get Meg to like him back.

• In the animated series American Dad, there is a reference to Quantum Leap in the episode "Irregarding Steve". Steve and Roger run away to New York, where Steve tries to make it as a comedy writer. He presents a list of ideas to The Daily Show frontman Jon Stewart. One of the sketches is entitled "Quantum Rape", in which a man who rapes Scott Bakula is sent to jail, where he tries to explain the premise of Quantum Leap to his cellmate to no avail.

• In an episode of Freakazoid!, titled "Quantum Freak" in the same font used for the Quantum Leap title, Freakazoid travels back in time and stops World War II bombing of Pearl Harbor and subsequently changes the future to what he considers better. Before he discovers why he traveled back in time, he is seen watching a video of himself doing a similar opening to Quantum Leap where he then understands the parody of the bit.

• In an episode of Weird Science called Quantum Wyatt, Wyatt 'quantum leaps' around history, leaping into people. Michael Manasseri who played Wyatt, guest starred in an episode of Quantum Leap called "The Return of the Evil Leaper".

• According to the Doctor Who novel The Slow Empire, Anji Kapoor has consecutively watched every episode of Quantum Leap due to her boyfriend Dave.

• In the Doctor Who special of The Weakest Link the show is referred to by name.

• In the How I Met Your Mother episode "Zip, Zip, Zip", Lily and her boyfriend Marshall are trapped in a bathroom, and she tells him she had a big gulp of Mountain Dew during a Quantum Leap Marathon. Marshall replies, "Oh, boy."

• In the television series Early Edition (1996-2000) the main character, Gary Hobson, tries to "put right what will go wrong" when he receives each day's newspaper a day early. In two episodes, the second season "Hot Time In The Old Town" and the fourth season "Everybody Goes To Rick's", Gary Hobson 'quantum leaps' through time much as Dr. Samuel Beckett does.

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Home video releases

In the 1990s, a few of the episodes were released on VHS. In the United States, these included "The Pilot Episode" ("Genesis"), "Camikazi Kid", "The Color of Truth", "What Price Gloria?", "Catch a Falling Star", "Jimmy", "The Leap Home", "Dreams", and "Shock Theater". In the United Kingdom, they were mostly released in pairs, selling as "The Pilot Episode" (on its own), "The Color of Truth" and "Camikazi Kid"; "The Americanization of Machiko" and "What Price Gloria?"; "Catch a Falling Star" and "Jimmy"; "The Leap Home" and "The Leap Home Part II - Vietnam"; and "Dreams" and "Shock Theater". Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ...

1998 brought the DVD release of "The Pilot Episode", containing only the episode "Genesis" and chapter selection. DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc - see Etymology) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

In 2004, the first two seasons of the series were released on DVD. The Region 1 version of "Quantum Leap: The Complete First Season" came out in North America on June 7, 2004, containing all of the episodes as they originally aired (except for "Play It Again, Seymour"), along with some bonus features. Region 1–8 redirects here. ... North American redirects here. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Universal was unable to obtain music rights for all of the music in Quantum Leap: The Complete Second Season, in the case of the Region 1 version. Some were replaced with generic instrumental music. This outraged many fans and inspired a letter-writing campaign, demanding such a modification be corrected. The most criticized instance was the removal of Ray Charles's "Georgia on My Mind" from the season two finalé, "M.I.A.", during a scene in which Al dances with his first wife Beth. Subsequent Region 1 DVD releases continued to feature music replacement, but Universal did begin including a disclaimer on the package indicating such. This article is about the American media conglomerate. ... Music licensing is the licensed use of copyrighted music. ... For Ray Charles, the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles (composer). ... Georgia on My Mind is a song written in 1930 by Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) and Hoagy Carmichael (music). ...

All seasons have been released on DVD in the UK; Season 1 was released on November 8, 2004 (music intact), Season 2 on October 31, 2005 (music intact), Season 3 on December 12, 2005 (music intact),Season 4 on June 26, 2006 (music partially intact) and Season 5 on December 26, 2006 (music unknown). is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

All Five seasons are available on DVD in Australia; Season 1 was released on May 2, 2005 (music intact), Season 2 on February 7, 2006 (music intact) and Season 3 on June 7, 2006. is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Quantum Leap: The Complete Fifth season was released on DVD November 14, 2006 in North America, with 'Blueprints from the original Time/Imaging chamber set' as the only extra. This release was not affected by music replacement. is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

DVD releases

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See also

• List of Quantum Leap characters
• The Time Tunnel, Another show about a time-travel experiment with unexpected results.
• Journeyman
• Seven Days
• Voyagers! (TV series)
• Tru Calling

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External links

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• The Leap Back 2009 Convention for Quantum Leap
• Al's Place Quantum Leap Fan Site
• Quantum Leap on TV IV - Information and Episode Guides
• Project Quantum Wiki, A Wiki project based on the series.
• The Accelerator Chamber - Informative Site

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