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Quantum Leap (2022 TV series)

Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series aired on NBC. It is a revival of the original 1989–1993 show created by Donald P. Bellisario, being developed by Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt.[1] Bellisario, Lilien and Wynbrandt executive produce. It takes place in 2022: 27 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and 22 years after the Season 5 finale where the show left off. The series stars Raymond Lee as new lead character Dr. Ben Song, along with Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee, and Ernie Hudson. The season premiered on September 19, 2022. In December 2022, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on October 4, 2023.

Quantum Leap
Season 1 promotional poster
Genre
Created bySteven Lilien
Bryan Wynbrandt
Based onQuantum Leap
by Donald P. Bellisario
Starring
ComposerDaniel James Chan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producers
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 19, 2022 (2022-09-19) –
present (present)
Related
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)

Premise edit

Thirty years have passed since Dr. Sam Beckett vanished into the Quantum Leap accelerator. The Quantum Leap project has been restarted with a new team trying to piece together the mysteries behind Beckett and his machine. For reasons unknown, Dr. Ben Song, the new project's lead physicist, has uploaded new program code to the project systems and used the upgraded accelerator to leap back in time. He becomes lost in the past just as Beckett did, living the lives of other people and changing history in hopes of getting back to the present. Project employee Addison Augustine, who is Ben's fiancée, acts as his liaison with the project, appearing to him as a hologram only he can see and hear, just as the previous project's observer Al Calavicci did for Beckett.

Cast edit

Main edit

  • Raymond Lee as Ben Song, the lead physicist working on Quantum Leap who gets stuck in the past, leaping into the bodies of different people, while also having partial amnesia about his identity as a result of leaping
  • Caitlin Bassett as Addison Augustine, Ben's fiancée and "observer", who helps Ben with finding out what he has to do in order to leap
  • Mason Alexander Park as Ian Wright, the chief architect of the Quantum Leap artificial intelligence
  • Nanrisa Lee as Jenn Chou, the Quantum Leap head of security
  • Ernie Hudson as Herbert "Magic" Williams, head of the Quantum Leap time travel project, and a Vietnam War veteran who Sam Beckett leaped into in the series' Season 3 1990 episode "The Leap Home (Part 2) – Vietnam"; Hudson replaces Christopher Kirby from the original episode
  • Eliza Taylor as Hannah Carson (season 2)
  • Peter Gadiot as Tom Westfall (season 2), a U.S. Army Intelligence officer, formerly of the Special Forces, and Addison's new love interest

Recurring edit

Guest edit

Episodes edit

Series overview edit

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
118September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19)April 3, 2023 (2023-04-03)
213[3]October 4, 2023 (2023-10-04)TBA

Season 1 (2022–23) edit

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TitleDirected byWritten byLeap details
(Name, date & location)
Original air dateU.S. viewers
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11"July 13th, 1985"Thor FreudenthalSteven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt[a]Nick Rounder/Matt Shaw
July 13, 1985
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19)3.35[5]

Dr. Ben Song celebrates his engagement to Addison Augustine, and receives mysterious texts during the party that leads him to make an unauthorized leap in the Project Accelerator. Awakening in 1985 as an undercover cop, he stops a plot to steal the Hope Diamond. Suffering amnesia from the leap, Ben is aided by Addison, working as his hologram guide. In 2022, the new Project Quantum Leap (PQL) team tries to find out why Ben leapt, and to bring him back.

Note: The episode is dedicated to Dean Stockwell, who played Al in the original series and died on November 7, 2021. Both Stockwell and Scott Bakula, who played Sam Beckett, appear in the episode via archive photos.
22"Atlantis"David McWhirterRobert HullDavid Tamura
March 7, 1998
Space Shuttle Atlantis
September 26, 2022 (2022-09-26)2.77[6]
Ben leaps into David Tamura, an astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1998. Ben remembers that David was one of his childhood heroes, triggering some of Ben's memory. Ziggy predicts that Ben is there to save David from being killed by debris during a spacewalk. Ben is successful, but the debris instead damages the shuttle's heat shield, which changes history to having the entire crew die when Atlantis disintegrates during re-entry. Ben convinces the crew to seek assistance the Mir space station, but the cosmonauts are asleep. Ben engages in a daring jump from the shuttle to the station to get the cosmonauts' attention and succeeds in saving the crew. In 2022, Addison shows Ian a flash drive Ben left in their apartment, but asks Ian to keep it quiet after Magic reveals Ben's connection to Janis and orders her to withhold Ben's memories from him until they determine why he leapt. Meanwhile, Magic and Jenn contact Al's widow, Beth, to locate Janis. Beth later calls Janis, leading Magic and Jenn to a house. Magic and Jenn arrive to find servers and calculations in Ben's handwriting. Magic receives a call from Janis, who reveals that Ben contacted her for help and warns Magic to stay out of their way. Magic and Jenn escape Janis' booby trap and later retrieve an encrypted hard drive. Addison and Ian reveal their flash drive that, when combined with the hard drive, unlocks data that reveals Ben was trying to reach a precise moment in history, but it remains unclear when, where or why Ben was going.
33"Somebody Up There Likes Ben"Marcus StokesDrew LindoDanny "Youngblood" Hill
October 2, 1977
Las Vegas, Nevada
October 3, 2022 (2022-10-03)2.58[7]
Ben leaps into Danny "Youngblood" Hill, a prizefighter in 1977, the day before his bout for the world middleweight championship. Addison informs him that Danny originally lost the fight because he was distracted and they assume it's due to Danny's girlfriend Angela, who is attached to Danny's opponent. They soon learn, however, that Danny's distraction is his trainer and older brother, Darryl, a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD who committed suicide following Danny's loss. Ben makes Darryl promise to seek help and then, with coaching from Darryl and Addison, wins the fight. Addison informs Ben that his leaps are likely to continue for some time as Ian discovered that Ben's code is taking him on a path towards the mystery point in spacetime. Ben tells Addison that he had a memory when he got knocked down during the fight but leaps before he can say more. In 2022, Addison is suffering from exhaustion due to her singular focus on getting Ben home. After she collapses in the imaging chamber, Magic forces her to slow down and, following Ben's leap, Magic, Ian and Jenn join Addison at her home to help her unwind and relax. While there, Magic receives a call from Beth, who informs him that Janis contacted her and stole artifacts from the original project that Al had in his possession. One such item was Al's old handlink to Ziggy, which Janis is using to help build her own imaging chamber.
44"A Decent Proposal"Rachel TalalayMoira KirlandEva Sandoval
July 29, 1981
Los Angeles, California
October 10, 2022 (2022-10-10)2.46[8]
Ben's first leap into a woman is into Eva Sandoval, a bounty hunter in 1981 Los Angeles. Addison tells Ben he's there to locate Tammy Jean Jessup, a bail skip, but inadvertently ruins a proposal to Eva from her boyfriend and partner, Jake. It is revealed that Tammy Jean is on the run from the cartel and is trying to flee town with her boyfriend, Zack. Ben and Jake track her to Zack's club only to discover that Tammy Jean is Carla, the head of the cartel, and she kills Zack. Ben and Jake are able to stop her and send her to jail, Ben also managing to save Jake and Eva's relationship. Ben then remembers his relationship with Addison before leaping into the Old West. In 2022, Ziggy is still running slow while Ian tries to limit Janis' access into the system. Jenn reveals to Addison that Ben has been keeping secrets from the team for the past six months while Magic reveals to Ian his own past history with Quantum Leap, recounting the time Sam leapt into him in Vietnam and that he restarted the project to honor Sam and, if possible, bring him home. Ian and Jenn resolve to save Ben from the same fate as Sam and bring him home.
55"Salvation or Bust"Silas HowardBenjamin Raab & Deric A. HughesDiego de la Cruz
1879
Salvation, California
October 17, 2022 (2022-10-17)2.41[9]
Ben lands in Salvation, an Old West town on the verge of destruction by a railroad company, in the body of aged ex-gunslinger Diego de la Cruz, who was summoned by his granddaughter to help save the town from a dangerous outlaw gang hired by the railroad to drive the townsfolk away. Ben, a pacifist, tries to overcome his moral qualms when Addison informs him that he'll have to beat the outlaw leader, Josiah McDonough, in order to leap. Ben rallies the townsfolk to rig a series of traps for McDonough and his gang so they can collect a large bounty to save the town and then informs them of a large vein of copper nearby that will keep them financially stable for years to come. Before Ben leaps, however, he and Addison are surprised to encounter a man in the town who knows Ben's name and that he is a time traveler, warning Ben to stop following him. Meanwhile, in 2022, the PQL team receives a surprise visit from Congresswoman Kavita Adani, who sits on the project's oversight committee, and tries to keep her from figuring out that Ben made an unauthorized leap. She does, anyway, but Magic convinces her to keep the project running by promising to find a way to save her brother from a fatal car accident in the past in which she was driving.
66"What a Disaster!"Helen Shaver
Chris Grismer
Story by : Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrant
Teleplay by : Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrant and Martin Gero
John Harvey
October 17, 1989
San Francisco, California
October 24, 2022 (2022-10-24)2.22[10]
Ben leaps into John Harvey in San Francisco moments before the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. He learns he is there to help John's estranged wife, Naomi, save their son, Jason, who originally died in the aftermath of the earthquake. Meanwhile, Ben relives his memories of his deceased mother, who died after an argument with him. Ben finds Jason at the family's old apartment building in Oakland but goes inside to help an old neighbor and is knocked unconscious by falling debris. Fortunately, Jason is able to revive him and they escape the building moments before it collapses. Ben also manages to repair the family's relationship and then uses a hospital phone to call his mother just as he leaps. Ben then awakens in a priest on Halloween. In 2022, the team tries to figure out the identity of the mystery Leaper encountered during Ben's previous leap. They learn he is Richard Martinez, a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton. However, Martinez has no knowledge of the project and a clean record, which leads Magic and the team to theorize that Martinez will become the Leaper at an unspecified point in the future, making Ian realize that Ben is attempting to reach the future through his leaps.
77"O Ye of Little Faith"Chris GrismerMargarita MatthewsFather James Davenport
October 31, 1934
Coventon, Maryland
October 31, 2022 (2022-10-31)2.33[11]
Ben leaps into a priest who has been called to perform an exorcism on a patient named Daisy, who is supposedly possessed by a demon, and has recently turned 18. Since Ben is not religious, he is uncomfortable performing an exorcism because it goes against his beliefs. Unknown interference prevents Addison from communicating with Ben. When Daisy's aunt is found dead in her room, her family debates whether Daisy murdered her or if the demon did it. Her aunt's will names Daisy to inherit all her money and possessions, which they suspect to be a motive. Ben later discovers that Daisy's symptoms are consistent with being exposed to certain poisons and figures out that Daisy's mother and uncle murdered her aunt, and have been poisoning Daisy. Daisy's mother was unhappy with her husband and has been having an affair with her brother in law. After Daisy died, her uncle would be next in line to inherit her aunt's money, which Daisy's mother and uncle were going to use to start a new life together. Daisy's mother and uncle are arrested. Ben gets a message from Janis Calavicci (who was causing the interference preventing Addison from communicating with Ben) warning him, but leaps before she can tell him what she is warning him about.
88"Stand by Ben"Avi YouabianEmily KimBen Winters
July 10, 1996
Lassen County, California
November 7, 2022 (2022-11-07)2.65[12]
Ben leaps into Ben Winters, a teenager who escapes from an abusive academy for troubled youth with three other teens, Stacy, Roy and Leah. Addison tells Ben he's there to save the kids, who got lost following a car crash and died of exposure. With Addison's guidance, Ben leads the kids towards an empty cabin. Though Leah breaks her ankle along the way, they make it to the cabin. Unfortunately, the school staff tracks them and Leah sacrifices herself to allow the others to escape. However, they enlist the help of Leah's uncle, a local news reporter, to expose the school's brutal practices and secure their release. Addison reveals that the kids go on to lead productive lives and remain friends to the present. Ben's experience with the kids triggers his memories of recruiting Janis and, before he leaps, he tells Addison that he finally remembers why he leapt in the first place: to save her. In 2022, Jenn uses the local power grid to track Janis' imaging chamber but Janis sees them coming through PQL security feeds and locks down the facility to buy time to escape.
99"Fellow Travelers"David GrossmanStory by : Drew Lindo & Dean Georgaris
Teleplay by : Drew Lindo
Jack Armstrong
April 24, 1979
Chicago, Illinois
January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02)2.31[13]

Ben leaps into 1979 Chicago as bodyguard Jack Armstrong, assigned to protect famous musician Carly Farmer from mysterious attempts on her life. Addison grows frustrated with Ben for leaping to save her life.

Jamie, estranged sister of Carly, reappears in her life. Initially the suspect, Ben later realizes that Jamie was framed. Trevor, Carly's manager becomes the next suspect, and Ben exposes several threatening letters that Trevor used to frame Jamie. Carly fires Trevor after, and he later reveals that Loretta, one of the backup singers also plan to kill Carly. Ben manages to subdue Loretta in time and save Carly, but he is wounded in the attempt.

Ben promises Addison that he will trust her from here on out and reassures her that they are a team. In 2023, Ian uses Ziggy to track Janis to Belize. The team realize they need Janis' help to save Addison, however she remains uncooperative and implies that the PQL cannot be trusted. Jenn brings Janis in for questioning, but wonders if there may be truth to Janis's story.
1010"Paging Dr. Song"Tessa BlakeBenjamin Raab & Deric A. HughesDr. Alexandra Tomkinson
1994
Seattle, Washington
January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)1.75[14]
Ben leaps into a doctor at a hospital where victims of a train crash are being admitted. His mission is to save the lives of three people. He saves one person by encouraging him to sit still while he removes debris lodged in his head. His wife died in the crash, but Ben encourages him to donate his wife's heart to another crash victim, saving the life of Ben's second patient, who died in the original timeline due to a reaction to an experimental drug used during anesthesia. Ben changes the order to a different drug, but is caught. Though the patient has one operation under the drug, Ben prevents the drug from being used for her second operation. Ben exposes the risks of this drug and saves hundreds of lives. The third is a man who is discovered to have a brain tumor but does not want to get treatment due to the bad life he feels he has lived, including being an absent father to the friend of the doctor into whom Ben leapt. At headquarters, Janis Calavicci tells Addison to tell Ben not to reveal any more of what he remembers about why he leaped in the first place, since someone at Project Quantum Leap cannot be trusted.
1111"Leap. Die. Repeat."Pamela RomanowskyMargarita MatthewsColonel Jack Parker,
Eugene Wagner,
Mallory Yang,
Dr. Edwin Woolsey,
Moe Murphy
September 12, 1962
Fort Worth, Texas
January 30, 2023 (2023-01-30)2.10[15]
Ben leaps into a colonel in an elevator with four other people. These people have come to see the initial power up of a highly experimental nuclear reactor. Nevertheless, something goes very wrong and everyone in the facility (including Ben) dies. While the people at headquarters are experiencing the initial grief of losing Ben, their monitors of his vital signs indicates that he is alive. Ben has leapt into a different person who was in the elevator, and gets another try at preventing the disaster. However, it soon becomes apparent that Ben can only leap into each person present in the elevator once before Ben dies permanently. Back in 2023, the team have no choice but to ask Janis help with this 'quantum loop'. In the end, Janis agrees to tell Addison the name of the person who told Ben to leap in the first place.
1212"Let Them Play"Morenike Joela Evans
Shakina
ShakinaCarlos Mendéz
2012
Los Angeles, California
February 6, 2023 (2023-02-06)1.75[16]
Ben leaps into Carlos Mendéz, a high school basketball coach in 2012 whose daughter, Gia, struggles with backlash being a transgender student and athlete. Gia faces backlash from the community, particularly from the mother of one of her teammates, over Ben putting her in a game. Ben struggles to protect Gia from the community and prevent her from running away and disappearing, as she did in the original history. In 2023, Magic and Jenn track down a trans poet named Dottie, who Janis revealed was the person who told Ben to leap. Listening to a new poem Dottie is performing, Magic realizes that a Leaper inhabited Dottie and spoke to Ben. Dottie shows Magic a drawing of the Leaper's face and Magic is surprised to see that the picture seems to be of Ian.
1313"Family Style"Deborah M. PrattAadrita MukerjiKamini Prasad
September 2009
Portland, Oregon
February 27, 2023 (2023-02-27)2.02[17]
Ben leaps into Kamini Prasad, the daughter of Indian immigrants working as a chef in her family's restaurant. The restaurant has been struggling since Kamini's father died a year prior and Ben learns that the family owes their landlord $30,000 in back rent and that he has arrived on the day the restaurant is burned down in an insurance scam. Ben promises the landlord, Kathy, that they'll deliver a full house as a down payment on the back rent. Kamini's sister, Manisha, tries to convince their mother, Sonali, to let her try new recipes to bring in more customers and Ben lists the restaurant on Groupon to help promote the business and also contacts a local restaurateur as a possible angel investor. Sonali approves of the Groupon idea but rejects Manisha's new recipes, saying that they can't afford to take risks on such an important night, prompting Manisha to quit in frustration. After one of their employees falls asleep on the job and the other ducks out, Sonali tries to do the work herself but ends up cutting herself and then passing out, triggering Ben's memory of his own mother's death. Ben is able to convince Sonali and Manisha to patch things up but the family returns to the restaurant to find that Kathy had burned it down. Ben instead borrows a wedding reception venue from a local family while several of the Prasad family's relatives and friends come together to help with the dinner. Sonali lets Manisha take charge and, afterwards, the family offers to help the Prasads find a new location. Addison reveals that the new restaurant is a thriving success while Kathy goes to jail for insurance fraud. In 2023, Ian is struggling with the revelation that they are the one who sent Ben leaping. Frustrated and concerned that they put Ben in harm's way, they start obsessing over figuring out why they did it until Magic orders Ian to take a day off to decompress. Ian decides to visit their old partner, Rachel, who reassured them that they are a good person who always wants to help people. Ian returns to the project with renewed focus.
1414"S.O.S."Chris GrismerDean GeorgarisCommander Rossi
May 2, 1989
U.S.S. Montana,
South China Sea
March 6, 2023 (2023-03-06)2.19[18]
Ben leaps into Commander Rossi aboard the U.S.S. Montana, whose crew includes XO Alexander Augustine, Addison’s father. Commander Augustine had been disgraced after a nearby submarine, the U.S.S. Tampa, sank, leading to the death of its crew despite the Montana's close proximity. Ben has to save the members of the Tampa, but the Montana's captain initially declines, thinking the SOS they had received was a ploy by the Chinese. Ben proves the signal came from an American ship, but after the Montana hits a Chinese mine, the captain orders them to fire on the Chinese vessel trailing them, the Han, which would spark World War III. Augustine is sent to his quarters when he objects. By working with Augustine, Ben convinces the crew to mutiny and prevent the Montana from firing on the Han, instead getting the codes to remotely detonate the mines and clear a path to the Tampa. Afterwards, Ben is standing on the tail of the ship when he is confronted by another sailor—Richard Martinez, in the body of the communications sailor he'd been working with, though had never met.
1515"Ben Song for the Defense"Kristen WindellRomy LoorAleyda Ramirez
1985
Queens, New York
March 13, 2023 (2023-03-13)2.28[19]
Ben leaps into public defender Aleyda Ramirez, who must defend Camilo Diaz, a teenager wrongfully accused of killing a gang recruiter, while also juggling several other cases. In the original timeline Diaz pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but his brother joined the gang and died as a result. Jenn joins Ben, as she has prior legal experience, although Ben does not initially recognize her. Ben finds that the prosecutor has hidden a witness who would later be accused of two other murders, but Aleyda's ADA girlfriend is fired when she asks the prosecutor about it. The prosecutor offers Ben a plea deal that would get Camilo in jail for only five years, allowing him to move from Queens with his family and prevent his brother's death, which would also allow Ben to leap, but Ben doesn't take it. With the help of another client, Ben finds the gun used in the shooting and makes the case for Camilo, who is found not guilty, whereas the prosecutor loses his job for involvement in multiple cover-ups.
1616"Ben, Interrupted"Jude WengAnnelise Kollevoll MedinaLiam O'Connor
1954
Georges Island,
Boston, Massachusetts
March 20, 2023 (2023-03-20)1.92[20]
Ben leaps to Georges Island Asylum as private detective Liam O'Connor, who was hired to rescue his client's sister Judith Sullivan (who was held there for hysteria). Janis Calavicci removes her ankle monitor so Magic will arrive, warning him that Ben must sabotage the leap. Posing as a patient, Ben and Judith use a vent to crawl into the head doctor’s office and find his files, but they are caught. Martinez leaps into one of the attendants, helping Ben escape his room. The two then team up to take on and knock out the head doctor before he can perform a lobotomy on Judith. Judith climbs up a ladder and escapes with her sister, allowing her to release the files and get the head doctor's license revoked, but when Ben climbs up to escape he is suddenly stabbed in the neck by Martinez, who then leaves. Ben manages to climb up and make it to a nearby car, and he is able to honk the horn and alert two nearby nurses to aid him. Janis tells Magic that she has figured out who the traitor on the Quantum Leap team is—Ziggy.
1717"The Friendly Skies"Linda MendozaAlex BergerLois Mitchell
August 5, 1971
Transglobal Airlines Flights 349, over the Atlantic Ocean
March 27, 2023 (2023-03-27)2.25[21]
Ben leaps to Lois Mitchell, a flight attendant flying from London to New York on a flight destined to crash. In addition, the team disables Ziggy following the previous episode's events, although the imaging chamber is still active. After finding the pilot and flight engineer dead from poison, Ben realizes the flight was hijacked before it crashed. Ben initially suspects an Irish flight attendant, Holly, with possible IRA connections, but after a rich heir on board, Corey, notices the emergency equipment opened, his caretaker Leslie reveals herself to be the hijacker. Working with the co-pilot and two mercenaries, Leslie takes control of the plane. Ben and Holly take out one hijacker, while the second hijacker is attacked by a passenger, who is non-fatally shot. Ben and Corey use a concoction to knock Leslie and the co-pilot out, but find that the fired bullet has damaged the hydraulics. With the help of Ian, Ben is able to successfully land the plane in Puerto Rico. In his next leap, Ben arrives in the destroyed Quantum Leap facility and it is snowing. Greeted by an older Ian, Ben realizes he is in the future experiencing a nuclear winter.
1818"Judgment Day"Chris GrismerMargarita Matthews2051; Los Angeles, California
Ben Song; 2018; Los Angeles, California
Liam O'Connor; 1954; Boston, Massachusetts
Commander Rossi; May 2, 1989; U.S.S. Montana
Diego de la Cruz; 1879; Salvation, California
April 3, 2023 (2023-04-03)2.16[22]
Future Ian tells Ben that Martinez was sent to kill Addison and end Quantum Leap, and they give Ben a code to give to past Ian. In 2018, Ben leaps to his past self and goes on a date with Addison but ends it early and tells her the truth. He goes to headquarters but Addison, suspicious he is not the real Ben, tries to apprehend him. Jenn initiates lockdown, but Martinez has already leapt into Magic. Martinez convinces them that Ben is an impostor and he is put in a cell. Ben convinces Jenn and Ian he is the real Ben by giving them Jenn’s password, while Addison realizes Magic is a fake after finding cigars Magic promised to deliver to Al Calavicci. Ben and Martinez fight in the accelerator and Addison is shot before Ben and Martinez are thrown into their past leaps. Martinez is about to shoot Ben but a friend of the leapee shoots him. Ian realizes the code requires all three versions of them and uses it to transport Ben back to 2018, Martinez being lost to time. After Ben and Addison kiss, the 2023 team prepares for him to leap to the present day.

Season 2 (2023) edit

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191"This Took Too Long!"John TerleskyMartin GeroPerez
1978
Russia
October 4, 2023 (2023-10-04)2.90[25]
Ben is dismayed to discover he is still leaping and has leaped into an Air Force cargo plane over Russia that is carrying a mysterious crate. The plane is shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile (SAM) and Ben and the crew discover their crate is empty and they were a decoy for another target. Ben and the crew work together to reach a communication site to radio for help, only to discover that it's actually the SAM site that shot them down and is now targeting three other American planes. The crew use a stolen truck and trip mine to destroy the site and save the planes. After working through the entire leap without support from PQL, Ben finally receives contact from Ian, who reveals that they have been searching for Ben for three years, that the Project was shut down and everything has changed.
202"Ben & Teller"Kristin WindellAadrita MukerjiLorena Chaves
May 9, 1986
Tucson, Arizona
October 11, 2023 (2023-10-11)2.62[26]
While Ian gathers the rest of the team, Ben leaps into elderly bank teller Lorena Chaves on the day of a bank robbery, with one robber, Sean, being the brother of Lorena's coworker Rebecca. In the original timeline, police stormed in and eight died in the shootout. Ben acts as a liaison between the police and robbers, convincing them to release two hostages. The head robber has Ben put in the safe code, but the imaging chamber shuts down while Ian recites it, though Ben guesses the code. The Quantum Leap team is arrested but Addison's boyfriend gets them released. Ben learns in the new timeline the shootout hits a gas line, causing an explosion, but there’s a meeting room with drywall leading to safety. He convinces the robbers to leave them there before breaking through. Before Ben and Rebecca leave, the head robber discovers them and is about to kill Rebecca when Sean shoots him. Rebecca takes the gun from Sean, and although Sean takes the blame for the shooting it's ruled self-defense and he is released after five years. Jenn confronts Ian over how they really discovered Ben was alive, and Ben realizes that something is different about Addison.
213"Closure Encounters"Chris GrismerRomy LoorRobert Cook
1949
Starlight, New Mexico
October 18, 2023 (2023-10-18)2.75[27]
Ben leaps into Project Sign investigator Robert Cook, who has been sent to investigate a crash that put a girl named Melanie Hunt in a coma and injured her friend Carrie Baker, Sheriff Morgan's granddaughter. Carrie claims she and Melanie ran through the woods after a UFO ran them off the road, but police found Melanie still in the car. Melanie's powerful father wants Carrie to be arrested. The team deduces Hunt must have used a helicopter to cause the crash. Ben and Morgan are followed by a helicopter near Hunt's ranch and a signal-jammer kicks Addison out of the imaging chamber. Ben exits the car and runs but is passed out, waking up in a bed the next morning. Ben realizes he and Melanie have the same marks on their necks and that she had been drugged as part of a cover up for seeing a ranch Hunt had leased to the military for testing. Morgan prepares to skip town with Carrie. Ben purposely gets abducted near the ranch, where Morgan takes photos and Addison observes the base. They confront a general and get him to remedy Carrie's charges and move the base from New Mexico to Area 51.
224"The Lonely Hearts Club"M. J. BassettKristy LowreySummer Walsh
April 4, 2000
Los Angeles, California
October 25, 2023 (2023-10-25)2.52[28]
Magic introduces Addison’s boyfriend Tom Westfall to the team. Ben leaps into Summer Walsh, the assistant of actor Neal Russell. In the original timeline Neal died in a boating accident after missing a TV appearance. After Neal goes missing Ben realizes he’s at his ex-wife Laura's wedding. Addison says Ben has to get Neal to The Tonight Show to promote his memoir, but Ben instead tries to get him and Laura back together. Neal gets arrested while stealing his old tuxedo from a wax museum, but Ben gets him freed. Ian tells Jenn there's been a security breach tracking Ben's leaps. The team realizes Neal's publicist is his daughter from an old marriage, but Ben still wants to get Neal and Laura back together. Neal gives Laura a flower but she tells him it's time to move on. Neal tells Ben to drive him to the marina but Ben takes Neal to his daughter's house instead. Neal and his daughter reconnect, and telling his story to Jay Leno propels Neal back into the spotlight. Tom suggests to Magic that it might not be possible for the leaper to come home.
235"One Night in Koreatown"Tamika MillerBenjamin Raab & Deric A. HughesDaniel Park
April 29, 1992
Los Angeles, California
November 1, 2023 (2023-11-01)3.00[29]
Ben leaps into Daniel Park, the son of Koreatown shoe store owner Jin, on the day the LA riots start. In the original timeline Jin was killed defending the store from looters. Magic joins Ben instead of Addison. Ben tries leaving with customer Luisa but finds her car has been destroyed, so they return. Daniel's brother Sonny informs Ben all the roads out of Koreatown have been cut off. Beth confronts Magic over his drinking. After Jin refuses to let Sonny’s black business partner Dwain in, they argue over Sonny’s plans to start a shoe business. Ben and Sonny find Dwain and Sonny leaves to gather supplies. Magic confides in Jenn about his experiences in the Summer of 1967. Rioters steal much of the merchandise but Ben and the others survive. The team learns Jin survives the new timeline, but someone else dies. Jin points his gun at Dwain after an argument. When Sonny enters, Jin shoots him, mistaking him for a looter. They take Sonny to an ambulance but police point guns at Dwain before Jin intervenes. Sonny survives and builds a shoe empire with Dwain. Magic agrees to get help for his alcoholism.
246"Secret History"Pamela RomanowskyDrew LindoTBANovember 15, 2023 (2023-11-15)TBD

Production edit

Development edit

In September 2021, Scott Bakula, who played main character Sam Beckett in the series, hinted that a reboot of the show was being considered, with creator Donald P. Bellisario returning in some capacity.[30] A pilot episode was ordered by NBC the following January with plans for writers Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt to act as showrunners with executive producer Martin Gero and with original producer and writer Deborah Pratt.[31] Helen Shaver was hired to direct the pilot episode and to serve as an executive producer as well.[32] NBC ordered the revival with a full season pickup in May after viewing the test pilot.[33]

After it received a full season order, Aadrita Mukerji and Dean Georgaris joined as additional executive producers, and Gero took over as showrunner while Lilien and Wynbrandt stayed with the series as executive producers.[34][35] A new pilot was directed by Thor Freudenthal and written by Lilien and Wynbrandt, with the original pilot being scheduled to air later in the season.[35] The decision not to launch the revival with the original premiere episode of the season was made in order to provide a better introduction in the series,[36] and it was rescheduled as the sixth episode with some reshoots added for context.[37]

In September 2022, Bakula confirmed that he had been asked by producers to reprise his role as Sam Beckett in the revival but had ultimately decided to not be involved with the new series, saying in a statement on Instagram, "As the show has always been near and dear to my heart, it was a very difficult decision to pass on the project".[38]

After the first three episodes had aired, NBC ordered six additional episodes for the first season, bringing its total to 18 episodes.[39] On December 12, 2022, NBC renewed the series for a second season, which was filmed prior to the start of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, and premiered on October 4, 2023.[40][41] Initially consisting of 13 episodes (with a possibility of more), Season 2 went into production immediately after the first season wrapped, with no break in between.[42]

Casting edit

Raymond Lee was the first actor cast in the show, taking the lead role as Dr. Ben Song in March 2022.[43] Shortly afterwards, the cast was filled out with Ernie Hudson, Nanrisa Lee, Mason Alexander Park, and Caitlin Bassett, making her television debut.[44][45] After being ordered to series, Georgina Reilly joined the cast in a recurring role.[46]

Marketing and release edit

Quantum Leap premiered on September 19, 2022.[47] The show is available to stream on Peacock and NBC website and NBC app and On-Demand on Comcast/Xfinity Systems for free with ads. The first season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on June 13, 2023.[48]

Reception edit

Critical response edit

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 55% approval rating with an average rating of 5.3/10, based on 22 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "This more serialized reboot of Quantum Leap has enough heart to merit a look from viewers with the luxury of time, but it often forgets to have fun with the episodic structure that made the original a classic."[49] On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on eight critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[50]

Ratings edit

Overall edit

Viewership and ratings per season of Quantum Leap
Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewership
rank
Avg. viewers
(millions)
18–49
rank
Avg. 18–49
rating
Date Viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Monday 10:00 p.m. 18 September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19) 3.35[5] April 3, 2023 (2023-04-03) 2.16[22] 2022–23 TBD TBD TBD TBD
2 Wednesday 8:00 p.m.[3] 13[3] October 4, 2023 (2023-10-04) 2.90[25] TBA TBD 2023–24 TBD TBD TBD TBD

Season 1 edit

Viewership and ratings per episode of Quantum Leap
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1 "July 13, 1985" September 19, 2022 0.5 3.35[5] 0.3 2.17 0.7 5.52[51]
2 "Atlantis" September 26, 2022 0.3 2.77[6] 0.3 1.90 0.6 4.67[52]
3 "Somebody Up There Likes Ben" October 3, 2022 0.4 2.58[7] 0.3 1.98 0.6 4.56[53]
4 "A Decent Proposal" October 10, 2022 0.4 2.46[8] 0.3 1.72 0.7 4.18[54]
5 "Salvation or Bust" October 17, 2022 0.4 2.41[9] 0.3 1.65 0.6 4.06[55]
6 "What a Disaster!" October 24, 2022 0.3 2.22[10] 0.2 1.54 0.6 3.76[56]
7 "O Ye Of Little Faith" October 31, 2022 0.3 2.33[11] 0.2 1.48 0.5 3.81[57]
8 "Stand by Ben" November 7, 2022 0.4 2.65[12] 0.2 1.56 0.6 4.21[58]
9 "Fellow Travelers" January 2, 2023 0.3 2.31[13] 0.3 1.47 0.6 3.77[59]
10 "Paging Dr. Song" January 9, 2023 0.3 1.75[14] 0.3 1.66 0.5 3.42[60]
11 "Leap. Die. Repeat." January 30, 2023 0.3 2.10[15] TBD TBD TBD TBD
12 "Let Them Play" February 6, 2023 0.3 1.75[16] TBD TBD TBD TBD
13 "Family Style" February 27, 2023 0.4 2.02[17] TBD TBD TBD TBD
14 "S.O.S." March 6, 2023 0.3 2.19[18] TBD TBD TBD TBD
15 "Ben Song for the Defense" March 13, 2023 0.4 2.28[19] TBD TBD TBD TBD
16 "Ben, Interrupted" March 20, 2023 0.3 1.92[20] TBD TBD TBD TBD
17 "The Friendly Skies" March 27, 2023 0.3 2.25[21] TBD TBD TBD TBD
18 "Judgment Day" April 3, 2023 0.3 2.16[22] TBD TBD TBD TBD

Season 2 edit

Viewership and ratings per episode of Quantum Leap
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
1 "This Took Too Long!" October 4, 2023 0.3 2.90[25]
2 "Ben & Teller" October 11, 2023 0.3 2.62[26]
3 "Closure Encounters" October 18, 2023 0.3 2.75[27]
4 "The Lonely Hearts Club" October 25, 2023 0.3 2.52[28]
5 "One Night in Koreatown" November 1, 2023 0.3 3.00[29]

Accolades edit

Award Date(s) of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
3rd Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards January 6, 2024[61] Best Broadcast Network Series: Drama Quantum Leap Pending [62]
Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series: Drama Shakina Nayfack for "Let Them Play" Pending
Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series: Drama Raymond Lee Pending

Explanatory notes edit

  1. ^ In the Citytv airing of the episode, Martin Gero also received writing credit.[4]

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External links edit

  • Official website  
  • Quantum Leap at IMDb  

quantum, leap, 2022, series, quantum, leap, american, science, fiction, television, series, aired, revival, original, 1989, 1993, show, created, donald, bellisario, being, developed, steven, lilien, bryan, wynbrandt, bellisario, lilien, wynbrandt, executive, p. Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series aired on NBC It is a revival of the original 1989 1993 show created by Donald P Bellisario being developed by Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt 1 Bellisario Lilien and Wynbrandt executive produce It takes place in 2022 27 years after Dr Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and 22 years after the Season 5 finale where the show left off The series stars Raymond Lee as new lead character Dr Ben Song along with Caitlin Bassett Mason Alexander Park Nanrisa Lee and Ernie Hudson The season premiered on September 19 2022 In December 2022 the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on October 4 2023 Quantum LeapSeason 1 promotional posterGenreAdventure drama Science fictionCreated bySteven LilienBryan WynbrandtBased onQuantum Leapby Donald P BellisarioStarringRaymond Lee Caitlin Bassett Mason Alexander Park Nanrisa Lee Ernie Hudson Eliza Taylor Peter GadiotComposerDaniel James ChanCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons2No of episodes24ProductionExecutive producersDonald P Bellisario Martin Gero Steven Lilien Bryan Wynbrandt Deborah Pratt Helen Shaver Dean GeorgarisRunning time42 minutesProduction companiesDean Georgaris Entertainment 2 0 Quinn s House Belisarius Productions uncredited Universal Content Productions Universal TelevisionOriginal releaseNetworkNBCReleaseSeptember 19 2022 2022 09 19 present present RelatedQuantum Leap 1989 1993 Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast 2 1 Main 2 2 Recurring 2 3 Guest 3 Episodes 3 1 Series overview 3 2 Season 1 2022 23 3 3 Season 2 2023 4 Production 4 1 Development 4 2 Casting 5 Marketing and release 6 Reception 6 1 Critical response 6 2 Ratings 6 2 1 Overall 6 2 2 Season 1 6 2 3 Season 2 7 Accolades 8 Explanatory notes 9 References 10 External linksPremise editThirty years have passed since Dr Sam Beckett vanished into the Quantum Leap accelerator The Quantum Leap project has been restarted with a new team trying to piece together the mysteries behind Beckett and his machine For reasons unknown Dr Ben Song the new project s lead physicist has uploaded new program code to the project systems and used the upgraded accelerator to leap back in time He becomes lost in the past just as Beckett did living the lives of other people and changing history in hopes of getting back to the present Project employee Addison Augustine who is Ben s fiancee acts as his liaison with the project appearing to him as a hologram only he can see and hear just as the previous project s observer Al Calavicci did for Beckett Cast editMain edit Raymond Lee as Ben Song the lead physicist working on Quantum Leap who gets stuck in the past leaping into the bodies of different people while also having partial amnesia about his identity as a result of leaping Caitlin Bassett as Addison Augustine Ben s fiancee and observer who helps Ben with finding out what he has to do in order to leap Mason Alexander Park as Ian Wright the chief architect of the Quantum Leap artificial intelligence Nanrisa Lee as Jenn Chou the Quantum Leap head of security Ernie Hudson as Herbert Magic Williams head of the Quantum Leap time travel project and a Vietnam War veteran who Sam Beckett leaped into in the series Season 3 1990 episode The Leap Home Part 2 Vietnam Hudson replaces Christopher Kirby from the original episode Eliza Taylor as Hannah Carson season 2 Peter Gadiot as Tom Westfall season 2 a U S Army Intelligence officer formerly of the Special Forces and Addison s new love interestRecurring edit Susan Diol as Beth Calavicci the wife of Al Calavicci from the previous series Georgina Reilly as Janis Calavicci the daughter of Al Calavicci from the previous series Walter Perez as Richard Martinez Leaper XGuest edit Deborah Pratt as Ziggy Michael Welch as Ryan Michael Malarkey as Cole Carly Pope as Samantha Stratton Jose Zuniga as Commander Jim Reynolds Alex Gonzalez as Marco Justin Hartley as Jake Sofia Pernas as Tammy Jean Jessup Mark Damon Espinoza as Alberto Sandoval Yaani King Mondschein as Frankie Jewel Staite as Naomi Harvey Elyse Levesque as Lola Gray Josh Meyers as Percival Gray Chido Nwokocha as Dr Felix Watts Kurt Yaeger as Ringer Deborah Ann Woll as Carly Farmer Sumalee Montano as Carolina Carlo Eugene Byrd as Dr Harper Stan Shaw as Eli Jackson Francois Chau as Louis Tann Robert Picardo as Dr Edwin Woolsey Matt Glave as Colonel Jack Parker Joe Dinicol as Eugene Wagner Brandon Routh as Alexander Augustine Addison s father 2 Patrick Fischler as Dr Mueller Davida Williams as Leslie Drobis Bart Johnson as Paul Kirk Francois Arnaud as Curtis Bailey Aaron Abrams as Ronny Abrams P J Byrne as Enock Abrams Melissa Roxburgh as Ellen Grier Janet Montgomery as Rebecca Egan Graham Patrick Martin as Sean Egan Louis Herthum as Sheriff Woodrow Morgan William deVry as General Austin Murray Tim Matheson as Neal Russell Erica Gimpel as Laura Evans C S Lee as Jin Park Benjamin Flores Jr as DwainEpisodes editSeries overview edit SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired118September 19 2022 2022 09 19 April 3 2023 2023 04 03 213 3 October 4 2023 2023 10 04 TBA Season 1 2022 23 edit No overallNo inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byLeap details Name date amp location Original air dateU S viewers millions 11 July 13th 1985 Thor FreudenthalSteven Lilien amp Bryan Wynbrandt a Nick Rounder Matt ShawJuly 13 1985Philadelphia PennsylvaniaSeptember 19 2022 2022 09 19 3 35 5 Dr Ben Song celebrates his engagement to Addison Augustine and receives mysterious texts during the party that leads him to make an unauthorized leap in the Project Accelerator Awakening in 1985 as an undercover cop he stops a plot to steal the Hope Diamond Suffering amnesia from the leap Ben is aided by Addison working as his hologram guide In 2022 the new Project Quantum Leap PQL team tries to find out why Ben leapt and to bring him back Note The episode is dedicated to Dean Stockwell who played Al in the original series and died on November 7 2021 Both Stockwell and Scott Bakula who played Sam Beckett appear in the episode via archive photos 22 Atlantis David McWhirterRobert HullDavid TamuraMarch 7 1998Space Shuttle AtlantisSeptember 26 2022 2022 09 26 2 77 6 Ben leaps into David Tamura an astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1998 Ben remembers that David was one of his childhood heroes triggering some of Ben s memory Ziggy predicts that Ben is there to save David from being killed by debris during a spacewalk Ben is successful but the debris instead damages the shuttle s heat shield which changes history to having the entire crew die when Atlantis disintegrates during re entry Ben convinces the crew to seek assistance the Mir space station but the cosmonauts are asleep Ben engages in a daring jump from the shuttle to the station to get the cosmonauts attention and succeeds in saving the crew In 2022 Addison shows Ian a flash drive Ben left in their apartment but asks Ian to keep it quiet after Magic reveals Ben s connection to Janis and orders her to withhold Ben s memories from him until they determine why he leapt Meanwhile Magic and Jenn contact Al s widow Beth to locate Janis Beth later calls Janis leading Magic and Jenn to a house Magic and Jenn arrive to find servers and calculations in Ben s handwriting Magic receives a call from Janis who reveals that Ben contacted her for help and warns Magic to stay out of their way Magic and Jenn escape Janis booby trap and later retrieve an encrypted hard drive Addison and Ian reveal their flash drive that when combined with the hard drive unlocks data that reveals Ben was trying to reach a precise moment in history but it remains unclear when where or why Ben was going 33 Somebody Up There Likes Ben Marcus StokesDrew LindoDanny Youngblood HillOctober 2 1977Las Vegas NevadaOctober 3 2022 2022 10 03 2 58 7 Ben leaps into Danny Youngblood Hill a prizefighter in 1977 the day before his bout for the world middleweight championship Addison informs him that Danny originally lost the fight because he was distracted and they assume it s due to Danny s girlfriend Angela who is attached to Danny s opponent They soon learn however that Danny s distraction is his trainer and older brother Darryl a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD who committed suicide following Danny s loss Ben makes Darryl promise to seek help and then with coaching from Darryl and Addison wins the fight Addison informs Ben that his leaps are likely to continue for some time as Ian discovered that Ben s code is taking him on a path towards the mystery point in spacetime Ben tells Addison that he had a memory when he got knocked down during the fight but leaps before he can say more In 2022 Addison is suffering from exhaustion due to her singular focus on getting Ben home After she collapses in the imaging chamber Magic forces her to slow down and following Ben s leap Magic Ian and Jenn join Addison at her home to help her unwind and relax While there Magic receives a call from Beth who informs him that Janis contacted her and stole artifacts from the original project that Al had in his possession One such item was Al s old handlink to Ziggy which Janis is using to help build her own imaging chamber 44 A Decent Proposal Rachel TalalayMoira KirlandEva SandovalJuly 29 1981Los Angeles CaliforniaOctober 10 2022 2022 10 10 2 46 8 Ben s first leap into a woman is into Eva Sandoval a bounty hunter in 1981 Los Angeles Addison tells Ben he s there to locate Tammy Jean Jessup a bail skip but inadvertently ruins a proposal to Eva from her boyfriend and partner Jake It is revealed that Tammy Jean is on the run from the cartel and is trying to flee town with her boyfriend Zack Ben and Jake track her to Zack s club only to discover that Tammy Jean is Carla the head of the cartel and she kills Zack Ben and Jake are able to stop her and send her to jail Ben also managing to save Jake and Eva s relationship Ben then remembers his relationship with Addison before leaping into the Old West In 2022 Ziggy is still running slow while Ian tries to limit Janis access into the system Jenn reveals to Addison that Ben has been keeping secrets from the team for the past six months while Magic reveals to Ian his own past history with Quantum Leap recounting the time Sam leapt into him in Vietnam and that he restarted the project to honor Sam and if possible bring him home Ian and Jenn resolve to save Ben from the same fate as Sam and bring him home 55 Salvation or Bust Silas HowardBenjamin Raab amp Deric A HughesDiego de la Cruz1879Salvation CaliforniaOctober 17 2022 2022 10 17 2 41 9 Ben lands in Salvation an Old West town on the verge of destruction by a railroad company in the body of aged ex gunslinger Diego de la Cruz who was summoned by his granddaughter to help save the town from a dangerous outlaw gang hired by the railroad to drive the townsfolk away Ben a pacifist tries to overcome his moral qualms when Addison informs him that he ll have to beat the outlaw leader Josiah McDonough in order to leap Ben rallies the townsfolk to rig a series of traps for McDonough and his gang so they can collect a large bounty to save the town and then informs them of a large vein of copper nearby that will keep them financially stable for years to come Before Ben leaps however he and Addison are surprised to encounter a man in the town who knows Ben s name and that he is a time traveler warning Ben to stop following him Meanwhile in 2022 the PQL team receives a surprise visit from Congresswoman Kavita Adani who sits on the project s oversight committee and tries to keep her from figuring out that Ben made an unauthorized leap She does anyway but Magic convinces her to keep the project running by promising to find a way to save her brother from a fatal car accident in the past in which she was driving 66 What a Disaster Helen ShaverChris GrismerStory by Steven Lilien amp Bryan WynbrantTeleplay by Steven Lilien amp Bryan Wynbrant and Martin GeroJohn HarveyOctober 17 1989San Francisco CaliforniaOctober 24 2022 2022 10 24 2 22 10 Ben leaps into John Harvey in San Francisco moments before the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake He learns he is there to help John s estranged wife Naomi save their son Jason who originally died in the aftermath of the earthquake Meanwhile Ben relives his memories of his deceased mother who died after an argument with him Ben finds Jason at the family s old apartment building in Oakland but goes inside to help an old neighbor and is knocked unconscious by falling debris Fortunately Jason is able to revive him and they escape the building moments before it collapses Ben also manages to repair the family s relationship and then uses a hospital phone to call his mother just as he leaps Ben then awakens in a priest on Halloween In 2022 the team tries to figure out the identity of the mystery Leaper encountered during Ben s previous leap They learn he is Richard Martinez a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton However Martinez has no knowledge of the project and a clean record which leads Magic and the team to theorize that Martinez will become the Leaper at an unspecified point in the future making Ian realize that Ben is attempting to reach the future through his leaps 77 O Ye of Little Faith Chris GrismerMargarita MatthewsFather James DavenportOctober 31 1934Coventon MarylandOctober 31 2022 2022 10 31 2 33 11 Ben leaps into a priest who has been called to perform an exorcism on a patient named Daisy who is supposedly possessed by a demon and has recently turned 18 Since Ben is not religious he is uncomfortable performing an exorcism because it goes against his beliefs Unknown interference prevents Addison from communicating with Ben When Daisy s aunt is found dead in her room her family debates whether Daisy murdered her or if the demon did it Her aunt s will names Daisy to inherit all her money and possessions which they suspect to be a motive Ben later discovers that Daisy s symptoms are consistent with being exposed to certain poisons and figures out that Daisy s mother and uncle murdered her aunt and have been poisoning Daisy Daisy s mother was unhappy with her husband and has been having an affair with her brother in law After Daisy died her uncle would be next in line to inherit her aunt s money which Daisy s mother and uncle were going to use to start a new life together Daisy s mother and uncle are arrested Ben gets a message from Janis Calavicci who was causing the interference preventing Addison from communicating with Ben warning him but leaps before she can tell him what she is warning him about 88 Stand by Ben Avi YouabianEmily KimBen WintersJuly 10 1996Lassen County CaliforniaNovember 7 2022 2022 11 07 2 65 12 Ben leaps into Ben Winters a teenager who escapes from an abusive academy for troubled youth with three other teens Stacy Roy and Leah Addison tells Ben he s there to save the kids who got lost following a car crash and died of exposure With Addison s guidance Ben leads the kids towards an empty cabin Though Leah breaks her ankle along the way they make it to the cabin Unfortunately the school staff tracks them and Leah sacrifices herself to allow the others to escape However they enlist the help of Leah s uncle a local news reporter to expose the school s brutal practices and secure their release Addison reveals that the kids go on to lead productive lives and remain friends to the present Ben s experience with the kids triggers his memories of recruiting Janis and before he leaps he tells Addison that he finally remembers why he leapt in the first place to save her In 2022 Jenn uses the local power grid to track Janis imaging chamber but Janis sees them coming through PQL security feeds and locks down the facility to buy time to escape 99 Fellow Travelers David GrossmanStory by Drew Lindo amp Dean GeorgarisTeleplay by Drew LindoJack ArmstrongApril 24 1979Chicago IllinoisJanuary 2 2023 2023 01 02 2 31 13 Ben leaps into 1979 Chicago as bodyguard Jack Armstrong assigned to protect famous musician Carly Farmer from mysterious attempts on her life Addison grows frustrated with Ben for leaping to save her life Jamie estranged sister of Carly reappears in her life Initially the suspect Ben later realizes that Jamie was framed Trevor Carly s manager becomes the next suspect and Ben exposes several threatening letters that Trevor used to frame Jamie Carly fires Trevor after and he later reveals that Loretta one of the backup singers also plan to kill Carly Ben manages to subdue Loretta in time and save Carly but he is wounded in the attempt Ben promises Addison that he will trust her from here on out and reassures her that they are a team In 2023 Ian uses Ziggy to track Janis to Belize The team realize they need Janis help to save Addison however she remains uncooperative and implies that the PQL cannot be trusted Jenn brings Janis in for questioning but wonders if there may be truth to Janis s story 1010 Paging Dr Song Tessa BlakeBenjamin Raab amp Deric A HughesDr Alexandra Tomkinson1994Seattle WashingtonJanuary 9 2023 2023 01 09 1 75 14 Ben leaps into a doctor at a hospital where victims of a train crash are being admitted His mission is to save the lives of three people He saves one person by encouraging him to sit still while he removes debris lodged in his head His wife died in the crash but Ben encourages him to donate his wife s heart to another crash victim saving the life of Ben s second patient who died in the original timeline due to a reaction to an experimental drug used during anesthesia Ben changes the order to a different drug but is caught Though the patient has one operation under the drug Ben prevents the drug from being used for her second operation Ben exposes the risks of this drug and saves hundreds of lives The third is a man who is discovered to have a brain tumor but does not want to get treatment due to the bad life he feels he has lived including being an absent father to the friend of the doctor into whom Ben leapt At headquarters Janis Calavicci tells Addison to tell Ben not to reveal any more of what he remembers about why he leaped in the first place since someone at Project Quantum Leap cannot be trusted 1111 Leap Die Repeat Pamela RomanowskyMargarita MatthewsColonel Jack Parker Eugene Wagner Mallory Yang Dr Edwin Woolsey Moe MurphySeptember 12 1962Fort Worth TexasJanuary 30 2023 2023 01 30 2 10 15 Ben leaps into a colonel in an elevator with four other people These people have come to see the initial power up of a highly experimental nuclear reactor Nevertheless something goes very wrong and everyone in the facility including Ben dies While the people at headquarters are experiencing the initial grief of losing Ben their monitors of his vital signs indicates that he is alive Ben has leapt into a different person who was in the elevator and gets another try at preventing the disaster However it soon becomes apparent that Ben can only leap into each person present in the elevator once before Ben dies permanently Back in 2023 the team have no choice but to ask Janis help with this quantum loop In the end Janis agrees to tell Addison the name of the person who told Ben to leap in the first place 1212 Let Them Play Morenike Joela EvansShakinaShakinaCarlos Mendez2012Los Angeles CaliforniaFebruary 6 2023 2023 02 06 1 75 16 Ben leaps into Carlos Mendez a high school basketball coach in 2012 whose daughter Gia struggles with backlash being a transgender student and athlete Gia faces backlash from the community particularly from the mother of one of her teammates over Ben putting her in a game Ben struggles to protect Gia from the community and prevent her from running away and disappearing as she did in the original history In 2023 Magic and Jenn track down a trans poet named Dottie who Janis revealed was the person who told Ben to leap Listening to a new poem Dottie is performing Magic realizes that a Leaper inhabited Dottie and spoke to Ben Dottie shows Magic a drawing of the Leaper s face and Magic is surprised to see that the picture seems to be of Ian 1313 Family Style Deborah M PrattAadrita MukerjiKamini PrasadSeptember 2009Portland OregonFebruary 27 2023 2023 02 27 2 02 17 Ben leaps into Kamini Prasad the daughter of Indian immigrants working as a chef in her family s restaurant The restaurant has been struggling since Kamini s father died a year prior and Ben learns that the family owes their landlord 30 000 in back rent and that he has arrived on the day the restaurant is burned down in an insurance scam Ben promises the landlord Kathy that they ll deliver a full house as a down payment on the back rent Kamini s sister Manisha tries to convince their mother Sonali to let her try new recipes to bring in more customers and Ben lists the restaurant on Groupon to help promote the business and also contacts a local restaurateur as a possible angel investor Sonali approves of the Groupon idea but rejects Manisha s new recipes saying that they can t afford to take risks on such an important night prompting Manisha to quit in frustration After one of their employees falls asleep on the job and the other ducks out Sonali tries to do the work herself but ends up cutting herself and then passing out triggering Ben s memory of his own mother s death Ben is able to convince Sonali and Manisha to patch things up but the family returns to the restaurant to find that Kathy had burned it down Ben instead borrows a wedding reception venue from a local family while several of the Prasad family s relatives and friends come together to help with the dinner Sonali lets Manisha take charge and afterwards the family offers to help the Prasads find a new location Addison reveals that the new restaurant is a thriving success while Kathy goes to jail for insurance fraud In 2023 Ian is struggling with the revelation that they are the one who sent Ben leaping Frustrated and concerned that they put Ben in harm s way they start obsessing over figuring out why they did it until Magic orders Ian to take a day off to decompress Ian decides to visit their old partner Rachel who reassured them that they are a good person who always wants to help people Ian returns to the project with renewed focus 1414 S O S Chris GrismerDean GeorgarisCommander RossiMay 2 1989U S S Montana South China SeaMarch 6 2023 2023 03 06 2 19 18 Ben leaps into Commander Rossi aboard the U S S Montana whose crew includes XO Alexander Augustine Addison s father Commander Augustine had been disgraced after a nearby submarine the U S S Tampa sank leading to the death of its crew despite the Montana s close proximity Ben has to save the members of the Tampa but the Montana s captain initially declines thinking the SOS they had received was a ploy by the Chinese Ben proves the signal came from an American ship but after the Montana hits a Chinese mine the captain orders them to fire on the Chinese vessel trailing them the Han which would spark World War III Augustine is sent to his quarters when he objects By working with Augustine Ben convinces the crew to mutiny and prevent the Montana from firing on the Han instead getting the codes to remotely detonate the mines and clear a path to the Tampa Afterwards Ben is standing on the tail of the ship when he is confronted by another sailor Richard Martinez in the body of the communications sailor he d been working with though had never met 1515 Ben Song for the Defense Kristen WindellRomy LoorAleyda Ramirez1985Queens New YorkMarch 13 2023 2023 03 13 2 28 19 Ben leaps into public defender Aleyda Ramirez who must defend Camilo Diaz a teenager wrongfully accused of killing a gang recruiter while also juggling several other cases In the original timeline Diaz pleaded guilty to manslaughter but his brother joined the gang and died as a result Jenn joins Ben as she has prior legal experience although Ben does not initially recognize her Ben finds that the prosecutor has hidden a witness who would later be accused of two other murders but Aleyda s ADA girlfriend is fired when she asks the prosecutor about it The prosecutor offers Ben a plea deal that would get Camilo in jail for only five years allowing him to move from Queens with his family and prevent his brother s death which would also allow Ben to leap but Ben doesn t take it With the help of another client Ben finds the gun used in the shooting and makes the case for Camilo who is found not guilty whereas the prosecutor loses his job for involvement in multiple cover ups 1616 Ben Interrupted Jude WengAnnelise Kollevoll MedinaLiam O Connor1954Georges Island Boston MassachusettsMarch 20 2023 2023 03 20 1 92 20 Ben leaps to Georges Island Asylum as private detective Liam O Connor who was hired to rescue his client s sister Judith Sullivan who was held there for hysteria Janis Calavicci removes her ankle monitor so Magic will arrive warning him that Ben must sabotage the leap Posing as a patient Ben and Judith use a vent to crawl into the head doctor s office and find his files but they are caught Martinez leaps into one of the attendants helping Ben escape his room The two then team up to take on and knock out the head doctor before he can perform a lobotomy on Judith Judith climbs up a ladder and escapes with her sister allowing her to release the files and get the head doctor s license revoked but when Ben climbs up to escape he is suddenly stabbed in the neck by Martinez who then leaves Ben manages to climb up and make it to a nearby car and he is able to honk the horn and alert two nearby nurses to aid him Janis tells Magic that she has figured out who the traitor on the Quantum Leap team is Ziggy 1717 The Friendly Skies Linda MendozaAlex BergerLois MitchellAugust 5 1971Transglobal Airlines Flights 349 over the Atlantic OceanMarch 27 2023 2023 03 27 2 25 21 Ben leaps to Lois Mitchell a flight attendant flying from London to New York on a flight destined to crash In addition the team disables Ziggy following the previous episode s events although the imaging chamber is still active After finding the pilot and flight engineer dead from poison Ben realizes the flight was hijacked before it crashed Ben initially suspects an Irish flight attendant Holly with possible IRA connections but after a rich heir on board Corey notices the emergency equipment opened his caretaker Leslie reveals herself to be the hijacker Working with the co pilot and two mercenaries Leslie takes control of the plane Ben and Holly take out one hijacker while the second hijacker is attacked by a passenger who is non fatally shot Ben and Corey use a concoction to knock Leslie and the co pilot out but find that the fired bullet has damaged the hydraulics With the help of Ian Ben is able to successfully land the plane in Puerto Rico In his next leap Ben arrives in the destroyed Quantum Leap facility and it is snowing Greeted by an older Ian Ben realizes he is in the future experiencing a nuclear winter 1818 Judgment Day Chris GrismerMargarita Matthews2051 Los Angeles CaliforniaBen Song 2018 Los Angeles CaliforniaLiam O Connor 1954 Boston MassachusettsCommander Rossi May 2 1989 U S S MontanaDiego de la Cruz 1879 Salvation CaliforniaApril 3 2023 2023 04 03 2 16 22 Future Ian tells Ben that Martinez was sent to kill Addison and end Quantum Leap and they give Ben a code to give to past Ian In 2018 Ben leaps to his past self and goes on a date with Addison but ends it early and tells her the truth He goes to headquarters but Addison suspicious he is not the real Ben tries to apprehend him Jenn initiates lockdown but Martinez has already leapt into Magic Martinez convinces them that Ben is an impostor and he is put in a cell Ben convinces Jenn and Ian he is the real Ben by giving them Jenn s password while Addison realizes Magic is a fake after finding cigars Magic promised to deliver to Al Calavicci Ben and Martinez fight in the accelerator and Addison is shot before Ben and Martinez are thrown into their past leaps Martinez is about to shoot Ben but a friend of the leapee shoots him Ian realizes the code requires all three versions of them and uses it to transport Ben back to 2018 Martinez being lost to time After Ben and Addison kiss the 2023 team prepares for him to leap to the present day Season 2 2023 edit No overallNo inseasonTitle 3 23 Directed byWritten by 24 Leap details Name date amp location Original air date 3 23 U S viewers millions 191 This Took Too Long John TerleskyMartin GeroPerez1978RussiaOctober 4 2023 2023 10 04 2 90 25 Ben is dismayed to discover he is still leaping and has leaped into an Air Force cargo plane over Russia that is carrying a mysterious crate The plane is shot down by a Russian surface to air missile SAM and Ben and the crew discover their crate is empty and they were a decoy for another target Ben and the crew work together to reach a communication site to radio for help only to discover that it s actually the SAM site that shot them down and is now targeting three other American planes The crew use a stolen truck and trip mine to destroy the site and save the planes After working through the entire leap without support from PQL Ben finally receives contact from Ian who reveals that they have been searching for Ben for three years that the Project was shut down and everything has changed 202 Ben amp Teller Kristin WindellAadrita MukerjiLorena ChavesMay 9 1986Tucson ArizonaOctober 11 2023 2023 10 11 2 62 26 While Ian gathers the rest of the team Ben leaps into elderly bank teller Lorena Chaves on the day of a bank robbery with one robber Sean being the brother of Lorena s coworker Rebecca In the original timeline police stormed in and eight died in the shootout Ben acts as a liaison between the police and robbers convincing them to release two hostages The head robber has Ben put in the safe code but the imaging chamber shuts down while Ian recites it though Ben guesses the code The Quantum Leap team is arrested but Addison s boyfriend gets them released Ben learns in the new timeline the shootout hits a gas line causing an explosion but there s a meeting room with drywall leading to safety He convinces the robbers to leave them there before breaking through Before Ben and Rebecca leave the head robber discovers them and is about to kill Rebecca when Sean shoots him Rebecca takes the gun from Sean and although Sean takes the blame for the shooting it s ruled self defense and he is released after five years Jenn confronts Ian over how they really discovered Ben was alive and Ben realizes that something is different about Addison 213 Closure Encounters Chris GrismerRomy LoorRobert Cook1949Starlight New MexicoOctober 18 2023 2023 10 18 2 75 27 Ben leaps into Project Sign investigator Robert Cook who has been sent to investigate a crash that put a girl named Melanie Hunt in a coma and injured her friend Carrie Baker Sheriff Morgan s granddaughter Carrie claims she and Melanie ran through the woods after a UFO ran them off the road but police found Melanie still in the car Melanie s powerful father wants Carrie to be arrested The team deduces Hunt must have used a helicopter to cause the crash Ben and Morgan are followed by a helicopter near Hunt s ranch and a signal jammer kicks Addison out of the imaging chamber Ben exits the car and runs but is passed out waking up in a bed the next morning Ben realizes he and Melanie have the same marks on their necks and that she had been drugged as part of a cover up for seeing a ranch Hunt had leased to the military for testing Morgan prepares to skip town with Carrie Ben purposely gets abducted near the ranch where Morgan takes photos and Addison observes the base They confront a general and get him to remedy Carrie s charges and move the base from New Mexico to Area 51 224 The Lonely Hearts Club M J BassettKristy LowreySummer WalshApril 4 2000Los Angeles CaliforniaOctober 25 2023 2023 10 25 2 52 28 Magic introduces Addison s boyfriend Tom Westfall to the team Ben leaps into Summer Walsh the assistant of actor Neal Russell In the original timeline Neal died in a boating accident after missing a TV appearance After Neal goes missing Ben realizes he s at his ex wife Laura s wedding Addison says Ben has to get Neal to The Tonight Show to promote his memoir but Ben instead tries to get him and Laura back together Neal gets arrested while stealing his old tuxedo from a wax museum but Ben gets him freed Ian tells Jenn there s been a security breach tracking Ben s leaps The team realizes Neal s publicist is his daughter from an old marriage but Ben still wants to get Neal and Laura back together Neal gives Laura a flower but she tells him it s time to move on Neal tells Ben to drive him to the marina but Ben takes Neal to his daughter s house instead Neal and his daughter reconnect and telling his story to Jay Leno propels Neal back into the spotlight Tom suggests to Magic that it might not be possible for the leaper to come home 235 One Night in Koreatown Tamika MillerBenjamin Raab amp Deric A HughesDaniel ParkApril 29 1992Los Angeles CaliforniaNovember 1 2023 2023 11 01 3 00 29 Ben leaps into Daniel Park the son of Koreatown shoe store owner Jin on the day the LA riots start In the original timeline Jin was killed defending the store from looters Magic joins Ben instead of Addison Ben tries leaving with customer Luisa but finds her car has been destroyed so they return Daniel s brother Sonny informs Ben all the roads out of Koreatown have been cut off Beth confronts Magic over his drinking After Jin refuses to let Sonny s black business partner Dwain in they argue over Sonny s plans to start a shoe business Ben and Sonny find Dwain and Sonny leaves to gather supplies Magic confides in Jenn about his experiences in the Summer of 1967 Rioters steal much of the merchandise but Ben and the others survive The team learns Jin survives the new timeline but someone else dies Jin points his gun at Dwain after an argument When Sonny enters Jin shoots him mistaking him for a looter They take Sonny to an ambulance but police point guns at Dwain before Jin intervenes Sonny survives and builds a shoe empire with Dwain Magic agrees to get help for his alcoholism 246 Secret History Pamela RomanowskyDrew LindoTBANovember 15 2023 2023 11 15 TBDProduction editDevelopment edit In September 2021 Scott Bakula who played main character Sam Beckett in the series hinted that a reboot of the show was being considered with creator Donald P Bellisario returning in some capacity 30 A pilot episode was ordered by NBC the following January with plans for writers Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt to act as showrunners with executive producer Martin Gero and with original producer and writer Deborah Pratt 31 Helen Shaver was hired to direct the pilot episode and to serve as an executive producer as well 32 NBC ordered the revival with a full season pickup in May after viewing the test pilot 33 After it received a full season order Aadrita Mukerji and Dean Georgaris joined as additional executive producers and Gero took over as showrunner while Lilien and Wynbrandt stayed with the series as executive producers 34 35 A new pilot was directed by Thor Freudenthal and written by Lilien and Wynbrandt with the original pilot being scheduled to air later in the season 35 The decision not to launch the revival with the original premiere episode of the season was made in order to provide a better introduction in the series 36 and it was rescheduled as the sixth episode with some reshoots added for context 37 In September 2022 Bakula confirmed that he had been asked by producers to reprise his role as Sam Beckett in the revival but had ultimately decided to not be involved with the new series saying in a statement on Instagram As the show has always been near and dear to my heart it was a very difficult decision to pass on the project 38 After the first three episodes had aired NBC ordered six additional episodes for the first season bringing its total to 18 episodes 39 On December 12 2022 NBC renewed the series for a second season which was filmed prior to the start of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and the 2023 SAG AFTRA strike and premiered on October 4 2023 40 41 Initially consisting of 13 episodes with a possibility of more Season 2 went into production immediately after the first season wrapped with no break in between 42 Casting edit Raymond Lee was the first actor cast in the show taking the lead role as Dr Ben Song in March 2022 43 Shortly afterwards the cast was filled out with Ernie Hudson Nanrisa Lee Mason Alexander Park and Caitlin Bassett making her television debut 44 45 After being ordered to series Georgina Reilly joined the cast in a recurring role 46 Marketing and release editQuantum Leap premiered on September 19 2022 47 The show is available to stream on Peacock and NBC website and NBC app and On Demand on Comcast Xfinity Systems for free with ads The first season was released on DVD and Blu ray in the United States on June 13 2023 48 Reception editCritical response edit The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 55 approval rating with an average rating of 5 3 10 based on 22 critic reviews The website s critics consensus reads This more serialized reboot of Quantum Leap has enough heart to merit a look from viewers with the luxury of time but it often forgets to have fun with the episodic structure that made the original a classic 49 On Metacritic the series has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on eight critics indicating mixed or average reviews 50 Ratings edit Overall edit Viewership and ratings per season of Quantum Leap Season Timeslot ET Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewershiprank Avg viewers millions 18 49rank Avg 18 49ratingDate Viewers millions Date Viewers millions 1 Monday 10 00 p m 18 September 19 2022 2022 09 19 3 35 5 April 3 2023 2023 04 03 2 16 22 2022 23 TBD TBD TBD TBD2 Wednesday 8 00 p m 3 13 3 October 4 2023 2023 10 04 2 90 25 TBA TBD 2023 24 TBD TBD TBD TBDSeason 1 edit Viewership and ratings per episode of Quantum Leap No Title Air date Rating 18 49 Viewers millions DVR 18 49 DVR viewers millions Total 18 49 Total viewers millions 1 July 13 1985 September 19 2022 0 5 3 35 5 0 3 2 17 0 7 5 52 51 2 Atlantis September 26 2022 0 3 2 77 6 0 3 1 90 0 6 4 67 52 3 Somebody Up There Likes Ben October 3 2022 0 4 2 58 7 0 3 1 98 0 6 4 56 53 4 A Decent Proposal October 10 2022 0 4 2 46 8 0 3 1 72 0 7 4 18 54 5 Salvation or Bust October 17 2022 0 4 2 41 9 0 3 1 65 0 6 4 06 55 6 What a Disaster October 24 2022 0 3 2 22 10 0 2 1 54 0 6 3 76 56 7 O Ye Of Little Faith October 31 2022 0 3 2 33 11 0 2 1 48 0 5 3 81 57 8 Stand by Ben November 7 2022 0 4 2 65 12 0 2 1 56 0 6 4 21 58 9 Fellow Travelers January 2 2023 0 3 2 31 13 0 3 1 47 0 6 3 77 59 10 Paging Dr Song January 9 2023 0 3 1 75 14 0 3 1 66 0 5 3 42 60 11 Leap Die Repeat January 30 2023 0 3 2 10 15 TBD TBD TBD TBD12 Let Them Play February 6 2023 0 3 1 75 16 TBD TBD TBD TBD13 Family Style February 27 2023 0 4 2 02 17 TBD TBD TBD TBD14 S O S March 6 2023 0 3 2 19 18 TBD TBD TBD TBD15 Ben Song for the Defense March 13 2023 0 4 2 28 19 TBD TBD TBD TBD16 Ben Interrupted March 20 2023 0 3 1 92 20 TBD TBD TBD TBD17 The Friendly Skies March 27 2023 0 3 2 25 21 TBD TBD TBD TBD18 Judgment Day April 3 2023 0 3 2 16 22 TBD TBD TBD TBDSeason 2 edit Viewership and ratings per episode of Quantum Leap No Title Air date Rating 18 49 Viewers millions 1 This Took Too Long October 4 2023 0 3 2 90 25 2 Ben amp Teller October 11 2023 0 3 2 62 26 3 Closure Encounters October 18 2023 0 3 2 75 27 4 The Lonely Hearts Club October 25 2023 0 3 2 52 28 5 One Night in Koreatown November 1 2023 0 3 3 00 29 Accolades editAward Date s of ceremony Category Recipient s Result Ref 3rd Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards January 6 2024 61 Best Broadcast Network Series Drama Quantum Leap Pending 62 Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series Drama Shakina Nayfack for Let Them Play PendingBest Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series Drama Raymond Lee PendingExplanatory notes edit In the Citytv airing of the episode Martin Gero also received writing credit 4 References edit Goldberg Lesley May 5 2022 Quantum Leap Sequel Scores Series Pickup at NBC The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved August 13 2023 Superman Actor Brandon Routh Joins NBC s Quantum Leap February 14 2023 a b c d e Shows A Z Quantum Leap on NBC The Futon Critic Retrieved November 1 2023 Quantum Leap Season 1 Citytv Retrieved October 8 2022 a b c Salem Mitch September 20 2022 ShowBuzzDaily s Monday 9 19 2022 Top 150 Cable Originals amp Network Finals Updated Showbuzz Daily Retrieved September 20 2022 a b Metcalf Mitch September 27 2022 ShowBuzzDaily s Monday 9 26 2022 Top 150 Cable Originals amp Network Finals Updated Showbuzz Daily Retrieved September 27 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