mike48128
An anthology series, suggested by the 2 "Heaven Can Wait-Mr. Jordan"" movies and (I believe) an obscure circa 1950's paperback novel titled "Timeliner". In that novel, there is also a scientific accident that traps a man into always going forward into someone else's body. However, in that book, he takes the life of that person and then moves on when finished. An unintentional mental-physical vampire. He also finds that it is a known phenomena and others exist as well. This TV version is far more benign. He rights wrongs and fixes history, much like the hero in the TV series "Early Edition". The "temporarily" misplaced person waits in a holding area, and returns to their own body after Sam Becket leaps back out. In one of my favorite leaps, he saves an elderly man from falling from a 2nd story window. Also, in the same episode., he meets a teen-aged "Stephen King" and unwittingly serves as the inspiration for several of King's later classic novels. All this while confronting The Devil and witchcraft in a hallucination or daydream. The leaps in later seasons include Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, a real vampire, ghosts, witches, clairvoyants, a real UFO "passenger" , and a visit from his guardian angel in "It's a Wonderful Leap". The last episode "Mirror Image" is also explained in the IMDb article. In another noteworthy episode, he "leaps" into Lee Harvey Oswald to prevent Jacqueline's murder. Generally fun-to-watch and intriguing. I enjoy it on cable, as 97 episodes are just too many to own or view!. (In 2017, the creator stated that he had written a sequel which could be produced in the future, of course!)
davictorschwarz
This show satisfies awe, wonder, faith, love, and even a little bit of science. As it is a science fiction, I still feel it is more of a religious show. I like it. We cannot change the past, but we should learn to change the future with our present. For all of this, it is difficult, and we cannot do it alone, unless being a self reliant loner sounds like a good way to spend your entire life. This show helps to enlighten you in ways you can really do just that. However, there is a huge flaw in the science side of the show, in that if time travel were possible, and if SAM really did accomplish these things, then the chain reaction caused by it would have most likely made it so that I wouldn't be here now to make this review. However, maybe I am here in place of another person who would have been here in my place, because of what SAM did. So, to save the other me (who isn't me), maybe man should never have traveled through time, and I should just admit that in light of that, I don't deserve to be here. However, because the show includes God, we can also assume that everything will get taken care of with a little faith.
A_Different_Drummer
In 1966 a fairly original series popped out of nowhere about two guys who accidentally got caught in a government experiment that was inventing a portal (or bridge, or Stargate) that could transverse time - THE TIME TUNNEL. (A half-century later, shows featuring "ancient astronaut theorists" would opine that the show was based on an actual government project -- but forgive me, I digress). Time Tunnel was, to be fair, not too shabby. About a quarter century later along comes Quantum Leap, which is remarkably similar in concept, save and except for the fact that the traveller literally becomes a person of that period, as opposed to being himself. A lot of fuss has been made about the superb casting, but in the opinion of this viewer, Bacula nailed the part (and was duly awarded by his peers therefor) while Dean Stockwell was just plain flat-out annoying. The quality of the episodes was uneven, but the concept was very strong, and Bacula was always solid, so even the bad ones were good, and the good ones were great. What happened next is unclear. Either the ratings tanked or the network suits did a job rotation. One day the show was on the air, and one day it was not. There were lots of high hopes for Bacula to return to something big, but that never really happened, which is a shame. (Bacula did lead the prehistoric STAR SHIP ENTERPRISE in the last -- and astonishingly awful -- attempt to re-imagine the TV franchise, but was sandbagged by some of the worst writing in the history of TV, yet alone the space saga. If memory serves, there was actually an episode in that short-run series about how a male member of the crew became pregnant from contact with another species?? Lesson to be learnt: network TV did not die, it imploded from an imbalanced sense of self-worth.)
Armand
in childhood, the idea of time travel was one of my favorite.after years, this series becomes answer to this passion. not only for its story - really great. or for the adventures of a traveler in time.but for the seductive acting. surgery on time body, smart game with events, fascinating for each metamorphose of lead character, nice for the performance of Dean Stockwell, it remains one of touching memories from " 90's. its virtue - the mixture between S. F. and fairy - tale. the admirable script. and the possibility to identified you with fragile quantum leap. slices of human avatars and policier, it remains a beautiful series. and interesting travel in imagination rooms.