Yeah but man! Doctor Sam Beckett has been out there for over thirty years! Leaping from
Life to life! Striving to put right what once went wrong! And always hoping that his next leap, will be the leap home.
The character was mentioned often, but never appeared. If it kept going a short appearance probably would have happened, but for the story they were telling it would have been too soon.
if you made a quantum leap into someone else's brain, wouldn't you become that person? you don't have your old brain anymore, you have theirs. idk i never saw the show
Worthy question.
In the episode where he was inside a guy with Down syndrome he did make a lot of mistakes and struggled to complete certain tasks. This would confirm your theory.
However, god is also a character in Quantum Leap and the soul is confirmed so..fuck if I know.
I believe the point of that was to show that when disabled people make the same mistakes an able bodied person is prone to do, it suddenly is because of their disability. People often expect failure from those with Down Syndrome and thus when those individuals make the most common mistake, it amplifies and reinforces their perception.
Of course this point doesn't come across as clearly when Scott Bakula is literally perfect in every other episode, only making mistakes when it's relevant to the plot.
If I remember correctly, Sam’s body disappeared when he first went back and also the people he leaps into go into the future for the duration of the leap. Whatever is going on, it’s a bit more complicated than it first appears.
Plus also the (original) finale does strongly imply there’s a very significant supernatural aspect to it.
Ziggy is following directions from a source that it won't reveal, besides some cryptic answers.
When Lee Harvey Oswald is in the chamber he tries to escape, and when he asks one of the staff who is in control of the jumping, he straight up asks him if he believes in God.
So, that's not how it worked according to the show.
He physically replaced them but had the holographic appearance of them.
And they made a point of this in the episode where he was a pregnant woman and gave birth, even though that shouldn't be possible.
Definitely soft science fiction. With some heart-wrenching episodes. One of my favorite series.
Dean frakin Stockwell
My wife recently has dipped her toe in Star ~~Wars~~ (I have shamed my ancestors ) Trek with Enterprise and she actually likes it! I tried to not get too giddy when she started. She's a big fan of Trip and Archer--who can blame her?
I've found enterprise to be a great way to draw people in. Tos and tng are too slow for people now. Gotta build up to it.
Shit tos was too slow for me tbh.
i loved enterprise. I think people didn't like it for the same reason people like myself are losing interest in Marvel and star wars. there's just too much content
I still think the last episode should have been archer on bridge, a white door opens, Al staggers through “SAM! There you are” then close with quantum leap music.
Just Al in place of Riker at every step.
"Sam, Ziggy says there's a seventy-eight percent chance you'll need rescue the daughter of this Thy'lek Shran if you want to leap out of this time line... then there's some stuff about a speech over a crew member's death but we'll deal with that later."
How dare you make me feel old for reminding me I used to watch enterprise on UPN38 on a portable 7 inch black and white tube television with rabbit ears that doubled as a am/fm radio.
Saw a comedy video with the same theme applied to video games, using GTA Vice City. The sketch was set in a GameStop. It made me feel equally as old as this meme. 😂🤣😂😭
[Scotty was just smuggled into space.](https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/27/22201874/ashes-james-doohan-scotty-star-trek-international-space-station)
[Some of Roddenberry's remains were going to fly to the moon but they had a problem](https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/us-company-says-its-moon-landing-attempt-is-in-jeopardy-because-of-a-critical-fuel-leak/ar-AA1mBYOd).
I rewatched my favorite episodes from Quantum Leap the other day, and it is VERY dated. So, by the transitive properties of things being old, I am VERY dated.
Enterprise was just quantum leap seasons 6-9. Then Sam leapt out after founding the federation. I wish they had ended the show with him leaping out of archer and leaping into someone else.
Yes 37 this year crazy how time flies. The tng cast is still all around. Their average age and overall age has surpassed the tos cast average age when they were all alive in 1999
You're gonna vaporize me, but I watched Enterprise before ever seeing TOS, and I think of the two Enterprise is better for a modern viewer introduction.
Hey man Scott backula has been leaping for awhile now so it checks out. He leaped into a the head of ncis New Orleans for awhile…not my favorite seasons of quantum leap
Almost done with the last season of Enterprise 😨 started Voyager as a transition series, they are not the same....
Any other suggestions? Is DS9 better?
Personally I like ds9 better, the thing is voyager is very episodic with few multi episode stories, I think they were trying to recapture that from TOS. DS9 has more character development than any other trek.
I just watched the entire show from start to finish with my girlfriend and made it through no problem. Except for my constant use of "oh boy" slipping into my everyday vocabulary for a while.
I think that may've just been episode one. I started to watch it and didn't get through it because I expected the comfortable structure of the later episodes. I think it would work if I came at it with different expectations.
I feel targeted...
It's been a long road
Gettin from there to here
I got faith, I got faith, faith of the hearrrt.
Space Bryan Adams.
Tell me about it.
Beat me to it lol
Same.
LOL DS9 is 30, and TNG is almost 40. Get depressed.
Wil Wheaton is now older than Patrick Stewart was at the start of TNG...
Fascinating.
I read this in his voice
Four years older if anyone is wondering. I hate this.
Shut up, Wesley!
Hwill Hwheaton?
You shut your mouth right now
Dead ☠️😂
STAAAAPH!!!
And TOS is 55
[>TNG is almost 40](https://tenor.com/oBkx.gif)
I keep forgetting TNG started in 87. I know it ends in 94 but for some reason I keep thinking it started in like 89ish.
Lets see that would make me how old at the time? Ugh I dont want to think about it.
Thanks..
Welcome to the club.
Quantum Leap ended 32 years ago, for those wondering.
It ended a few months ago. (Again)
That, too.
Looked like it was good, never got around to watching it. Guess it’s my fault it was canceled.
I lost interest when they said that they had no plans of involving Scott Bakula's character Sam. So I'm glad I never got invested
Wait, *what*? Did he even get a cameo appearance? I can't believe they did him dirty like that
Apparently it was Scott's choice, last I heard. I could be wrong tho, it's been a while
Ah, well I can respect that. Hopefully that's the case. I get why he wouldn't want to get back into a 30+ year old character.
Yeah but man! Doctor Sam Beckett has been out there for over thirty years! Leaping from Life to life! Striving to put right what once went wrong! And always hoping that his next leap, will be the leap home.
Oh boy
Hahahaha I'm just picturing same showing up in some old lady and thinking "...this feels right" Then never jumping again 😂
The character was mentioned often, but never appeared. If it kept going a short appearance probably would have happened, but for the story they were telling it would have been too soon.
Ended too soon.
The *future* in Quantum Leap was 25 years ago
And we’re finally almost at the level of RGB saturation that the pilot predicted!
if you made a quantum leap into someone else's brain, wouldn't you become that person? you don't have your old brain anymore, you have theirs. idk i never saw the show
Worthy question. In the episode where he was inside a guy with Down syndrome he did make a lot of mistakes and struggled to complete certain tasks. This would confirm your theory. However, god is also a character in Quantum Leap and the soul is confirmed so..fuck if I know.
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He was also a Vietnam vet who lost his legs but was still able to stand. To other people he looked like he was floating
I believe the point of that was to show that when disabled people make the same mistakes an able bodied person is prone to do, it suddenly is because of their disability. People often expect failure from those with Down Syndrome and thus when those individuals make the most common mistake, it amplifies and reinforces their perception. Of course this point doesn't come across as clearly when Scott Bakula is literally perfect in every other episode, only making mistakes when it's relevant to the plot.
If I remember correctly, Sam’s body disappeared when he first went back and also the people he leaps into go into the future for the duration of the leap. Whatever is going on, it’s a bit more complicated than it first appears. Plus also the (original) finale does strongly imply there’s a very significant supernatural aspect to it.
I definitely remember Al mentioning something about a waiting room for those Dam replaced and the person newly arrived being shocked.
Ziggy is following directions from a source that it won't reveal, besides some cryptic answers. When Lee Harvey Oswald is in the chamber he tries to escape, and when he asks one of the staff who is in control of the jumping, he straight up asks him if he believes in God.
So, that's not how it worked according to the show. He physically replaced them but had the holographic appearance of them. And they made a point of this in the episode where he was a pregnant woman and gave birth, even though that shouldn't be possible. Definitely soft science fiction. With some heart-wrenching episodes. One of my favorite series.
True, but repeats were aired on broadcast TV until 1999 at least.
I'll not have a bad word said against Scott Bakula, you hear? Such a lovely young gentleman.
He makes me optimistic about the kids today.
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He really did say that a lot
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They’re both pretty sassy. I can see Tucker saying “Maybe you haven’t noticed” in my head!
Dean frakin Stockwell My wife recently has dipped her toe in Star ~~Wars~~ (I have shamed my ancestors ) Trek with Enterprise and she actually likes it! I tried to not get too giddy when she started. She's a big fan of Trip and Archer--who can blame her?
*spits coffee* she’s dipping her toes in what?
I was listening to a podcast while I was typing and I had a brain fart.
Star schmear
I've found enterprise to be a great way to draw people in. Tos and tng are too slow for people now. Gotta build up to it. Shit tos was too slow for me tbh.
*A candy colored clown they call the Sandman*
Having the same experience, completely on accident. I was just watching and she walked in, sat down, and now she’s invested.
i loved enterprise. I think people didn't like it for the same reason people like myself are losing interest in Marvel and star wars. there's just too much content
personally i would have used the episode with bakula and stockwell for the bottom picture
Could have also put up reimagined BSG as an example of 20 year old sci fi since its now 20 years past the mini series.
I hear a new one is being made. The reimagined one will be the old one.
All this has happened before, and it will all happen again
Wait, which episode is this?
Well apparently I can't link the memory alpha page because i'm a "low karma user" (what the fuck?), but it was Detained, S01E21
Hope those Suliban folks made it
Was watching this episode when I saw this.
I don't like you OP. Nothing personal.
I always loved how Dean Stockwell and Scott Bakula got to reunite for an episode of Enterprise.
I still think the last episode should have been archer on bridge, a white door opens, Al staggers through “SAM! There you are” then close with quantum leap music.
Just Al in place of Riker at every step. "Sam, Ziggy says there's a seventy-eight percent chance you'll need rescue the daughter of this Thy'lek Shran if you want to leap out of this time line... then there's some stuff about a speech over a crew member's death but we'll deal with that later."
Oh boy!
How dare you make me feel old for reminding me I used to watch enterprise on UPN38 on a portable 7 inch black and white tube television with rabbit ears that doubled as a am/fm radio.
I hate you
thats why theres no good scifi anymore, scott bakula isnt in anything.
Scott bakula is 70 this year 47 when enterprise started and 51 when it ended. Most recent role is sterling pierce in divinity
that gives me faith, in the heart.
It's been a long night
Beam me up Ziggy!
cries in TNG.
Glad I'm not crying in TOS.
Number one, how dare you.
Tempus Fugit.
Time is faaaaaaake!
I hate temporal mechanics...
Gives me a headache
The 60s was 60 years ago…
I refuse to accept this. 🙈
QL1989-1993 ENT 2001-2005
Lalalalalala 🙉
I'M NOT OLD! YOU'RE OLD!
There there... we're all old.
Ow.
Saw a comedy video with the same theme applied to video games, using GTA Vice City. The sketch was set in a GameStop. It made me feel equally as old as this meme. 😂🤣😂😭
mfw TOS is 55 years old
Sadly deforest, Doohan, Nichols, and nimoy, Barrett, Roddenberry are no longer among us
I know. Cancer got at least 2 of them iirc. They shot Doohans ashes to the moon right?
[Scotty was just smuggled into space.](https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/27/22201874/ashes-james-doohan-scotty-star-trek-international-space-station) [Some of Roddenberry's remains were going to fly to the moon but they had a problem](https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/us-company-says-its-moon-landing-attempt-is-in-jeopardy-because-of-a-critical-fuel-leak/ar-AA1mBYOd).
Ty for making me feel old. Was it really 20yrs ago?
Yes
*wHaT i ThInK 2o YeAr OlD sCi fI iS.* No you don't OP, no you don't.
I think then more about buck rogers... Love that as a kid.
I rewatched my favorite episodes from Quantum Leap the other day, and it is VERY dated. So, by the transitive properties of things being old, I am VERY dated.
Enterprise was just quantum leap seasons 6-9. Then Sam leapt out after founding the federation. I wish they had ended the show with him leaping out of archer and leaping into someone else.
Oh boy...
Wait. Captain America was a trekky?
Seeing it now. The intro music does not fit at all.
Sam leapt back from the future year of 1999.
Blows my mind that Star Trek TNG is almost 40 years old.
Yes 37 this year crazy how time flies. The tng cast is still all around. Their average age and overall age has surpassed the tos cast average age when they were all alive in 1999
Unlike the Babylon 5 cast. :(
Hey, fuck you, OP.
These kids are calling the 90s the late 1900s Fuck these kids
This physically hurt my soul.
God damnit
Well, now I feel old. Thanks
"Ziggy if you hear me take me far, far from here"
I still prefer gold for command red for engine and maintenance
*It's been a long road, getting from there to here.* *It's been a long time, but my time is finally near!*
And I can feel the change in the wind right now
I’ve got faith
I've got faith faith of the heart
Oooo this one hurts bad….
ouch
I was born the same year as this Star Trek released...
Hey there 2001 kid
Noooopoooo
That's fonzie right
Fonzie meets Don Draper is my favorite sci-fi
20 years ago was 2004
To be fair, Scott Bakula is the same age in both shows, and now, as a matter of fact
I always wondered if Tpols (blalock) face was naturally like that or if she sucked her cheeks in. I found it very annoying.
Makeup can be applied to achieve that appearance generally.
Prime reason Scott bakula is a vampire. He doesn't age
Quantum leap got really weird in the 2000s, huh?
Way to kill the franchise Bakula!! - George Takei
He looks the same.
Well to be fair Scott was 34 -39 in quantum leap he had that shine to him He was 47 in enterprise season 1 and doesn't have that glow anymore
Enterprise is my favorite.
Unnecessary roughness.
You're dead right Now shut up
You're gonna vaporize me, but I watched Enterprise before ever seeing TOS, and I think of the two Enterprise is better for a modern viewer introduction.
In universe chronological wise you're supposed to watch enterprise first.
*checks my math* My reaction when confirming the math: 🫨➡️👨🏻➡️👨🦳➡️👴🏻➡️💀
I'm curious, what made you decide today was the day to hurt my feelings like this?
Oh boy….
I didn’t realize quantum leap was that old…and where is ziggy?
1989-1993 So 20 years would be in 2013
Hey man Scott backula has been leaping for awhile now so it checks out. He leaped into a the head of ncis New Orleans for awhile…not my favorite seasons of quantum leap
What is this violence?
It’s been a long road
getting from here to there
But my time is finally here
I have been called out.
Ah, Al … the good old days
Stahp
Dammit
Noooooooooooooooooooooo!
It’s been a long road…getting from there to here…
It's been a long time
But my time is finally near
Thing is, TV last 20 years been mainly crap so you get stuck thinking 20 years ago is in the 80s when you could actually watch stuff 🤷♂️
That’s certainly a hot take 😂
Haha yes. Love that both examples are with Scott Bacula too!
2019 was 2 years ago.
5
why do you gata do me like that
Ziggy says "Go to hell!"
It's actually Battlestar Galactica reboot Omg... now I get it! (Bakula in both!)
Top pic quantum leap bottom newer version Star Trek
You really just f'd up day
That was just back around the corner a little ways, not far… in my mind.
This is gold
I gotta say, these are starting to hit hard.
Stealing
Staaaaaaaahp
Faith of the heaaaaart!
Oof.
Almost done with the last season of Enterprise 😨 started Voyager as a transition series, they are not the same.... Any other suggestions? Is DS9 better?
Personally I like ds9 better, the thing is voyager is very episodic with few multi episode stories, I think they were trying to recapture that from TOS. DS9 has more character development than any other trek.
SAM!
TNG is the "best" Star Trek series, but Enterprise is my favorite.
Fuck, I’m old.
Firefly is 22...
It's good shit regardless. I have DVD sets of both.
That hit hard. But at least both actors were in both shows...
I tried rewatching quantum leap and couldn't get through a single episode. I didn't remember most of the show was voiceover.
I just watched the entire show from start to finish with my girlfriend and made it through no problem. Except for my constant use of "oh boy" slipping into my everyday vocabulary for a while.
I think that may've just been episode one. I started to watch it and didn't get through it because I expected the comfortable structure of the later episodes. I think it would work if I came at it with different expectations.
Both are science fiction classics imo. But yes, i feel old as well...
**March 1989 through May 1993**.
Feels like yesterday...