Quantum Leap: The Complete Fifth Season, part three


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I'm not sure I can express how I'm feeling right now. Quantum Leap really appealed to me as a kid, but as I write this I'm finding myself actually getting a little upset at times. That's because the fifth season has these little flashes of brilliance -- even the worst episode has the remarkable chemistry of Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell -- but as the episodes progress, the central concept falls flat. The idea of a man fixing the lives of ordinary people gets washed away by a listless parade of vague pseudo-celebrities, a fascination with its own mythology and a highly promoted new antagonist who has yet to really antagonize anyone. And it's a damn shame.

The above is from: http://www.earth-2.net/reviews/m/quantum-leap-05-03

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Good Stuff: Um...

That had me in tears!

And yes, the he "never returned home" ending sucks! When I saw that as a kid, I was so pissed. Normally I love depressing endings, but Sam (and the show) deserved so much better. Though it may have tackled some heavy issues, Quantum Leap was generally a fun, lighthearted television show. So leaving us with that felt wrong.

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Great finale. Not the show, your review.

Sam Becket never returned home. Wow that ending was such a let down, I mean how hard was it just to have a white room with Bakula and a voice over saying to him "Hello Sam. Welcome home." And Sam smiles.

Until about two years ago, I always thought that the ending of the show was this: Sam leaps into a man in a mental institute, all Sam has to do is prove the man is sane. Unfortunately Sam starts to become the other people he has been and cannot keep sane. That was how the first half went and the second half had Al as the leaper and Sam as the person helping him out.

I always thought this was the end, but when I saw the real ending on tv, I'm going to be honest. What it felt like they were doing was taking my childhood love of quantum leap, taking it to the back of the barn, raping it, handing it back to me and asking if I would like a complimentary copy of Reaper season 1!

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Until about two years ago, I always thought that the ending of the show was this: Sam leaps into a man in a mental institute, all Sam has to do is prove the man is sane. Unfortunately Sam starts to become the other people he has been and cannot keep sane. That was how the first half went and the second half had Al as the leaper and Sam as the person helping him out.

Wow, you were two seasons off. That's how the third season finished.

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Until about two years ago, I always thought that the ending of the show was this: Sam leaps into a man in a mental institute, all Sam has to do is prove the man is sane. Unfortunately Sam starts to become the other people he has been and cannot keep sane. That was how the first half went and the second half had Al as the leaper and Sam as the person helping him out.

Wow, you were two seasons off. That's how the third season finished.

Wait so they had the perfect ending. Normally I would say that you shouldn't have used the same ending twice, but even that would have been a lot better than "Sam Becket never returned home"

Yay, when I find the show on DVD I'm buying season 3 first!

Also thanks to Boston Dan I will probably just skip season five and find the few good episodes online, or somewhere.

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Seriously. All they had to do was have him go back to fix Al's marriage, and then when he leaped out of that, he appears in the Waiting Room. Al's there with his wife. Yay, Sam's back. Everyone's happy and there's cake.

That would have taken, at most, an afternoon to shoot.

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Seriously. All they had to do was have him go back to fix Al's marriage, and then when he leaped out of that, he appears in the Waiting Room. Al's there with his wife. Yay, Sam's back. Everyone's happy and there's cake.

That would have taken, at most, an afternoon to shoot.

Well they would have to pick up a cake and the writers and director would have to discuss what kind of cake they would have, what colour the waiting room will be......

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