No mention of the waiting room yet I read elsewhere that Ernie Hudson’s character was in the original series (played by a different actor) and served with Al in Vietnam. One can guess that character was intended to be Al in the reboot pilot script, but then Stockwell passed away.
I have no prior knowledge of where the story is going, but I’d like to see it unfold that Sam is secretly leaping into the various regular characters throughout the season (that he is a character in the reboot but is unseen) helping them along without their knowledge. Maybe even have him leap into the lead character so he can pop out of the waiting room temporarily to be with (and remember) the woman he’s engaged to marry. Can you leap into a body that someone else has already leapt into? It would also be nice if Sam’s wife appeared in the series at some point, too. In the original series finale, which was admittedly a jumbled wreck, it was sort of established that others were also leaping (Sam watched one of them leap towards the end). Maybe there are rival Quantum Leap projects? Anyone recall the series “Timeless” from a few years ago? It also dealt with traveling in time to right wrongs, but it also included those changes affecting the show’s “present day” timeline. Wonder if the new Quantum Leap will explore the butterfly effect of leaping. The only time I recall the original series discussing it in any depth was when Sam inadvertently saved Jackie O’s life when JFK was assassinated. On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 1:38 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe I get distracted by the little things, but...did it bother anyone > else that the Waiting Room never got mentioned? In the original series, > one of the reasons Al didn't show up until the middle of Act 1 was because > he was usually questioning the time-swapee in the Waiting Room, and I don't > feel like it was EVER mentioned in the pilot, despite the larger presence > of the project team. Also, why doesn't Ziggy talk anymore? > > I will say that I'm glad the production design recognized that the vision > of "THE FUTURE" from the original series wasn't practical to replicate. > Waaaaaay too much neon. > On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 4:01:10 PM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > >> Since I expected it to be horrible I came away mildly impressed that it >> was less bad than it could have been. I think the two leads are strong and >> promising. >> >> It does have that performative ultra diverse stance that made ST: >> Discovery so tiresome, but I would not blame that for the substantial >> talent drop off after the two Leads. Most network shows that are all white >> cast mediocre and forgettable actors after all. It does feel like they are >> missing a fierce Latinx character, a guy in a wheel chair, and either a >> super smart male nerd or super smart hot babe from the Sub Continent to >> fill out their Diversity Bingo card. Yawn…but then, every generation has >> its self indulgences. Millennials like to think they roam in well >> represented diversity packs, even though the truth is most 30 years spend >> most of their time with people from their own ethnic group. >> >> I will watch a few more episodes, if only out of respect for the pleasant >> memories of hours I spent canoodling with my then new wife while watching >> the original. But even more than the self congratulatory diversity >> enactments, I am dreading what appears to be the now irresistible >> overarching conspiracy plot line… >> >> >> >> On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 at 7:53 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The CGI is distracting… there are too many sets and effects that aren’t >>> practical. It’s a decent first story, but the cast seems to have been >>> chosen more for diversity than for talent. That said, Raymond Lee has the >>> potential to be a good lead. It is not as bad as it could have been, but it >>> is also not as good as it could have been. >>> >>> Streaming on the Peacock >>> -- >>> Kevin M. 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