Leap into another thrilling season of the extraordinary Emmy Award-winning time-travel series Quantum Leap. Reunite with Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) a scientist who never knows whose body he is going to ""leap"" into next - when were and what moment in time are also factors that are unknown! Who will he be next? An undercover cop? A blind pianist? A harassed secretary? It's up to Sam to change the history of each person for the better and hopefully complete the
Back in 1989 Quantum Leap brought a new dimension of adventure and excitement to TV on a Tuesday night when the handsome, athletic and cerebrally-gifted Dr Sam Beckett, brought to life by the versatile acting skills of Scott Bakula lit up our TV screens.
Beckett is the quantum physicist that believes that he can time travel and with the help of his long time best friend Admiral Al Calavicci, played so perfectly by the cigar chomping Dean Stockwell.
Dr Beckett stepped into the quantum accelerator... and vanished. He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. The very words of the voiceover from the titles of the show brings a shiver to the spine.
Even before the advent of literally hundreds of TV channels when the programmes that featured on our four terrestrial stations actually had to be quality entertainment, Quantum Leap still stood out as one of the finest and today it has lost none of its appeal. It was perhaps so compelling to watch because it had a very definite sense of right and wrong.
The first season set the scene for the show over nine cleverly written and well directed episodes, that saw Sam leaping into a variety of different characters such as a mafia hit-man, a boxer, a cowboy and a private detective, not to mention an air force test pilot - and of course he has no idea how to fly.
But it was in the second season that the show really began to explore the potential of the premise that series creator Donald P. Bellisario had envisioned. Sam has to battle with small town prejudice when he leaps into the body of a sailor returning home from war with a new Japanese wife and to deal with sexual harassment when he leaps into a woman for the first time. In other episodes he has to fight to save a mentally handicapped man from ending up in an institution when he leaps into Jimmy LaMotta and to fight to save the life of an innocent African American woman accused of murder when he leaps into a lawyer.
Quantum Leap took important issues from the 50s, 60s and 70s that were still very relevant in the late 80s and 90s, and indeed now, and examined them through the plot device of Sam actually experiencing what was happening. It was an inspired idea for a TV show and it was delivered with genuine passion and commitment by the principle actors as well as the supporting cast that of course changed every episode. It"s also worthy of note that at several times throughout the series Dean Stockwell"s character makes references to global environmental issues such as dumping waste at sea and the importance of recycling. This was well before its time and a credit to the show"s producers and writers.
In the series Sam has to put right what once went wrong to be able to leap out of the life that he inhabits, but its always important for Sam to make sure that he changes the person"s life in the long term and not just as a means to the end of leaping, as he hopes each time that his next leap will be the leap home. He never changes major historic events but the lives that he does change for the better subsequently touch other lives and this is one of the most poignant elements of the series.
It was the season finale of course, when Sam had an opportunity to save the marriage of Al, with his first wife Beth, from ending in divorce that brought tears to audiences" eyes. Al, who had been involved in the Vietnam war, had been captured and held hostage for eight years, over which time his wife had moved on, thinking that he was dead. Sam has the chance to change all that but it that what he is really there for?
Take your very own trip back in time and enjoy the time-traveling adventures of Sam Beckett.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to playAll 22 episodes from the second season of the award-winning time-travel series Scientist Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) gets trapped inside his own &39;Quantum Leap&39; experiment and leaps into the bodies of people whose problems only he can solve Joined by the hologram projection of his wise-cracking adviser Al (Dean Stockwell) Sam has to help each person he leaps into before he can leave all the while hoping that the next leap will get him home In this series Sam has to fight small-town prejudice as a 1950s sailor bringing his Japanese bride home help a mentally handicapped young man find a job and avoid getting sent back to an institution and help defend a young black girl in court in the prejudiced Deep South He also learns that Al was a prisoner of the Viet Cong for years when he has the opportunity to convince Al&39;s wife that her MIA husband is still alive Episodes are &39;Honeymoon Express&39; &39;Disco Inferno&39; &39;The Americanization of Machiko&39; &39;What Price Gloria?&39; &39;Blind Faith&39; &39;Good Morning Peoria&39; &39;Thou Shalt Not&39; &39;Jimmy&39; &39;So Help Me God&39; &39;Catch a Falling Star&39; &39;A Portrait For Troian&39; &39;Animal Frat&39; &39;Another Mother&39; &39;All Americans&39; &39;Her Charm&39; &39;Freedom&39; Good Night Dear Heart&39; &39;Pool Hall Blues&39; &39;Leaping in Without a Net&39; &39;Maybe Baby&39; &39;Sea Bride&39; and &39;MIA&39;
All 22 episodes from the second season of the award-winning time-travel series. Scientist Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) gets trapped inside his own 'Quantum Leap' experiment, and leaps into the bodies of people whose problems only he can solve. Joined by the hologram projection of his wise-cracking adviser Al (Dean Stockwell), Sam has to help each person he leaps into before he can leave, all the while hoping that the next leap will get him home. In this series, Sam has to fight small-town prejudice as a 1950s sailor bringing his Japanese bride home, help a mentally handicapped young man find a job and avoid getting sent back to an institution, and help defend a young black girl in court in the prejudiced Deep South. He also learns that Al was a prisoner of the Viet Cong for years when he has the opportunity to convince Al's wife that her MIA husband is still alive. Episodes are: 'Honeymoon Express', 'Disco Inferno', 'The Americanization of Machiko', 'What Price Gloria?', 'Blind Faith', 'Good Morning, Peoria', 'Thou Shalt Not', 'Jimmy', 'So Help Me God', 'Catch a Falling Star', 'A Portrait For Troian', 'Animal Frat', 'Another Mother', 'All Americans', 'Her Charm', 'Freedom', Good Night Dear Heart', 'Pool Hall Blues', 'Leaping in Without a Net', 'Maybe Baby', 'Sea Bride' and 'MIA'.
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