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Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

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19898.05 Seasons96 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke 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. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

Created by Donald P. Bellisario
Produced by Deborah Pratt, Michael Zinberg, David Bellisario
NetworksNBC

Top Cast

Scott Bakula

Scott Bakula

Sam Beckett

Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Al Calavicci

Themes & Keywords

hologramtime travelalternate timelinechanging the past or futurechanging history

About Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap is a sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure, drama series that first aired in 1989 exploring themes of hologram, time travel, alternate timeline, changing the past or future, changing history. Created by Donald P. Bellisario, it stars Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell. Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke 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. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

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