Today, I explain why I think the returning cameo on Quantum Leap should have another layer to it.
This is “All I Really Wanna Do,” a feature where I offer my personal take on what a TV show/movie/etc. should do with a notable (sometimes difficult) decision.
SPOILERS FOR THE FINALE OF QUANTUM LEAP SEASON 1
The finale of Quantum Leap saw Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) and Richard Martinez (Walter Perez) revisiting their past leaps as they fight each other to the death. It seemed like Martinez had the drop on Ben and was about to murder him when he was killed by Frankie (Yaani King Mondschein) from “Salvation or Bust,” who obviously just saw Martinez and Ben as the people that they leaped into, which, in Ben’s case, was an old man. So she saw a guy beating the heck out of an old man (a friend of hers, to boot) and shot him and killed him.
It made a decent amount of sense, but wouldn’t it have been an extra piece of drama if they later reveal that Frankie herself had been leaped into by Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula)? Who just knew that Ben was in danger and saved him? That’d be a heck of a twist, no?
This feature is a bit more me-specific, but heck, feel free to suggest similar concepts to me at brian@poprefs.com, and if I think they’re cool, I can run them, as well, just saying that they’re what YOU would have done!
I love your idea in general, but the thought of Sam killing a man doesn’t sit well with me, unless there was a revelation of “Sam’s been gone too long, and without Al has lost his way” and then gets a redemption arc.
They have too good a story to go Nostalgia season 1. I mean don’t get me wrong when Sam shows up (and he will) it will be great, but for right now they are building their own lore.
I was expecting it to be Sam that appeared in the accelerator at the end of the episode, though since we don’t see who/what (if anyone/anything) did materialize, it still could be. (Based on Addison’s reaction – and the fact that they’re doing a second season – it obviously wasn’t Ben, of course.)
What I expected was that the Evil Leapers of the original show were more of the government’s efforts to undo the damage they blamed the project for. No appearance needed, just a reference.