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- 2022
- TV-PG
- NBC
- 2022
- TV-PG
- NBC
Summary Physicist Ben Seong (Raymond Lee) takes an unauthorized leap into the past leaving behind the team that helped him restart the Quantum Leap accelerator project 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett disappeared.
Created By: Donald P. Bellisario
- 2022
- TV-PG
- NBC
- 2022
- TV-PG
- NBC
Quantum Leap (2022)
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 19, 2022
57
3.3
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Summary Physicist Ben Seong (Raymond Lee) takes an unauthorized leap into the past leaving behind the team that helped him restart the Quantum Leap accelerator project 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett disappeared.
Created By: Donald P. Bellisario
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
57
30% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
70% Mixed
7 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
57
30% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
70% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The series makes full use of guest stars, introducing heavy hitters who seamlessly integrate into this wild time-jumping story. Season 2 of Quantum Leap also welcomes its new cast members in a staggered and organic way that avoids overwhelming the audiences with too many new faces and moving parts. This is especially applaudable as the season is wider in scope and higher in stakes.
Raymond Lee makes a decent first impression as the new Leaper, physicist Ben Song. ... The new “Leap” does have the added element of a connection to Beckett and his hologram companion, Al (the late Dean Stockwell), but that serialized story seems destined to drag on endlessly unless and until Bakula reprises his role.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 53 User Ratings
3.3
26% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
9% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
64% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 53 User Ratings
3.3
26% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
9% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
64% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
At first I was hesitant to watch a remake of one of my favorite 80's early nineties shows; however, after the ending leaving us hanging I'm hopeful this reboot will right that wrong. It took the first two episodes to fully develop the characters so all of them make sense now. And the overall story arc is the best part as it matches the original: Ben and Addison (and team) leave things better after they leave than it was before they arrive. Just like Sam and Al. Bravo!
I find myself looking forward to the next episode, just as I did with the original. Highly recommended!
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While it has modernised the story (there are smartphones, although, handily, these are left behind during time travel), it feels like a relic of an earlier age. So many recent reboots have felt pointless; this hasn’t escaped that trap, but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t enjoying it.
That earnestness can be a double-edge sword, of course, and at times Quantum Leap can veer into the cheesy territory, but that cheese is mostly kept in check thanks to the main cast.
NBC’s Quantum Leap reboot has a charming star and slick action scenes, but gets bogged down by corny dialogue and dead-end mysteries.
The pilot for this new Quantum Leap is 41-ish minutes of nearly nonstop exposition and hand-holding, making sure both that new viewers understand every aspect of the premise and that returning fans understand the connection between this update and the original — no matter how irrelevant it ends up being.
The new Quantum Leap could end up being decent, but it needs to elevate itself above being a standard dark NBC procedural and take itself a lot less seriously.
Ignore the review bombers. You could call this Quantum Leap: The Next Generation. It's a worthy and modern next chapter in the Quantum Leap legacy. Ben as the leaper is fantastic and the chemistry with the rest of the cast is developing nicely. The mystery as to why Ben leaped is a nice addition, and the callbacks to the OG QL are icing on the cake.
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Compared to most of what’s on TV these days, this isn’t bad. But it’s also not great and compared to some of the great shows from the past, the Quantum Leap remake is weak. I like the music (I’m a Bowie fan) and it seems like the cast is giving it a go, with mixed results. The same is true for the writing; it vacillates between decent and mediocre. I like the relationship between the leads, although I think the writing for Addison could use some polish. I think the cast is too big for the story. I like Magic and Ian isn’t bad, but the other characters need more personality which suggests the story could do without them. The writers could easily meld skill sets together and go with four characters. I think that would help the story and lower production costs. If this show was competing with good shows I would not watch it, but since that’s not the case, I’ll probably keep going, until I get bored.
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The lead actor does a really good job becoming all of the different personalities and people and his delivery is very much spot on for all of the characters he inhabits. Raymond Lee reminds me a great deal of Randall Park in his deadpan comedic style and delivery, and it all comes across really well. The dynamics between him and his fiancée are well portrayed and add an extra element of relationship tension to the entire series.
Unfortunately, this series leans heavily on the new conceptualization of Ian Wright, utilizing the trope of making the sciency/tech character an edgy nonconformist, akin to the red-haired forensics tech on crime shows that is always out there. The series treats this new Ian Wright as a saint-like, god-like character and Mary Sue. All the while I'm wondering why people are taking someone dressed up like a city girl from 1982 with black nail polish and patronizing attitude seriously. That last aspect broke the suspension of disbelief for me and easily ruined what would have been a fairly believable, groundbreaking series.
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When I watched the trailer I knew this could happen, but I was hoping I would be wrong. And unfortunately I was not. This "sequel" doesn't feel like a sequel at all.
If you watched the original 1989 show then you know all the problems in that time, more than less exist in what the show says is 2022. So basically technology apparently didn't progressed at all in 33 years.
The character is still sent through time into the body of another person, and has to complete a series of tasks before he can come back. Which he doesn't because he'll keep leaping from several periods in time to others. Essentially the same story of 1989.
The series is trying to make itself more interesting than what it is, by already showing a possible cabal that might also have ties to the project the main character was involved in, and quite possibly another group also time traveling. They were so sloppy in the way they brought things up, that they basically already revealed what the show will be all about.
Maybe it will get better with time. All I know is that for a first episode it left several things wanting.
The show should've at least improved on the original concept, and started from a point where the main character was attempting to correct the timeline. That had been messed around by someone else, before the effects hit the present.
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Production Company:
- Dean Georgaris Entertainment 2.0
- Quinn's House
- Universal Content Productions (UCP)
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 19, 2022
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
Awards
Astra Television Awards
• 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Nominations
Leo Awards
• 2 Nominations
