After waiting for more than a month,Quantum Leapfans can finally gear up to watch the remaining episodes of Season 2. The sci-fi series returns from the mid-season hiatus this week, and once again we’ll get to watch thetime-and-space-jumping dynamics that we love so muchplay out. In the new episode, titled “Off The Cuff,” Ben (Raymond Lee) is thrown into the body of a bounty hunter and his ethics get blurry. To celebrate the return, Collider has teamed up with NBC to share an exclusive clip from the episode.
Afterdealing with a plane crashand going all the way to Egypt, Ben will now leap into the crime underworld. This time, he’s in the body of a retired NYPD officer who decided to become a bounty hunter. He’s accompanied by ashady lawyer who defends some gritty criminals, and fromAddison’s (Caitlin Bassett)research, his job is to basically protect one criminal from another. AsQuantum Leapgoes, there might be more to this case than meets the eye, but we’ll have to wait until the episode airs to find out.
We can’t forget that, between leaps,Ben is still dealing with the aftermathof having lost three years of his friends’ lives and having returned to a world in which project quantum leap had been terminated, and he was presumed dead. He has a lot to deal with in every episode, and that certainly starts taking its toll on his mind and relationships as the leaps add up.
‘Quantum Leap’ Showrunners on the Season 2 Finale
In an interview with Collider, showrunnersMartin GeroandDean Georgarisrevealed why they decided to do the three-year time jump. They stated that they wanted to do something that felt “urgent and dire,” but also “something that comes from an emotional space,” as opposed to a time/math space event. And three years was the right amount of time “to have everyone hurt for him, mourn him, and start realistically move on with their lives, so that him suddenly reentering everybody’s lives would cause maximum chaos and maximum drama.”
The showrunners also added that viewers will be satisfied with the ending of Season 2 because they think ofQuantum Leapas a series of novels with a beginning, middle, and end. While this suggests that this season will be as self-contained as it can be, it also speaks to the scenario we are currently in, whereTV shows are abruptly cancelled left and right. When fans know that most of the arcs and threads will be resolved, that helps them commit to watching the show even if it gets cancelled out of the blue — though hopefully, we’ll have many seasons ofQuantum Leapto look forward to anyway.
NBC’sQuantum Leapreturns on Tuesday, January 30, with new episodes available to stream the next day on Peacock. You can watch our exclusive sneak peek in the player above.
Quantum Leap
Set 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, follows a new team that must restart the project hoping to understand the mysteries behind the machine and its creator.
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