Quantum Leap - Series 4 (DVD)

...and appeal. Not so with Quantum Leap.

~~~THE BASIC PLOT~~~
Set in the "near future" (for the series, this is 1995!!), Quantum Leap is a project run by Dr Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) to investigate time travel: Sam's theory is that one could time travel within one's own lifetime. Something goes wrong, as Sam enters the Accelerator too soon, and vanishes. He awakes in someone else's life - he must put right the wrong ...
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# A Leap for Lisa


~~~DVD EXTRAS~~~
Sadly when the DVD's were released in the UK, no additional features were included in the menus (with the exception of Series 5, where you get a couple of "blueprints" of the Quantum Leap Project).  ... more

You'd think after 3 years a show like this would loose it's charm and appeal. Not so with Quantum Leap.

~~~THE BASIC PLOT~~~
Set in the "near future" (for the series, this is 1995!!), Quantum Leap is a project run by Dr Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) to investigate time travel: Sam's theory is that one could time travel within one's own lifetime. Something goes wrong, as Sam enters the Accelerator too soon, and vanishes. He awakes in someone else's life - he must put right the wrong in their life to leap on to the next person, aided by his friend in the project, Al (Dean Stockwell), who appears to him as a hologram. In the words of the project's computer, Ziggy, narrating at the start of the episodes, Sam hopes "that each leap will be the leap home".Another season of Sam's time travelling adventures, covering a wide range of topics, including some pretty harrowing ones:

1. The Ku Klux Klan and racial prejudice
2. Rape and subsequent trial
3. Homosexuality in the navy

Despite this, the show still has it's fair share of fun - and yes, it's fair few episodes with Sam in drag! Some of the more light-hearted episodes see Sam leaping into:

1. A TV talk-show host
2. The co-pilot of an airplane heading into the Bermuda Triangle
3. A stand-up comedian

For me, there is nothing which makes this series stand out as being much better or worse than any of the other seasons, but someone must have thought differently, as this was the year that Scott Bakula won his Golden Globe, for best actor in a series!
~~~HIGHLIGHTS~~~
In the episode "It's a Wonderful Leap", Sam leaps into a taxi driver in May 10th 1958. He advises (accidentally) a young boy to invest in New York City property, as it would make him rich; the boy turns out to be a 12 year old Donald Trump!

Another highlight for me is the episode "The Wrong Stuff", where Sam leaps into the body of one of the chimps in the American Space program! This has so many great quirky moments that it really stood out for me!

~~~RECOMMENDED FOR…~~~
…sci-fi fans
…those who remember it on TV (It's much better than you remember!)
…time travel enthusiasts (Sam's theory on time travel is actually quite convincing!)
Note: you don't necessarily need to have seen the first three series to make sense of this one. Although there is an overlying plot - Sam trying to get home - each episode introduces it's own (usually) new set of characters in addition to Sam and Al.
~~~EPISODES~~~

1. The Leap Back
2. Play Ball
3. Hurricane
4. Justice
5. Permanent Wave
6. Raped
7. The Wrong Stuff
8. Dreams
9. A Single Drop of Rain
10. Unchained
11. The Play's the Thing
12. Running For Honor
13. Temptation Eyes
14. The Last Gunfighter
15. A Song for the Soul
16. Ghost Ship
17. Roberto!
18. It's A Wonderful Leap
19. Moments to Live
20. The Curse of Ptah-Hotep
21. Stand Up
22. A Leap for Lisa

~~~DVD EXTRAS~~~
Sadly when the DVD's were released in the UK, no additional features were included in the menus (with the exception of Series 5, where you get a couple of "blueprints" of the Quantum Leap Project). 

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