Oh boy. It's a Quantum Leap watch-through.

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Not really a spoiler, but per the fourth season chimp episode I just watched, Al orbited the moon but didn't land. This would've put him on the crew of Apollo 8 or 10 in the late 60s, assuming the QL verse's space program was the same as ours except for the crew.

Mark

If it's one of those two missions, it was probably Apollo 10, as I don't see Frank Borman (the commander of 8) putting up with someone like Al on his crew.

 

[Canadave]

It had been a while since I'd seen this one, and you hit the nail right on the head - it was trying WAY to hard to be a Bogart movie. I have to agree with your score.

It's really too bad, too. A New York City PI in the 1950s could have been an amazing premise if they'd treated a bit more realistically.

Who You Talkin' To!?: 11 (+2)

11? Damn! I've always had this as one of my pet peeves about QL, but I would never have thought it would be this high after such a short season.

So, what's next? A TheGodBen-esque Season One Review?

It didn't help that "Camikaze" had four separate instances of the trope. It'd be a much more reasonable number, otherwise.

And yes, that's the plan. Perhaps tomorrow, if I get my thoughts organized.

Oh I couldn't stand this boring show.
My dad watched it... maybe I was too little.

You might want to give it another try. It does tend to be a very well done show, which I've seen from my reviews so far and from my scattered memories (one might say "swiss-cheese" memories... ) of episodes I've randomly caught in the past. I can certainly see how a young kid might not appreciate it, as well. It tends to be a pretty character-driven show.

 

[Nowhere Man]

I dont remember this one, so I will have to go back and watch it. I have been watching season two lately, so it will be pretty fresh in my head. Keep up the good work my friend.

 

[Marc]

Not really a spoiler, but per the fourth season chimp episode I just watched, Al orbited the moon but didn't land. This would've put him on the crew of Apollo 8 or 10 in the late 60s, assuming the QL verse's space program was the same as ours except for the crew.

Mark

If it's one of those two missions, it was probably Apollo 10, as I don't see Frank Borman (the commander of 8) putting up with someone like Al on his crew.

Al could of been one of those who had the misfortune to be the command module pilot

 

[greelywinger]

I used to have the first Season on DVD.
Don't know why I sold it.
Been thinking of picking up the series on DVD.

Darryl

 

[ToddKent]

1x08 "Play It Again, Seymour"

Meanwhile, Commander Ivanova makes a surprise visit from Babylon 5.

I've been noticing on my QL re-watch that there are a LOT of future TV stars appearing as guest stars. If I remember correctly, I think this episode also had the kid who played "Paul" the geeky friend on the Wonder Years.

You might want to add a category for this on your reviews.

 

[Canadave]

^ That's true. In the eight-episode first season, we've already seen Claudia Christian and Teri Hatcher, and I remember catching an episode with Robert Ducan McNeill back in the day. I may add an "And Introducing..." counter to take care of that. And probably cap the counters there, so that they don't get excessive.

Season 1 review should be coming along tonight, incidentally, and I plan on starting season 2 soon.

 

[Nowhere Man]

So I rewatched Play it Again Seymour. I agree with the assessment. In this episode we see Sam smoke, this totally uncharacteristic of Sam. He always turns down cigarettes in the show. I've never seen any Bogart films, but it's clear they ripped one of his movies off. I still like the episode ok, but it's definately not the greatest.

 

[Random_Spock]

I watched the season 1 finale a few days ago, but got caught up in the coverage from Japan shortly afterwards, hence I haven't gotten around to the review until now...

1x08 "Play It Again, Seymour"

6/10

In this episode, Archer accidentally gets thrown forward in time into one of Picard's Dixon Hill holodeck programs. Meanwhile, Commander Ivanova makes a surprise visit from Babylon 5.

Okay, perhaps not, but I must admit my SF wires were a bit crossed by this episode. As for the outing itself, it was fun, but certainly not QL at its best.

For one thing, the setting was (in contrast to every other episode so far) a distraction. Normally, the show is extremely good at "selling" a particular time and place, but "Play It Again, Seymour" was trying so hard to make it seem like Sam leapt into a Humphry Bogart movie that it just came off as stiff and unnatural. This includes the unnecessary touch of having Nick look almost exactly like Bogie, which just comes off as silly.

All of that said, the episode itself was enjoyable. Scott Bakula wears a trench coat and fedora well, and clearly has fun with his role in this one. Claudia Christian also makes for a smoking love interest, and while it's not terribly believable, the plot and setting are at least fleshed-out well. I do have a quibble with the ending, though, as I didn't understand why the building manager was the killer—it just sort of happened, like the episode just decided it needed to tie up the loose ends suddenly.

In all, not a terrible episode by any stretch, but definitely a bit of a disappointment as a season finale.

Who You Talkin' To!?: 11 (+2)

Uhhhh... to be honest, I've forgotten when these happened. But I remember noting them.

Appearing\Disappearing Skillsets: 5 (no change)

Well Listen to THIS!: 6 (+1)

Sam introduces "main squeeze" into the vernacular.

Quantum Leap Filmography:

The Right Stuff
Rocky
The Maltese Falcon (Chosen as a good example of a "Bogart as a PI" film)

Thanks for posting this . I got a chance to watch this ep recently, and couldn't see the ending of it. The darn dvd kept on freezing and wouldn't let me watch the rest of it.

I liked it ok, it was a little silly, but still not overly bad.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Not really a spoiler, but per the fourth season chimp episode I just watched, Al orbited the moon but didn't land. This would've put him on the crew of Apollo 8 or 10 in the late 60s, assuming the QL verse's space program was the same as ours except for the crew.

Mark

If it's one of those two missions, it was probably Apollo 10, as I don't see Frank Borman (the commander of 8) putting up with someone like Al on his crew.

Al could of been one of those who had the misfortune to be the command module pilot

Well, on 8, there was no lunar module, so there'd be no misfortune there. And on 10, the LEM did deploy, but didn't land. So if Al was the CMP on 10, he wouldn't have missed much...

 

[Nociod]

So have you forgotten about this thread all together Canadave?

I started rewatching Quantum Leap about the same time you started posting your comments, so would be neat to read.

Instead of making a whole new thread about Quantum Leap, I decided to just post in this already existing thread.

An aspect that bothers me a little is that they don't seem to care that they are preventing people from being born. I'll give you an example, in season 3x1 "The leap home", they prevent the cheerleader from marrying NoNose. Ok, he was said to be a terrible husband, but is that the kids fault?, I even think Al referred to them as "pittbulls".

And I think it also happened in that episode where he has to race that car,and prevent his "sister" from marrying an abusive husband, but by doing so he erases the kids.

 

[Hound of UIster]

That and the butterfly effect winding up playing havoc with other people's lives are why I could never buy into the series.

He was fixing things alright, but he was also inadvertently messing things up too for other people.