Quantum Leap 101
In the year 1995 in New-Mexico a top secret project called Quantum Leap was invented and constructed by a brilliant quantum physicist Dr. Sam Beckett. He managed to build a time machine that enables a person to leap into different times within his own lifetime. While testing this machine Sam prematurely steps into the project's accelerator and leaps into another time. The moment he leaps in to their life, someone else was leaping out to the year 1995. Looking in mirror he sees the person he replaced other than himself. In his first leap Sam does not remember who he is at all. He leaps into a test pilot in 1956. Sam then discovers Al who worked with him on the project and now appears to him only as a hologram that only he can see and hear. They both realize that Sam has to right something that went wrong, in order to leap to another time hopefully his own time.

Why am I a Quantum Leap fan?
I started watching Quantum Leap shortly before it was cancelled. Happily, I was still able to see quite a few episodes. (Just enough for me to get hooked on the show . . . )

As nightmares go, this one is taking a turn for the better. - Sam from the ep Genesis

With a million gigabyte capacity I'm quite capable of rubbing my tummy, patting my head, and doing a trillion floating point operations at once. - Ziggy from the ep The Leap Back

I think we need to take a trip to the little bank robber's room. - Al in the ep Promised Land

Don't be ridiculous, kids love violence. - Ben Harris, TV writer in the ep Future Boy

We're in the wrong-righting business. - Al in the ep Goodbye Norma Jean

I'm not a doctor, I just play one on television. - Sam in the ep Moments to Live

You've got to reach for the stars, not for the ceiling. - Sam in the ep Memphis Melody

If I'd have known I'd have to do this much running, I would have worn my cross training shoes. - Al in the ep Unchained

Why do we even bother? Because that's what we do. We're professional botherers. - Sam and Al, {A Single Drop of Rain}

You're the genius you know, use your head! - Al, before Sam goes head first through the window, in the ep Moments to Live

* People die.
* Sometimes underneath all the booze and anger is a pretty terrific person.
* It's never too late. Not if you want something bad enough.
* A terrifying prospect? The first alien contact on Earth and it's a lawyer.
* As Al would say, "Timing is everything."
* Old women get old because they're smart.
* Zippers were a brilliant invention.
* It's bad luck to kill someone before your wedding, except in Brooklyn.
* It may have four letters, but love is not a dirty word.
* Sayin' ain't doin'.
* Never track a psychotic killer without a bullet proof vest.
* On some people morals are the only thing that sag.
* Don't do anything that I wouldn't do, but if you do - take pictures.
* Sometimes you feel like a scientist in the middle of an experiment that no one else believes in.
* As for anyone who would disturb the tomb of King Ptah Hotep, death will swallow him.
* If someone sings like an angel, that doesn't mean she is one.
* When you're a triple A, superduper, overachiever type personality, unless you're reinventing the wheel every 33 seconds you're not happy.
* Springtime is wonderful. Sunsets are wonderful. Babies are wonderful.
* Nehru jackets are so sexy!
* Things are not always as they appear.
* When you're a kid, nobody listens to you.
* If I want to see violence, I'll watch the news.
* Honesty would be the best policy - for boy scouts, not bigamists.

Sam was telling a child a bedtime story about "Future Boy" and about "Al, Future Boy's best friend." At that part, Al - who was there but couldn't be seen by the child - said, "Best friend? Sam, I'm touched."

In another episode, Sam was onstage trying to tell a joke as a stand-up comic. The scene opens with him telling the punchline to his attempt at humor: "It's sheep season." The audience doesn't react at all, so he tries to tell the punch line again. Again, no reaction from the audience. Scott does a great job of conveying the awkwardness of the situation.

In one episode, Sam was a soap opera star who'd been taken hostage by a crazed fan. She had him chained to a bed; he'd just regained consciousness from being knocked out. She was casually trying to serve him tea. Tactfully trying to explain why it was wrong for her to keep him there he ventured, "Don't you think this is all a bit ... unusual?" She smiled and replied, "I like unusual." He muttered, "This is crazy." She flung the tea tray against the wall shrieking, "DON'T SAY THAT! DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT!" He stared in horror, but the next instant she was calm again and went to go fix more tea.