The Past is the Future: Spoilers and Speculation

[Trini]

Info about unaired episodes and related discussion goes here!

[Trini]

Okay -- unless Scott Bakula refused to be a part of this, I'm going with the assumptions that a) Bakula/Sam Beckett is going to be in this at some point, and b) the producers/etc. want it to be a surprise, so of course we haven't heard anything about it. Bakula is still alive and acting, and nearly everyone was dissatisfied with how the original series ended; so to me, there's no way they don't bring Sam back to give him a happy/proper ending - if they can.

With this line from the series synopsis,

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Everything changes, however, when Ben makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving the team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it. ...

... I'm speculating that somehow Sam leaped into Ben and that's why he made the unauthorized leap. Maybe Sam is trying to find a way to stop leaping.

We'll see what info they give when the show actually airs, but that was my first thought about the "unauthorized leap".

[Trini]

Episode 2 synopsis:

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"ATLANTIS" ...

09/26/2022 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) :

Ben finds himself headed into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1995. Addison confides to Ian about a discovery and finds herself at odds with Magic and Jenn.

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[Sarah 103]

Speculation: At some point Ben will cross paths with Sam. Ben will leap into someone, and Sam will have leaped into someone who is part of the same story. 

Scott Bakula is still alive and still acting so a random one episode cameo should be possible. My guess is sweeps week. (Is sweeps week still a thing?)

[Trini]

Episode 3 synopsis:

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"SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES BEN"

10/03/2022 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) : Ben leaps to flashy 1970's Las Vegas and into the body of promising young boxer Danny Hill on the eve of a big title fight. Ben and Addison discover that everything is on the line and must help Danny and his trainer/brother Daryl win the fight or lose everything. Magic, Ian and Jenn dig into Ben's past to uncover the truth. TV-PG

[Attatude]

That will happen when we don’t expect it.

[Trini]

Episode 7 is a Halloween episode:

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"O YE OF LITTLE FAITH"

10/31/2022 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) :

Ben leaps into a priest who has been called to assist a family in crisis on Halloween night. As he delves into mysterious and inexplicable events, he's forced to muster all his resources as a scientist before time runs out.

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[QuantumMechanic]

7 hours ago, Trini said:

Episode 7 is a Halloween episode:

I would have thought this would be where an Evil Leaper would show up, especially given the episode description :).  But then I figured there would be no Evil Leapers in modern QL.  But then after this Monday's episode I'm not so sure...

[Trini]

Upcoming guest role:

[Trini]

"Grey's Anatomy"/medical drama episode incoming:

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"PAGING DR. SONG"

01/09/2023 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) : Ben leaps into Alexandra Tomkinson, a medical resident in a Seattle hospital. As victims from a train crash pour into the ER, Addison reveals a very complicated mission facing Ben during this leap. Ben must go up against hospital bosses to save lives and Alexandra's career. TV-PG

 

[Trini]

Looks like Jenn gets to be the first character to replace Addison as the hologram; episode 15 synopsis:

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"BEN SONG FOR THE DEFENSE"

03/13/2023 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) :

When Ben leaps into a harried public defender, he must keep an innocent teenager accused of murder out of prison for life. In an unexpected turn of events, Jenn puts her legal expertise to the test as she steps in as the hologram on this complicated leap. TV-PG

 

[KaveDweller]

Wait, Jen is a lawyer? I thought she was an ex-criminal?

[Trini]

3 hours ago, KaveDweller said:

Wait, Jen is a lawyer? I thought she was an ex-criminal?

I thought she was ex-military? I also don't recall any mention of a law background.

[chitowngirl]

14 hours ago, KaveDweller said:

Wait, Jen is a lawyer? I thought she was an ex-criminal?

Both things can be true! 😆

 

10 hours ago, Trini said:

I thought she was ex-military? I also don't recall any mention of a law background.

Addison is ex- military

[Trini]

Season finale (#18) synopsis:

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"JUDGMENT DAY"

04/03/2023 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) :

Ben's final leap of the season takes him closer to home than he ever expected. The team faces the ultimate showdown with Leaper X as they battle for the future of the Quantum Leap project and their lives. TV-PG

 

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2x02 and 2x03 synopses:

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"BEN & TELLER"

10/11/2023 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday) : Ben takes on the role of a bank teller in the wrong place at the wrong time during a dangerous armed robbery. Addison, Magic, Ian and Jenn come to terms with a shocking discovery. The team adds a new member. TV-PG

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"CLOSURE ENCOUNTERS"

10/18/2023 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday) : Now a government agent, Ben investigates unexplained extraterrestrial activity. After a mysterious incident in New Mexico, two young girls' lives are on the line. Ben meets Hannah Carson (Eliza Taylor joining the cast), who may be more than she appears. TV-PG

 

2x03 is where this season's mystery/arc is supposed to start.

[Commando Cody]

Can we speculate on how they are going to end this series in this thread?

[Trini]

I was wondering about why they're being so coy about whoever Magic is dating(?), but maybe she's connected to Hannah? I doubt it IS Hannah, because the ages don't line up.

 

[Trini]

Nevermind; new theory: Hannah is Rachel's boss who is poaching info from Project Quantum Leap.

[Commando Cody]

11 hours ago, Trini said:

Nevermind; new theory: Hannah is Rachel's boss who is poaching info from Project Quantum Leap.

I don't remember seeing a date in Hannah's episode, but wouldn't she be really old or possibly dead in the current time?

[Trini]

43 minutes ago, Commando Cody said:

I don't remember seeing a date in Hannah's episode, but wouldn't she be really old or possibly dead in the current time?

It was 1949. But yes, probably and possibly; but that what I'm going with for now. If she's not the boss, then she's related or connected somehow.

[Guest]

I don’t know what the endgame is but my guess is that we will see a younger version of Hannah in a future leap. Her interactions with Ben and line about not saying goodbye were too loaded. My first impression was that she knew more than she was letting on. 

On 10/26/2023 at 10:03 PM, Trini said:

It was 1949. But yes, probably and possibly; but that what I'm going with for now. If she's not the boss, then she's related or connected somehow.

I’m also thinking she’s connected to that plot. It could always be Hannah’s granddaughter played by the same actress.

[Irlandesa]

I believe she's in the next leap.  The episode description says it takes place in 1955, on a college campus and Ben sees a familiar face.  I am pretty sure she's in the preview too.

[Trini]

Hannah was definitely in the preview. Since the actress is a regular, will Hannah be showing up every other episode? Because it would be weird if Ben just happens to run into her every other leap. Unless they have a specific explanation for that, they're going to have to connect her to the present day story/characters somehow.

11 hours ago, Dani said:

I’m also thinking she’s connected to that plot. It could always be Hannah’s granddaughter played by the same actress.

Yeah, a granddaughter could work.

Edited November 5, 2023 by Trini

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Trini said:

Hannah was definitely in the preview. Since the actress is a regular, will Hannah be showing up every other episode? Because it would be weird if Ben just happens to run into her every other leap. Unless they have a specific explanation for that, they're going to have to connect her to the present day story/characters somehow.

I agree. My first guess was that she was a time traveler but now I think they are going with a multi-episode arc where the leaps end up changing/saving PQL. Like when Sam’s mission was to help a woman pass the bar and she went on to save PQL. Or the reveal that Sammy Jo grew up to work on PQL. 

[Oscirus]

If you watch the previews and knowing that there are only eight episodes filmed so far and Egypt is the midseason finale. That means the Salem Witch trials is the next episode after this. This means that the Addison Ben breakup lasted two episodes if that, since we hear her talking to him in that episode. Also, he outs himself as a time traveler to Hannah this week.

 

[Oscirus]

It's interesting that they showed Hannah making that witch trial joke in the preview, and where does he wind up next?  Ziggy is connected to Hannah somehow , haven't figured out how yet.

Egypt 1961? Im willing to be that Hannah will be there in the midseason finale and that'll likely kick off the whole Love Square sitch.

[Commando Cody]

This episode left me speculating that Ben would leap into a situation to save Tom's wife. 

[Irlandesa]

6 minutes ago, Commando Cody said:

This episode left me speculating that Ben would leap into a situation to save Tom's wife. 

I thought about that too but giving her cancer makes that a little bit harder.  I guess there could be a scenario where he convinces her to go to the doctor sooner than she does but an illness is harder to prevent than an accident.

[Commando Cody]

I missed that it was cancer. 

 

[Trini]

First two post-hiatus episodes:

"OFF THE CUFF"

01/30/2024 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Tuesday) :

When Ben leaps into a bounty hunter escorting the world's most slippery criminal, a deadly pursuit forces them to go into hiding, but Ben quickly realizes this leap is more than meets the eye. Addison faces a difficult decision. TV-PG

 

"THE FAMILY TREASURE"

02/06/2024 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Tuesday) :

A cursed treasure hunt draws Ben to Mexico in 1953, putting him between two estranged siblings struggling with their late father's legacy. As they navigate a series of lethal obstacles, Ben finds the real challenge lies in repairing this broken family's bond. TV-PG

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Last three episodes synopses:

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"THE OUTSIDER"

02/13/2024 <...> : An anonymous source sends Ben and an experienced local Denver TV journalist on the trail of a dangerous conspiracy as they pursue the scoop of a lifetime in the early '80s. There's trouble at HQ when Ian's past decisions come back to haunt the team. TV-PG

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"AS THE WORLD BURNS"

02/20/2024 <...> Ben leaps into the body of a Baltimore firefighter in 1974 and is unexpectedly reunited with his time-crossed love, Hannah, and her son, Jeffrey. Trapped in a towering inferno, Ben must find a way to repair their troubled relationship and save their lives before it's too late. TV-PG

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"AGAINST TIME"

02/20/2024 <...> : Ben finds himself behind the wheel of a speeding stock car in 1976, but a terrifying threat from the future could sabotage the leap. Racing against the clock, Ben, Addison and the team must risk everything to complete the mission and save Quantum Leap itself. TV-PG

 

[Cress]

Seeing that Hannah and Jeffrey will come back, I'm thinking that Jeffrey will find out about Ben and then grow up to become an engineer/scientist working on Quantum Leap. He'll be the guy who writes that code that Tom brought to Ian maybe. Or maybe Ben's letter allows Hannah to save Josh's life and allow them to have another kid together and that kid affects Quantum Leap. I'm trying to figure out if the villain Gideon Ridge could be using an alias and that he's really related to Hannah somehow.

[Trini]

It would be weird if they didn't connect Hannah to the present day Quantum Leap Project; even indirectly. They have to, right? I'd prefer if Hannah was directly involved somehow (maybe with the original QLP?), but if it's her children instead, that works too.

[AV8n]

If they don't connect Hannah to QL in some way, then what was the point of her character being a physicist? My best guess at this point is that she was involved in the DARPA research that Tom mentioned as possibly being able to bring Ben home.

Given that Hannah was a grad student in 1955, my head-canon has her being born in 1930. So if Ben ever does make it back to present day, his best chance of finding her will be at a retirement home. And the only way to stay together in the past seems to be for Ben to fail his objective and remain in the body of whomever he leaped into, which is not good on so many levels. So Addison has got to like her chances for a reconciliation.

[Commando Cody]

I was just thinking that it might be an interesting story if they brought Debra Pratt and Donald Bellisario's daughter back again.  She was on one of the original episodes - as a small child who could see Sam. She could play the same person 30 years later - or whatever it is. 

[giovannif7]

Moved to the Media thread.

Edited April 5 by giovannif7
Wrong thread