In the 1950s, Ben has to team up with Leaper X to set right what once went wrong.In the 1950s, Ben has to team up with Leaper X to set right what once went wrong.In the 1950s, Ben has to team up with Leaper X to set right what once went wrong.
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- TriviaThe song that is played when Ben first jumps Mr. Sandman has other time travel connections. In Back to the Future (1985) when Marty Mcfly gets to the town he lives in circa 1955 the song is playing.
- GoofsAt 40 23, Janis steps on Magic's phone, cracking it and explaining that she's worried about someone listening in. Cracking the screen would not reliably stop the phone from working.
- Quotes
Addison Augustine: You need to help Ben.
Richard Martinez: I'm not here to help Ben. I'm here to do what he couldn't. Stay out of my way. I'll save Judith, and then Ben will leave too.
Addison Augustine: That's what you want, right? You can't do this on your own.
Richard Martinez: I'll take my chances.
Addison Augustine: Ziggy puts your chances of succeeding alone at 10%.
Richard Martinez: I'm a decorated marine raider. I can handle a solo extraction against a group of civilians.
Addison Augustine: Martinez, I have been in your shoes. I have been on the front lines. But the majority of my career was spent in intelligence, gathering information, anticipating scenarios, planning contingencies.
Richard Martinez: Kinda like Ziggy. Exactly like Ziggy.
Addison Augustine: My Green Berets were more than capable of brute force when required, but sometimes the intelligence found that the path to success lay in avoiding bloodshed. Sometimes we even worked with known hostiles to achieve a shared objective.
While the "doctor" in this episode was keen to do lobotomies, in reality they were rarely performed in the 1950s, having been largely shown to be ultimately harmful by no later than the late 1950s.
We get a return of the Martinez leaper, who comes into the episode as an orderly and even allies with Ben for a brief period.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Quantum Leap team decides there must be a mole in their organization, and Magic gets a surprise guess as to who it is.
But nothing about this episode had any semblance of a Wow Factor for me. It certainly wasn't nearly as good as the previous episode aboard a Naval vessel.
- VetteRanger
- Mar 29, 2023