Quantum Leap (2022) shared the same hopes and ambition of the original series. Unfortunately, at least as far as the pilot is concerned, it missed the mark.
As the series tries to be a continuation of the Sam Beckett timeline, there were too many inconsistencies. For starters, the lack of a "waiting room" guest. When Sam leaped into his subject, that person would leap back and would stay in the waiting room, where Al could interrogate and along with Ziggy's calculations, find out what Sam is there to do. Here, no mention of a person that leaps back, which is why they couldn't find out anything about the person Ben leaped into.
Also in the original series, it was theorized that if the person Sam leaps into dies, Sam doesn't die. This was proven a couple of times during the series, most notably when Sam leaped into someone on death row. Sam was electrocuted and he simply leaped out and into his next subject. Here, they insist that Ben would die if the person he leaps into dies.
Would be nice to see a more consistent relation to the original series, though I understand this series has to blossom and stand on its own Merritt. However, the concerns are somewhat understandable since this series was, for what I feel was rushed to be made. The announcement to be ordered to series was in May 2022. Not a lot of time to get things right.
Maybe the writers fine tune the show. I'll watch a few more episodes to give it a chance. However, this pilot was "ok". A bit disappointing from what I was expecting, but still entertaining enough to watch.
As the series tries to be a continuation of the Sam Beckett timeline, there were too many inconsistencies. For starters, the lack of a "waiting room" guest. When Sam leaped into his subject, that person would leap back and would stay in the waiting room, where Al could interrogate and along with Ziggy's calculations, find out what Sam is there to do. Here, no mention of a person that leaps back, which is why they couldn't find out anything about the person Ben leaped into.
Also in the original series, it was theorized that if the person Sam leaps into dies, Sam doesn't die. This was proven a couple of times during the series, most notably when Sam leaped into someone on death row. Sam was electrocuted and he simply leaped out and into his next subject. Here, they insist that Ben would die if the person he leaps into dies.
Would be nice to see a more consistent relation to the original series, though I understand this series has to blossom and stand on its own Merritt. However, the concerns are somewhat understandable since this series was, for what I feel was rushed to be made. The announcement to be ordered to series was in May 2022. Not a lot of time to get things right.
Maybe the writers fine tune the show. I'll watch a few more episodes to give it a chance. However, this pilot was "ok". A bit disappointing from what I was expecting, but still entertaining enough to watch.