SummaryPhysicist Ben Seong (Raymond Lee) takes an unauthorized leap into the past leaving behind the team that helped him restart the Quantum Leap accelerator project 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett disappeared.
Created By:Donald P. Bellisario, Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
Quantum Leap (2022)
Season 1 Premiere:
Sep 19, 2022
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57
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Oct 4, 2023
83
The series makes full use of guest stars, introducing heavy hitters who seamlessly integrate into this wild time-jumping story. Season 2 of Quantum Leap also welcomes its new cast members in a staggered and organic way that avoids overwhelming the audiences with too many new faces and moving parts. This is especially applaudable as the season is wider in scope and higher in stakes.
Sep 15, 2022
62
Raymond Lee makes a decent first impression as the new Leaper, physicist Ben Song. ... The new “Leap” does have the added element of a connection to Beckett and his hologram companion, Al (the late Dean Stockwell), but that serialized story seems destined to drag on endlessly unless and until Bakula reprises his role.
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Generally Unfavorable
3.5
28% Positive
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36 Ratings
Mar 19, 2025
9
Tv networks expect Sci-fi shows, like all other shows to be a quick hit or cancel them. But they don't understand that Sci-fi shows are always going to be slow burners. Because whilst other shows inhabit a world we can immediately recognise and understand allowing them to quickly flesh out the characters so that the viewers can connect with them early on, many Sci-fi shows need to use a lot of the early time to detail and explain the world in which the characters inhabit before the characters can ingratiate us and feel like a part of our lives. Too many network executives don't understand this. Also I suspect many of the negative reviews are left by people after only viewing an episode or 2. They fail to appreciate that Sci-fi shows popularity grow with time by word of mouth and that Sci-fi fans are loyal because once the scene is set they can't find the same storyline anywhere else. Whereas there will always be another cop show or medical drama to entice viewers away from their current one. Bear in mind that star trek was cancelled early on before it was then brought back, and the gradual increase in anger at fire-fly's cancellation. Sci-fi shows should by now have learnt to build a show initially using a small budget so they can show a healthy initial profit and later spend more money on back drops/ locations and special effects. Quantum leap is a good show, whilst no reboot will feel exactly like the original because different actors have different chemistry, and there is no longer the same surprise awkwardness of a white/ Asian guy jumping into the body of a black woman, there is still plenty to like. The good thing about this show is it isn't a straightforward reboot rewriting the previous story but more like a sequel continuing the story and referring back to the original characters which makes it quickly feel familiar for fans of the original. Give it a chance I hope you like it too. Although cancelled half way through the second series it is given enough time to neatly tie up the loose ends and to not leave you feeling cheated with an abrupt end or cliff hanger. But still wanting to see more.
Jul 13, 2023
60
While it has modernised the story (there are smartphones, although, handily, these are left behind during time travel), it feels like a relic of an earlier age. So many recent reboots have felt pointless; this hasn’t escaped that trap, but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t enjoying it.
Sep 19, 2022
60
That earnestness can be a double-edge sword, of course, and at times Quantum Leap can veer into the cheesy territory, but that cheese is mostly kept in check thanks to the main cast.
Sep 16, 2022
58
NBC’s Quantum Leap reboot has a charming star and slick action scenes, but gets bogged down by corny dialogue and dead-end mysteries.
Sep 19, 2022
40
The pilot for this new Quantum Leap is 41-ish minutes of nearly nonstop exposition and hand-holding, making sure both that new viewers understand every aspect of the premise and that returning fans understand the connection between this update and the original — no matter how irrelevant it ends up being.
Sep 19, 2022
40
The new Quantum Leap could end up being decent, but it needs to elevate itself above being a standard dark NBC procedural and take itself a lot less seriously.
Oct 11, 2022
9
At first I was hesitant to watch a remake of one of my favorite 80's early nineties shows; however, after the ending leaving us hanging I'm hopeful this reboot will right that wrong. It took the first two episodes to fully develop the characters so all of them make sense now. And the overall story arc is the best part as it matches the original: Ben and Addison (and team) leave things better after they leave than it was before they arrive. Just like Sam and Al. Bravo! I find myself looking forward to the next episode, just as I did with the original. Highly recommended!
Mar 2, 2023
4
Compared to most of what’s on TV these days, this isn’t bad. But it’s also not great and compared to some of the great shows from the past, the Quantum Leap remake is weak. I like the music (I’m a Bowie fan) and it seems like the cast is giving it a go, with mixed results. The same is true for the writing; it vacillates between decent and mediocre. I like the relationship between the leads, although I think the writing for Addison could use some polish. I think the cast is too big for the story. I like Magic and Ian isn’t bad, but the other characters need more personality which suggests the story could do without them. The writers could easily meld skill sets together and go with four characters. I think that would help the story and lower production costs. If this show was competing with good shows I would not watch it, but since that’s not the case, I’ll probably keep going, until I get bored.
Jan 5, 2023
4
The lead actor does a really good job becoming all of the different personalities and people and his delivery is very much spot on for all of the characters he inhabits. Raymond Lee reminds me a great deal of Randall Park in his deadpan comedic style and delivery, and it all comes across really well. The dynamics between him and his fiancée are well portrayed and add an extra element of relationship tension to the entire series. Unfortunately, this series leans heavily on the new conceptualization of Ian Wright, utilizing the trope of making the sciency/tech character an edgy nonconformist, akin to the red-haired forensics tech on crime shows that is always out there. The series treats this new Ian Wright as a saint-like, god-like character and Mary Sue. All the while I'm wondering why people are taking someone dressed up like a city girl from 1982 with black nail polish and patronizing attitude seriously. That last aspect broke the suspension of disbelief for me and easily ruined what would have been a fairly believable, groundbreaking series.
Dec 16, 2022
3
Why this exists? The original classic title told a story with quantum leaps. The 2022 version - leaps with... scenes generally resembling the inferred story, but to be made sense of later. Author quantum leaped fast-forward. No sense. Can't exist.
Oct 30, 2022
3
When I watched the trailer I knew this could happen, but I was hoping I would be wrong. And unfortunately I was not. This "sequel" doesn't feel like a sequel at all. If you watched the original 1989 show then you know all the problems in that time, more than less exist in what the show says is 2022. So basically technology apparently didn't progressed at all in 33 years. The character is still sent through time into the body of another person, and has to complete a series of tasks before he can come back. Which he doesn't because he'll keep leaping from several periods in time to others. Essentially the same story of 1989. The series is trying to make itself more interesting than what it is, by already showing a possible cabal that might also have ties to the project the main character was involved in, and quite possibly another group also time traveling. They were so sloppy in the way they brought things up, that they basically already revealed what the show will be all about. Maybe it will get better with time. All I know is that for a first episode it left several things wanting. The show should've at least improved on the original concept, and started from a point where the main character was attempting to correct the timeline. That had been messed around by someone else, before the effects hit the present.
Production Company:
- Dean Georgaris Entertainment 2.0
- Quinn's House
- Universal Content Productions (UCP)
- Universal Television
- Master Key Production
Initial Release Date:Sep 19, 2022
Number of seasons:2 Seasons
Rating:TV-PG
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Nominations
Astra Television Awards
• 3 Nominations
Leo Awards
• 2 Nominations
