LEAP OF FAITH

UNDOUBTEDLY, THERE WAS a lot of great, original sci-fi television birthed in the ’90s and one of the best series to come from the period was Quantum Leap. The time-travel drama, created by Donald P Bellisario, brilliantly fused a high-concept premise with a “mission of the week” format by having physicist Dr Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) “leap” through time into the lives of others to correct historical mistakes. And with every fix, Sam hoped the next leap would place him back into his own life and time. Poignant, clever and sometimes silly, Quantum Leap aired for five seasons, ending in 1993 with the bittersweet reveal that Sam never returned home.

Over the decades, there was talk of a television movie and even a feature film, but nothing concrete happened until January of this year, when NBC picked up the series for an official revival which will continue where the mythology left off 29 years ago. Returning are original executive producers Bellisario and Deborah Pratt, who join new executive producers/showrunners, Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt and