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Ares1935 t1_itcxhne wrote

The reboot hinted that they might someday "save" him.

Of course he says he wasn't going to be in the reboot, but if it were to live on long enough, seems like that would eventually be the story line.

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HardcoreKaraoke t1_itedezy wrote

He will 100% show up if the show plays out whatever story they're trying to tell.

He was either being coy to hide a reveal or he didn't want to commit until seeing if the show was good. Maybe he didn't want to overshadow the first season if fans knew he was coming back.

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DontGetNEBigIdeas t1_itd8awd wrote

The reboot references Sam?

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ParadoxInRaindrops t1_itdayj3 wrote

Frequently. In the reboot, Magic Williams (from the episode “The Leap Home” played now by Ernie Hudson) runs the program in the hopes of being able to rescue Sam. The new team has a lot of respect for Sam and everything he did.

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felis_flatus t1_itdbw0h wrote

I don’t think Ernie played the original guy, but that’s ok because Ernie is awesome.

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ParadoxInRaindrops t1_itddwmb wrote

Thanks. He looked like the guy in the original, didn’t realize it was a recast. And agreed: Ernie Hudson is great!

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JohnnyAK907 t1_itdf4d8 wrote

"Original Guy" is Gooshie, played by Dennis Wolfberg.

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1Land_1Keep t1_itdiozc wrote

Magic is more like Al, except he's not the observer in this one. Gooshie is more analagous to Ian.

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AlsoIHaveAGroupon t1_itdyae9 wrote

The new show isn't a reboot, it's a sequel. The main character is relaunching Project Quantum Leap. Sam, Al, Ziggy, and other characters relevant to the original show are mentioned often.

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Ares1935 t1_itfbxcb wrote

The new director says he asked to be assigned to the project because Sam saved him and his platoon in one of his jumps, and when he learned he got lost in time, he wanted to continue his mission, and maybe bring Sam back

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bros402 t1_itgdfr5 wrote

Yeah - they talk about how Sam went missing and never returned, they are trying to figure out what went wrong with the program back then, they have enhanced Ziggy, and the two aims of the program are to leap without getting trapped like Sam and to rescue Sam.

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