DontGetNEBigIdeas t1_itd8awd wrote
Reply to comment by Ares1935 in It Still Stings: Quantum Leap's Title Card Typo and the Series Finale that Never Made It Home by SanderSo47
The reboot references Sam?
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.
felis_flatus t1_itdbw0h wrote
I don’t think Ernie played the original guy, but that’s ok because Ernie is awesome.
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!
JohnnyAK907 t1_itdf4d8 wrote
"Original Guy" is Gooshie, played by Dennis Wolfberg.
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.
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.
ShenmeNamaeSollich t1_itedz9f wrote
It’s more a “continuation” that picks up decades later w/scientists continuing Sam’s research.
PlasticMansGlasses t1_itep1n6 wrote
Reboot is the wrong word for it. It's a sequel series
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
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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