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Also titled "Genesis" Parts I and II Leap Dates: September
13, 1956 Episode
Adopted By: R. Joy Helvie Synopsis: Dr. Sam Beckett, being pressured by the threat of loss of funding for his time-travel project code named "Quantum Leap", decides to hop in the nuclear accelerator prematurely...and vanishes into the past. He awakes to discover that he is an Air Force test pilot named Tom Stratton. But that's about all he knows. He has amnesia and can only remember portions of his life. He can't even remember his last name. And to make things worse, he doesn't even have his own reflection in the mirror. Everyone sees the physical aura of Tom around Sam's body. Enter Al, a friend from his own time that appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. Al informs Sam that the project has gone "a little ca-ca." Best he can tell, God or fate or time has grabbed Sam and now he must put right a wrong in the life of Tom Stratton in order to leap back home. He has to break mach 3 in the experimental X-2 jet and live, since in the original history, Tom died in the test. Later in the episode, Sam leaps again, this time into the life of a ballplayer named Fox. Here Al tells Sam his last name, and he is able to contact his father who is still alive at the time.
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"The Pilot Episode" Part I TV Guide Synopsis Production # 86289 TV Guide Synopsis: Debut: Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) learns the hard way that you can’t go home again when a botched time-travel experiment has him pin-balling through the past 30 years, assuming the identities of people he never knew and getting no help from the Observer (Dean Stockwell) his holographic partner in the experiment. In the Opener, Sam turns up in 1956 as a test pilot with a pregnant wife. In Part 1 of the series opener, a botched time-travel experiment bounces Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) back to 1956 and into the body of a test pilot with a pregnant wife (Jennifer Runyon). Al: Dean Stockwell. Capt. Birdell: John Allen Nelson. Dr. Burger: W.K. Stratton. Weird Ernie: Bruce McGill.   Commercials: Place:
Leap Date:
Leapee:
Music:
Kiss With History: Project Trivia: Imaging Chamber Door: invisible, manually opened/closed Project phone #: 555-2231 Any interference in the Leaping process could kill the Leaper Al and crew cannot give Sam any information about their present that Sam does not remember Gooshie is Ziggy’s programmer/he’s a little guy with bad breath Ziggy is a hybrid computer The sound of Al's Ferrari Testarossa engine and accelerator are the same ones used for K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider! Project Quantum Leap is located in a cavern in New Mexico. Sam Trivia: Has a sister named Katie Katie married Lieutenant Jim Bonnick Katie, Jim, and Sam’s mother have lived in Hawaii since Sam’s father died in 1974 Does not know how to fly
Al Trivia Smokes cigars Appears to Sam in the form of a neurological
hologram
Al's Outfits 2) Red pajamas, white robe with black & white polka dots and stripes 3) Pink shirt and gray jacket
Tina (picked up on the road. This is not Dr.
Tina Martinez-O’Farrell). Brenda, a cute girl who works in coding at
Project Quantum Leap.
Miscellaneous Trivia: The band heard on the radio when Sam is driving with Peg is by “Velton Bunch and the Dovetones”, named for Velton Ray Bunch,who composed score music for the entire series. The Burma Shave signs on the highway were fashioned after a real campaign by the shaving cream brand. The name Jim
Bonnick, is also a character name in Bellisario's television series,
"Magnum, P.I."
Guest Cast:
Guests Who Appeared in Other
Quantum Leap Episodes: Lela Ivey appeared in "Permanent Wave" as Chloe.
Quotable Quotes: ~Sam:
You know my name!
Executive
Producer: Written by: Directed by: Music by: Edited by: Art Director: Director of Photography: Supervising Producer: Co-producer: Produced by: Associate Producer: Unit Production Manager: 1st Assistant Director: 2nd Assistant Director: Casting: Set Director: Costumes: Costume Supervisors: Make-up: Hairstylist: Sound Mixer: 2nd Unit Director: Sound Editor: Music Editor: Panaflex camera and lenses by PANAVISION Air Force Technical Advisor: "Howdy Doody" courtesy of National Broadcasting Co. Titles & optical effects: Grateful appreciation to: |
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"The Pilot Episode" Part II TV Guide Synopsis
TV Guide
Synopsis:
In Season Two, a repeat of "Genesis" brought this TV Guide ad:
Broadcast Date: Music:
Kiss With History: Al says "You know who that kid kind of looks
like out there? According to the script, it's supposed to be Tom
Seaver, although at this point in time, Seaver is playing for the New
York Mets.
Project Trivia: Dogs can see Sam and Al When Sam leaps from one place to another, it’s simultaneous. But for the Project, the time between varies (this time was six days) Ziggy is referred to as a "he"; he can be
depressed; he has a big ego
Sam Trivia: Created Ziggy; Quantum Leap is his project Holds 6 doctorates; quantum physics is his specialty TIME Magazine called him the next Einstein Full name is Sam Beckett His grandmother (or mother; John called her "Mom") won a blue ribbon 10 years in a row at the Elk Ridge County Fair for her pumpkin pie His great uncle’s name is John; he moved to
Australia when Sam’s father was just a boy
Al Trivia: Has an ex-wife.
Al's Outfits, Part II
Al's Women:
Guest Cast:
Guests
Who Appeared in Other Quantum Leap Episodes: Adam Affonso
played Young Sam again (this time as Sam's mirror image) in "The Leap Home."
Quotable Quotes
- Part II: Executive
Producer: Written by: Directed
by: Music by: Edited by: Art Director: Director of Photography: Supervising Producer: Co-producer: Produced by: Associate Producer: Unit Production Manager: 1st Assistant Director: 2nd Assistant Director: Casting: Set Director: Costumes: Costume Supervisors: Make-up: Hairstylist: Sound Mixer: 2nd Unit Director: Sound Editor: Music Editor: Panaflex camera and lenses by PANAVISION Air Force Technical Advisor: "Howdy Doody" courtesy of National Broadcasting Co. Titles & optical effects: Grateful appreciation to: |
