A key element of an original Quantum Leap episode doesnt quite fit with the new series.
This article contains spoilers forQuantum Leapseason 2 episode 3.
The originalQuantum Leap, despite being a show centered on time travel, was fairly grounded.
Sam would help someone with a problem viewers could easily relate to.
Its part of what makes the show so beloved to this day.
It was sci-fi but not TOOsci-fi.
No, it wasnt a fake out to generate interest in the episode.
Sam really proves aliens are real.
Then the end of the episode happens and, nope, its really aliens.
Sam, the leapees family, and two government agents all see a self illuminated elliptical orb.
Theres no ambiguity here.
Sam is even told he should board the alien craft just before he leaps!
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So yes, aliens are real in theQuantum Leapuniverse.
The episode details Bens (Raymond Lee) leap into a government agent in 1949 investigating unexplained extraterrestrial activity.
Right from the start Ben disproves an alien sighting and doesnt put much stock in extraterrestrials.
Theres no ambiguity here, no little wink to the audience that maybe aliens could still be out there.
Ben proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt.
This is a massive contradiction to Star Light, Star Bright.
Thus none of the characters mentioning them at least makes a little more sense.
New episodes ofQuantum Leapseason 2 premiere Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
