Last week on Quantum Leap, Ben (Raymond Lee) told his ex-fiancee Addison (Caitlin Bassett) that since she moved on with another man because she thought he was dead for the three years when he was missing, he can no longer have her be his hologram as he travels aimlessly through time. Therefore, you would think he would have an easy assignment this week. No such luck for him.
Tonight at 10p on NBC, he finds himself as a Korean in Koreatown in the middle of the LA Riots with a domineering father and a brother who wants out of their family shoe business.
This would be hard for him on a good day, but it is even tougher with all he is going through. Thankfully, he will have Magic (Ernie Hudson) by his side to guide him through this assignment.
This assignment will also be challenging for Magic because it will bring up his past as an African-American man in America. So, he will make mistakes. As will Ben.
But will their mistakes lead to someone being killed as the rioters and the police inch closer to their store?
On top of it, Magic is also dealing with stuff in our timeline. And that is going to give us more insight into what he has been up to during the three years that Ben was missing and the Quantum Leap Project was shut down.
Tonight’s episode deals with something that many of us witnessed and have a lot of emotions about. Because of that, it really hits home when you watch it because you will remember what those scary days were like. And the series does an excellent job of covering that horrible moment in our timeline.
I hope they continue to do episodes where they take on real events. That and I am also enjoying that Ben is getting different holograms every week. Each person gives a different perspective and changes the feeling of his mission.
Quantum Leap is one of the rare shows where the second season is so much better than the first.
