Product Description

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and Vanished...He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8880 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-11-08
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 409 minutes

Customer Reviews

Buy this, the one and only good QL season
My experience with Quantum Leap: I watched it a few times as a kid and I loved it. A couple of years ago I started buying the Dvds. Let me tell you that: The first season (with 9 episodes I think) is very very good. While not all episodes are excellent, it's an almost must-have season.

But after that, my god the series gets sooooo boring. I currently have watched ALL seasons, and I have to say, buy the first one but do not have high expectations for the rest (2-5). They are predictable and boring to death. Too bad too see a really good series to get ruined by weak storylines.

There is no greater impact on my formative years
Perhaps in reality it is a wistful reminiscence rather than a critical analysis of show that competes with more modern shows in the dvd market, but I cannot think of a tv series that had more of an impact on me growing up. Sensitive, thought-provoking, moralistic without being preaching, well-crafted, excellently told and superbly acted - it is a show that really feels as if it has depth and insight. It always gifted a sense that it was more than just 45mins of light-hearted story-telling. Across the 5 seasons, the characters developed into 3 dimensional, almost tangible entities. Al is perhaps the perfect example - until the episode where Sam finds himself in Vietnam as a photographer (some time in later seasons) all we have of Al is a vague feeling that there is more to him than bad suits and one-night stands. Nevertheless, we know that feeling is there. There are the light-hearted episodes but every so often, very often in fact, there is a belter leaving your heart wrought asundered - torn by emotion. The haunting soundtrack as Sam's wistful voiceover draws us into the psyche of the main protagonist is perfectly pitched. It is a show that was never afraid to tackle serious issues - mental handicap, domestic violence, crime and injustice, racism and so on. Yet is never did so in a superior or cheesy way but with circumspection and honesty. Scott Bakula and Dean Stokwell quite clearly loved doing Quantum Leap and their enthusiasm pervades every moment. There is, in my view, no better example of a show which relies so heavily and successfully on solid and genuine story-telling. It completely destroys anything that seeks to compete with it these days - there is simply nothing better available. Watch, delight, feel.

Great show!
This show was one of my cult show and I had never seen the beginning. It is done now and I am so happy! It is still great and full of good feelings. Very intelligent and talented.

My favorites : Genesis (1), How the Tess Was Won, The Color of Truth, Play It Again, Seymour.