yk, honestly ? Tom giving Addison reassurance, telling her he trusts her ? not dismissing her former lover and her complicated feelings about her former lover's re-emergence ? being secure enough in what they have to have her stay on the project because she wants to ?
mature, healthy relationships in my TV show ?? it's more likely than you'd think !
Oh wait. It's because Dean Stockwell passed away last year. But like.... You.... You don't need to kill Al off just because the actor is gone.
You could literally just have him off screen existing! Living!
Being a celebration of everything his character stood for !
"oh sorry the Admiral can't come to the phone right now, he's off with his grandchildren at the local Pride festival. Yes, I'll forward the package to his hotel, I'm sure he'll love the new pronoun pin."
"Oh no, I'm sorry the Admiral is unavailable at the moment, he is currently volunteering at the local homeless shelter. Oh wait scratch that, he's not even at the shelter, I was just informed he's walking around town handing everyone he sees begging for money uh... looks like it's one thousand dollars in cash. Yes, you heard that right. I know, it's amazing how he won the lottery, that old lady who insisted he take the ticket must have been a saint."
not impressed with the first episode. They should have picked one - either he keeps his memories, or they do a cold opening with him already in the leap with no memory. Going back and forth between the leap and the original timeline is too distracting and not helpful to getting to know any of the characters.
So far hologram lady has no discernible personality besides "girlfriend" and "going to act surprised about random things for some reason".
Also, despite them jumping back and forth between the leap and what everyone back home is doing, Ziggy didn't get any lines, or any aknowledgement as a character at all, and they're all apparently using it/its pronouns for him now, which is not actually a good thing in this case because it means they're probably just going to act like Ziggy's just a computer and not a person -.-
Human character using it/its pronouns? epic.
The sequel that shows no signs of treating the artificial intelligence like a person changing his pronouns to it/its? bad fucking sign -.-
Even if Ziggy just said, "Yeah, I use any pronouns, as long as you switch it up" it'd be fine. Or even just alternating he/she/they/it. But no. Just it/its, with no dialogue or conveyed dialogue at all.
It's my theory. Electromagnetism between two polarities. I'm moving forward in time, and you're moving backward. Creating a magnetic field that brings us...
RENEW THIS SHOW, NBC. It's the last genre series on linear broadcast standing and it's so enjoyble and so good and carries on the og series spirit so very well.
Ian and Jenn!! (Ian utterly breaking there...that got to me the most I think). The Calavicci family!! Ben and Addison!! Ben and Hannah!! Hannah and Addison!! Magic!!
AL'S OLD ZIGGY HANDLINK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE HIT TO WORK I COULD CRY
ADDISON THE NEW LEAPER WHICH SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ORIGINALLY
And I thought Ben would be her hologram, which would be fun, but he's ALSO A LEAPER WITH HER??
Wait a minute. Quantum Leap 2022 .... Where's the waiting room? Does it just not exist anymore?? Like what. They didn't even mention it. So .... Like....
Where's Ben's body?
Has it vanished?
Is it just lying unconscious in a bed somewhere??
Are they not swapping bodies anymore and instead he's just possessing people?????
Genderqueer transfemme Dr Ben Song asking Ian one too many questions when they came out to the team. Everyone thought he was just new to the concept, but Ian wonders if something resonated.
Ben confiding in Ian in private in the quiet haze of a party, makes them promise not to tell anyone — not until he’s sure. Ian promises. Ben thinks Ian will be too drunk to remember the conversation anyway. Ian remembers, but says nothing.
Ben leaps into a woman’s body for the first time and Ian isn’t there. Ian fees guilty about it for days but Ben doesn’t remember, just wonders why it felt so right.
Ben leaps into a woman’s body for the second time. Ian is watching closely and Ben seems to be feeling super comfortable in the experience already. Ben is starting to remember.
Ben leaps into a woman’s body for the fourth time and he feels amazing about it. Ian is happy for him but has to pay more attention to Jenn to make sure she’s okay.
Ben leaps into a woman’s body for the fifth time. This time Ian gets to hologram. They both remember.
“It’s a good look for you.” Ian tells him, with a pointed, gentle smile.