Summary of "The Complete 3rd Season - Spooky episodes are the best": I remember a number of these from their initial airings. My favorite episode from the season is "The Boogieman," a strange murder mystery involving Sam, Al, and dead bodies. The two-part premiere was also great; Sam leaps into his own body as a 16 year old, realizing that he can right some tragic wrongs in his past.
I keep holding out hope that Universal will include some extras on a Quantum Leap release, but they keep letting me down. Sure, season 1 had some, but I want commentary tracks, interviews, actor bios, outtakes, deleted scenes. God, throw us a bone here! (read entire review)
The Complete 2nd Season - The song is missing (12/14/2004)
Summary of "The Complete 2nd Season - The song is missing": I knew Universal would price this set (22 episode) the same as season 1 (8 episodes), so I wasn't surprised when it was finally announced. I hate to say this, but I wasn't expecting all the music to be included in the set, though I'm saddened by the replacement of such a key song in the series ("Georgia On My Mind"). We all hear about how music licensing affects various shows, but some changes can sting more than others. It can be extremely difficult for studios to license older music, especially when some episodes use so many songs, but I feel the studio has to be upfront with consumers by including replacement information on the outside of the packaging. Consumers can be more forgiving when they're tipped off to these changes, and I expect to hear from some very upset Quantum Leap fans over the next few days as they experience the changes for themselves.
Music changes aside, Quantum Leap season 2 is some outstanding television. I enjoyed watching Sam leap from person to person, and watching him change the future. (read entire review)
The Complete 1st Season - Before Enterprise... (6/05/2004)
Summary of "The Complete 1st Season - Before Enterprise...": This is a cool show that stands up quite well 15 years later. Because each episode is a period piece, the hairstyles and clothes are constantly changing so it doesn't look "1989." The special effects look a bit cheesy now, but that's easily overlooked because the stories are so great. I watched the show on and off, and I remembered catching a few of the episodes in this set.
The set is priced a bit high, and contains few extras, but the music is intact and the episodes look nice. I can't wait until they release season 2, the first full season of the series. (read entire review)
Sam Makes His Final Leap, As The 5th Season Comes To DVD ***Updated Art and Menus***
He's leaped into lives of the past, but nothing can compare time traveler Dr. Sam Beckett (Emmy nominee Scott Bakula) and his wise-cracking holographic guide, Al (Emmy nominee Dean Stockwell), for the... (read entire news item)
3/30/2006
Coupon In S4 Set Gives Box Art & Timeline For Complete 5th Season DVDs!
The other day saw the release of the 4th Season DVDs for both Quantum Leap and Northern Exposure. In each title is found a couple of coupons, each good for $5 off of the DVD sets for The Complete 5th... (read entire news item)
2/13/2006
Sample Menu Shots for 4th Season
Back on January 20th we posted separate news items with sample menu screens for a bunch of upcoming TV-to-DVD releases from Universal: Columbo, Murder She Wrote, Northern Exposure, Knight Rider, The A-Team... (read entire news item)
12/15/2005
Leap into the future & the past on the season 4 set
Universal is providing a glimpse of the future with the release of the fourth season of Quantum Leap by including a bonus episode from the fifth season. We're not sure what the episode title is, but we'll... (read entire news item)
12/06/2005
Full-Sized Cover Art For the Season That Begins When Sam Leaps Home
Yesterday we reported on Universal's announcement of Quantum Leap - The Complete 4th Season. This was a year that started with Sam and Al reversing their roles in "The Leap Back", with Al doing the leaping... (read entire news item)
12/05/2005
2006 is a leap year, at least for Sam - Season 4 news
Universal has just announced plans to release Quantum Leap: Season 4 on March 28. The 3 disc set (DVD-18; double-sided, dual-layer), will contain all 22 episodes from the fourth season. The set will be... (read entire news item)
3/14/2005
Leaping to conclusions that we'll get S4 by Christmas!
The folks at The Sci Fi Channel run a great website. Not only does it cover and promote shows and events tied to the cable network, but it truly reaches out to science fiction fans with genre-related... (read entire news item)
2/18/2005
The Quantum Leap 3rd Season Box Art: Really, We Mean It This Time!
First we posted the announcement for Quantum Leap - The Complete 3rd Season (streeting on May 10th). Then the next day we posted cover art for the set. The day after that, we took down the art at the... (read entire news item)
2/17/2005
S3 Cover art incorrect; Universal says new art's coming
Yesterday we posted cover art for the May 10 release of Quantum Leap - The Complete 3rd Season. If you've looked at that story for the past little while, you've noticed that we've removed the artwork... (read entire news item)
2/16/2005
Cover Art for 3rd Season
Following up on yesterday's official announcement for the May 10 release of Quantum Leap - The Complete 3rd Season, here is the cover art:
--->Update: We've been told that the cover art is incorrect,... (read entire news item)
2/15/2005
Universal officially announces the 3rd Season
On 1/21, we passed along the news that Quantum Leap - The Complete 3rd Season was planned for May 10th, at a $49.98 SRP. This quick update is to let you know that Universal has formally announced the... (read entire news item)
1/21/2005
Leap into the 3rd season: press release reveals S3 street date
Ron Epstein, co-owner of The Home Theater Forum website (recently written up by Forbes as being among "The Best of the Web", a well-deserved honor), has posted a press release there from Universal Studios... (read entire news item)
8/18/2004
Quantum Leaps 2nd Season release from October to December
Quantum Leap - The Complete 2nd Season has been delayed. Originally scheduled to hit in late October, this morning Universal Studios Home Video has announced that this release has been pushed back for... (read entire news item)
8/12/2004
Al Leaps onto the Season 2 cover with Sam
Al has leapt onto the cover of Quantum Leap - The Complete 2nd Season, as you can plainly see:
As we told you a month ago, this DVD arrives on October 26th. For more details, read our previous... (read entire news item)
7/12/2004
Season 2 is on the way!
Here's a bit of news that was left off the recent Universal TV press release: Quantum Leap: Season 2 is going to be released on October 26! Season 2 was the first full season of the series, featuring... (read entire news item)
3/18/2004
Extra, Extra - we have news about extras!
We finally have information on the extras for the season 1 set.
"A Kiss With History: Remembering Quantum Leap"
Series stars Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell, along with creator Don Bellisario, share... (read entire news item)
3/12/2004
Extras WILL be included
Universal seems to be releasing information about their Quantum Leap set piece by piece. Earlier today we reported that the set wouldn't contain any extras.
We consulted the Universal press site, consumer... (read entire news item)
3/12/2004
Nice Box, No Extras
Good morning. In our previous Quantum Leap - Season 1 news items (here and here), we kept telling you we would come back and let you know what the extras were on this set, when the studio announced them.
The... (read entire news item)
3/04/2004
Official Specs
We now have the official specs for the "Quantum Leap - Season 1" DVD release which were not provided in the original announcement of the June 8 release. Universal recently posted these, and so we decided... (read entire news item)
2/18/2004
Full-Size Cover Art
Hello again! I know we've already updated our previous announcement with a postage-stamp-sized piece of artwork for the new Quantum Leap box set. But we just found better artwork for you to look at.... (read entire news item)
2/17/2004
QL finally leaps back onto DVD! *Updated*
With the original DVD release of Quantum Leap - The Pilot Episode being long out-of-print, fans of the show have longed for Universal Home Entertainment to bring the beloved series back to DVD in season... (read entire news item)
11/25/2003
Oh boy! DVDs may finally be in-the-works!
For those of you not in-the-know, Deborah Pratt was married to Quantum Leap Creator Donald P. Bellisario until 1991 (the show ran from 1989-1993). Pratt has many credits on the show, being listed as the... (read entire news item)
