Instead of returning dwelling, Ben’s bounce on this week’s Quantum Leap discovered him within the physique of astronaut David Temura aboard the area shuttle Atlantis in 1998.
After discovering Ben’s video and a mysterious bounce drive, Addison was understandably upset that her fiancé was holding secrets and techniques from her — particularly since they fell in love whereas working collectively on the Quantum Leap mission and devoted years to getting it up and operating.
When she steered to the crew that they jog Ben’s reminiscence for solutions, Magic instantly shot down the thought. He believed that it was far too dangerous, on condition that Al’s daughter Janice was by some means concerned. Until they understood Ben’s motivation for the unauthorized leap, he deemed it greatest to maintain the time traveler out of the loop. That didn’t cease Addison from secretly teaming up with Ian to determine this out, a technique or one other.
What was clear, although, was that Ben leaped into David to save lots of his life. The astronaut was speculated to die on today, and so they wanted to determine the right way to forestall it. Right on time, the shuttle malfunctioned after an explosion, and their chief Reynolds suffered a concussion. Ben/David additionally survived, however David’s destiny had not modified, which steered he should have died from one thing else.
Elsewhere, Magic paid a go to to Al’s widow Beth (performed by Susan Diol, who reprised her position from the unique sequence) for clues about Janice’s whereabouts. Beth advised him she hadn’t seen her daughter since Al died over a yr in the past, additionally feigning concern concerning the Quantum Leap mission. Magic averted answering her query and abruptly ended the go to, getting precisely what he wanted from their dialog. He was in a position to hint Beth’s name to Janice instantly after he left and introduced Jenn to the tackle linked to the telephone quantity.
They found what seemed like Janice’s base of operations within the basement and rapidly realized they had been being watched. That’s when Janice referred to as Magic’s telephone, revealing that Ben approached her for assist, not the opposite manner round. The basement then self-destructed, however not earlier than Jenn grabbed certainly one of Janice’s exhausting drives.
Back in area, the crew concluded that Ben/David wanted to make an emergency spacewalk to repair the shuttle. That’s after we discovered David died on this stroll after being struck by particles. Ben, in David’s physique, survived the particles, however that altered everybody’s destiny for the more serious. The flying objects broken a few of the tiles, and the explosion upon reentry into the earth’s environment would kill everybody on board.
The astronauts debated what to do concerning the tiles. Reynolds and Everett thought the shuttle was superb as is — not realizing Columbia exploded in 2003 underneath comparable circumstances — whereas Ben and Stratton believed the harm was way more substantial than they thought. Stratton then steered they ask for assist from the Russians, who had been close by within the Mir spacecraft. But Reynolds struck that down, calling it a humiliation to ask the cosmonauts for support.
(*2*)When Ben lastly satisfied Reynolds to take heed to Samantha and attain out to the Russians, they bumped into one other concern. Their calls went unheard as a result of it was the midnight, and the Russians had been asleep. Taking a leap of religion, Ben unlatched his security tether and actually flung himself onto the Mir to bang on the Russians’ door. The dangerous transfer labored, although, and Ben’s destiny was altered. Everyone aboard Atlantis would make it again safely, with Stratton turning into a shuttle commander and David incomes a spot as one of many first astronauts on the International Space Station as soon as it’s accomplished.
With his mission completed, Ben had a 50/50 shot at returning dwelling along with his subsequent leap. Addison promised that it doesn’t matter what, she could be with him each step of the best way. Unfortunately, Ben didn’t make it again and remained caught touring via time and area.
Magic apologized to Addison for not telling her about Janice earlier and conceded that the dialogue on the right way to deal with Ben’s state of affairs ought to have been a gaggle determination. This squashed the sooner rigidity, and so they had been all in settlement that Ben must be stored out of the loop till they discovered extra.
Remember that thumb drive Addison discovered? Well, it contained thousands and thousands of variables of various locations in time, with one specific vacation spot singled out. Ian inferred that Ben could have jumped to get to a particular time and place, however the the place and why remained unclear.
As for Ben’s subsequent bounce, he landed within the physique of a boxer. Before the physicist might get his bearings, he took a imply punch to the face. Ouch.
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