Fate's Wide Wheel: A Quantum Leap Podcast

Double your identity, double your pleasure! Leapers, we're back with a double episode this week, giving back-to-back capsule reviews of Season 1's "Double Identity" and "The Color of Truth". These are two very different episodes, and Sam and Dennis have some strong feelings. 

Plus! Listener mail. If you would like to send us a question or comment to read on the show, send us an mp3 or old-fashioned message to [email protected].

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Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum Leap, by Matt Dale

Quantum Leap Info, by Matt Dale (a collection of all-new info about the pilot Matt can gather)

We continue our journey revisiting episodes of the classic series in the lead up to the revival with "How the Tess Was Won". Where will Sam's veterinary leap rank among our previously rated episodes of the first season? Does Sam's shirtless post-digging up our rating? What about our dear boy from Lubbock with his guitar? What was his name? Pal? Pard? Bud- Oh, boy! Dennis and Sam start off on opposite ends of the spectrum with their opinions, but do they come to an agreement or will their ratings show a divide... All this and so much more, Piggie Suey!

Plus the usual updates from the project and even a few little tangents here and there. 

PLUS! 

We're going to start answering listener mail as a regular part of our episodes. If you have a comment or question you want us to answer, send us an email to: [email protected].

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Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum Leap, by Matt Dale

Quantum Leap Info, by Matt Dale (a collection of all-new info about the pilot Matt can gather)

Next up in our Revisited series is "The Right Hand of God". We bring our new rubric to bear on the third episode of the series to see how it measures up. What grade do we give it? Have our opinions changed? We also run through the latest news on the reboot/sequel and more!

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Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum Leap, by Matt Dale

Quantum Leap Info, by Matt Dale (a collection of all new info about the pilot Matt can gather)

Leapers! We're back with our second capsule view. This week, we're talking about the series' 2nd episode, "Star-Crossed". 

We also discuss the latest news for the reboot pilot, and the exciting opportunities lie ahead for the new Quantum Leap fandom.

Oh, and hey, listen carefully (or even not so carefully), and you can tell the exact moment Dennis learned that a certain somebody slapped a certain somebody on a certain televised event. (Also, apologies, Dennis was playing with a new mic configuration, and he comes in a little hot this week.)

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In lieu of a fresh episode this week (hey, even we need a break sometimes), we're bringing you our 30th-anniversary retrospective episode from 2019 on the eve of the 33rd anniversary of our favorite show. There may or may not be some comments about what we'd think of a potential reboot and/or sequel. Plus, lots of looking back at our favorite episodes and moments and more!

We have a main cast! We have production photos! We have filming underway! It is all happening! Sam & Dennis are back to discuss the big news week - from Ernie Hudson to Caitlin Bassett, Nanrisa Lee, and Mason Alexander Park, to production getting underway. There's so much to discuss. Add to that a dash of speculation, a pinch of tangents, and a smidge of new info from the pilot script and you have the makings for one big episode.

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Al's Place

We're firing up the accelerator for another leap - a leap that does not take us to our promised revisited review of Star-Crossed. Why, you ask... Well, we've got some casting news! Raymond Lee was announced as our new lead, Dr. Ben Seong. We talk about Lee's career and some of the other roles he's had recently, including "Kevin Can F*** Himself" and "Here and Now". What are our initial impressions of Lee? Does he have what it takes to be our leaper? (SPOILERS: YES!) We also talk a bit about nostalgia and its effect on viewers of the classic series. But that's not all... We have a secret... We haven't been entirely honest with you... What could it be? Listen on, fellow leapers. Join us for the ride because we are only just getting started!

Raymond Lee Interview

Raymond Lee Monologue

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Hello, listeners, observers, leapers!

Welcome to Quantum Leap: Revisited with Fate’s Wide Wheel - our capsule-sized reviews of the classic series. Our mission is to rank the show on a scale of 1-10 based on five different categories - writing, directing, acting, production values, and mythology. Each category is weighted based on importance - writing, directing, and acting are each worth 25% of the average, production values are 15%, and mythology just 10%. Our original reviews sought to stimulate discussion, contextualize the episode based on when it was set, when it aired, and when our discussion took place. Of course, we also provided background information and our personal opinions of each episode. That, and a whole lot more. We’re proud of those reviews and they will continue to be available for listeners in our archive. Meanwhile, we wanted the opportunity to revisit the episodes with only our opinion of the categories above - giving listeners a compact rating of each episode of the classic series in the lead-up to the premiere of the new series in the Fall of 2022. Have our opinions changed? For the better? For worse? Will this new rubric yield results that surprise even us? Step into the accelerator and find out as Fate’s Wide Wheel revisits Quantum Leap - one leap at a time in 30 minutes or less.

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Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer's Guide to Quantum Leap, by Matt Dale

Quantum Leap Info, by Matt Dale (a collection of all new info about the pilot Matt can gather)

Al's Place

We're setting aside our start of our promised capsule reviews of the series (*ahem* classic series) to take an episode to take a moment to talk about diversity.

Diversity.

We've heard that word a lot on Quantum Leap forums the last few weeks as the casting call for the series was released, and that release was confirmed to be genuine. Some fans of the classic series are already coming what's to come "too woke". This past week, our co-host, Sam, got into a civil debate with a fellow fan on Twitter after posting an essay on the matter.

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Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer's Guide to Quantum Leap, by Matt Dale

Quantum Leap Info, by Matt Dale (a collection of all new info about the pilot Matt can gather)

Al's Place

We're back this week to discuss more of what we know about the new Quantum Leap pilot, including the recent announcement that Helen Shaver will serve as both the pilot director and Executive Producer. We also have some more inside details thanks to our source - who we are lovingly calling 'The Observer' - at NBC:

Then, of course, Sam & Dennis make with some serious "fan-wank" with some speculation with the tidbits we do have. Along the way, we talk about the Handlink as the original smart phone, the 80s/90s TV trope of sassy AI computers, and a lamentation of how it only took four years after its cancellation for Knight Rider to get a reboot attempt. 

Some Other Resources and Articles We Discuss:

Beyond the Mirror Image, by Matt Dale

Quantum Leap Info, by Matt Dale (a collection of everything confirmed so far about the new pilot)

The Quantum Leap Podcast

What We Know About the Quantum Leap Reboot