This explanation is pat but unsatisfying, even with the triumphant end of 'Revenge of the Evil Leaper,' yet still allows the audience to appreciate Sam as a force of Lawful-Good energy. Instead, Al lets his superstitious mind take over and states his belief that Alia is Sam's evil counterpart, as if ordained by the gods, much in the same way 'The Boogieman' stipulated the existence of the Devil working against Sam's efforts. If it were, then they would already know who Sam was, where he had been, and could possibly be on the lookout for him, adding even higher stakes to the narrative. could be saboteurs from Sam's future, hijacking his technology for their own dastardly purposes. Therefore it's not even suggested that Alia et. So while Sam does bounce around along his timeline, his stories are still experienced in a linear fashion and, ironically, often involve him racing against a clock. For a time travel show, 'Quantum Leap' never really plays with the elasticity of time as much as it could've. What's never revealed, however, is what this organization is or why it exists. by the Navy - declared dead so she could remarry. Beth, alone with her misery because Al had never wanted to relocate children all over the place, lived with the strain for nearly two years before having Al - officially M.I.A. Shortly after his first tour ended, he signed up for his second, eventually being shot down and captured by the Viet Cong in 1967. A navy pilot, Al flew several assignments and was a member of the Apollo program before starting tours in Vietnam in the mid-'60s. He had an eye for the ladies, too, until he met Beth, whom he married in 1961. At 19, Al went to Trudy's institution to release her into his care, only to find she had died, for which he always blamed the negligence of the staff.Īimless and angry, Al joined the Navy and quickly became popular with his fellow soldiers. He ran away for a time and traveled around under the mentorship of pool shark Charlie Walters until he was apprehended and forced to return to the orphanage.

Meanwhile, the always resourceful Al learned to box at the orphanage and dabbled in acting too. Although he tried to reconnect with them, Calavicci Sr.

Quantum Leap by John Peel