10 Times Quantum Leap Got Super Weird

[@nomisunrider6472]

"You're not gonna get into heaven." "Why not?" "There's a dress code", Bigfoot as "that guy who just saves your car", a gothic novel in the modern day, and Sam strangling Satan. This show is AWESOME.

[@AM-uo2kf]

Man I love Quantum leap, even with Mummies and Vampires. Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell were really amazing in the show. A true gem!

[@AM-uo2kf]

I think I probably also add to this list of weird episodes would definitely include the one where Sam leaps into a chimp or the one where he's a mortician who has to help solve a murder or or that one where he is being hypnotized and almost commits suicide.

[@Donathon-f6f]

Bigfoot, the Devil ❤❤❤

[@lewisgibbs4665]

I never knew I needed a compilation of Al and Sam saying ‘weird’, but I’m so happy it now exists👌

[@hazardsigns]

I saw that Boogyman episode as a child. It was Christmas Eve and my mum was upstairs wrapping presents. She found me, enthralled, about a foot away from the screen. She was horrified and I was hooked. Inadvertently got an early start on horror. It was also my first introduction to Quantum Leap 😆

[@Crazy56U]

You got to see Sam choke out the Devil on Christmas Eve. You have my unending respect.

[@CERTAIND00M]

E Jones, you brilliant son of a bitch! You just cracked the case. I've had a similar memory for years, only I couldn't remember what movie we were watching but that's because it wasn't a movie but rather the first time I'd ever seen Sam Becket step into the Quantum Leap Accelerator... And vanish. The only key difference was it was my Grandfather who found me watching it, because the family was all at my aunt's house to eat dinner. I begged my mom to stay and let me finish the episode but she said no. Ever the pimp, my grandfather volunteered to wait with me and we watched the rest together. Sincerely, thank you for helping me finally remember what it was we stayed to watch!

[@danielrhouck]

13:56 “He just sort of… gets away, somehow” The entire time the fight was happening, the clock was striking midnight. When it finished, it was no longer Halloween but All Saintsʼ Day, so Sam was safe.

[@jackdubz4247]

Your logic checks out. Kudos.

[@Moonlightgraeme]

The spooky episodes of QL were always my favourites, this show did spooky really well.

[@CGMedia2023]

The ENTIRE Abigail trilogy was wild and bizarre and beautiful.

[@Actionnate1]

Beautiful? ick, I disagree.

[@paulb9890]

I’m not on Twitter but you’re the only person I ‘know’ that wants to talk about this show. Keep the leapin content coming.

[@noisepuppet]

r/quantumleap is surprisingly busy

[@miriamrosemary9110]

@@noisepuppet Thanks for reminding me about it!

[@EternalFireseal]

Somehow, I feel this number should be a lot higher than 10. I remember that Dr. Ruth episode being much better than you'd expect. For you young ones or others who don't know of her, Dr. Ruth is a therapist that gained a lot of notoriety for being extremely frank in discussions about sex, which American audiences found extra funny because it was coming form a tiny old Jewish lady. The episode had the jokes you'd expect, but it also took the therapy side of it much more seriously than most TV at the time. The focus was as much on helping Al deal with the mess that was his life as it was about the leap.

[@56postoffice]

Firstly: *RIP* to Dean Stockwell. Secondly: love the *"weird"* montage. Keep leapin'!

[@gracekim1998]

Sorry um who’s Dean?

[@56postoffice]

@@gracekim1998 He was Al the hologram who helped Sam.

[@gracekim1998]

@@56postoffice OH😅 right, thanks for reminding me

[@carealoo744]

My favorite one off joke is when Sam is on top of a roof trying to fix a signal and Al looks like he's leaping, and for a brief moment it looks like the show is going to do something really cool, but then Sam points out that it's just because Al is a hologram standing in the interference, and as soon as he moves the effect goes away. It's so dumb but funny.

[@myowncelestial5017]

Your enthusiasm for Quantum leap makes me not only want to watch the new one, but it's actually making me want to watch the original too. I remember my parents really being into the show, but I was too young at the time to understand it. I was born in the mid eighties.

[@dfangirl72]

the few episodes of ql I did watch were solely for storyline ( my 2 absolute fave were the leap back , another mother episode ) I drooled over dean !

[@radhiadeedou8286]

How many shitty reboots need to come out for people to get it

[@pr0t34n]

If you like the concept of shows that can be anything, give The Pretender a try! There's no Dean Stockwell, which works heavily against it, but they do some really fun stuff - particularly in the first season so it's a great casual watch

[@VDiddy5000]

Oh man, the Pretender…there’s a show I haven’t heard about in a long, long time…used to watch that as a kid. Never really *understood* it, but it was always fascinating. That, the one where the dude time travels a week into the past every week, the one where the dude has super senses, and…the “awful in a good way” Invisible Man show

[@BuckeyeStormsProductions]

@@VDiddy5000 Seven Days. Haven't thought about that show in a long time.

[@Cuprum-ws5lo]

@@VDiddy5000, the one with the super senses was “The Sentinel”. Love that one and “Seven Days”.

[@VDiddy5000]

@@Cuprum-ws5lo oh man, the Sentinel! Imma binge buy all these shows on DVD, swear to God

[@kali3665]

From the Halloween "vampire" episode of the original - "The Devil" takes the form of Al, which must have confused the heck out of the other characters.... Sam: Why are you doing this? "The Devil": To put an end to your meddling. WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO GO BUNGLING AROUND IN TIME?! PUTTING RIGHT WHAT I MAKE WRONG!! Sam: I'm just trying to get back home. The Devil: Well, you're not going to make it! That HAS to take the prize for the weirdest moment in the entire series - enjoying the sight of Dean Stockwell playing evil. And made even weirder when the episode ends revealing the kid was Stephen King.

[@voxangelaemortis]

I remember nothing else about the Boogeyman episode, but I remember being terrified by "Al's" final speech as a kid. Seeing it come up here still brought a twinge to my stomach. Right up there with the wheelers from Return to Oz and Darkness in Legend when it comes to media-inflicted childhood trauma.

[@taesirejasper4267]

Thanks, Allison for talking about these episodes, I've always loved the episodes where the writers took a break the normal stuff for a little bit and just let loose with the show! It was nice to see!

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

What I like about the show's four spookiest episodes is that each one is a different kind of horror/thriller story. "A Portrait for Troian" is done in the style of 19th Century Gothic supernatural mystery, despite being set in 1971. "The Boogeyman" is done in the style of 20th Century small town surrealist horror a la Stephen King or HP Lovecraft. (and genuinely scary from a non-horror show) "The Curse of Ptah-Hotep" is done in the style of pulp curse-of-the-mummy stories popularized around the turn of the 20th century. "Blood Moon" is basically QL's take on Hammer Horror, which is probably why it was set in the '70s. QL was great on taking on many different genres, and in the case of horror, even subgenres,

[@Crazy56U]

The Boogieman is tied with Shock Theater as one of my favorite episodes of the OG series. Also, Blood Moon is GOATed.

[@ShinGallon]

I've not had a chance to see the new series yet (I hear good things) but QL was one of my absolute favorite shows when I was a teenager. It, MST3K and Star Trek TNG basically made up 90% of my TV viewing habits in the early 90s. I was hoping The Boogeyman would be on the list, should have predicted it'd be #1. Kinda surprised the entire concept of Evil Leapers didn't make it though, that always seemed...weird. Great video as always!

[@AllisonPregler]

I tried to keep the list to supernatural/unexplained moments. While the evil leapers are indeed weird, they're not fantastical per se.

[@lynngreen7978]

Interesting note: Starlight, Starbright sees Sam interrogated by the air force, and reveals Project Quantum Leap. And the very next episode introduces the Evil Leaper.

[@MeyerBen27]

I loved "A little miracle" Al being the ghost of Christmas Future was endlessly hilarious.

[@kornelious3922]

Thank you! I vividly remember "The Boogieman" back when it was broadcast and being kinda disturbed. It was really well done and entertaining.

[@russellharrell2747]

This episode broke me. It was spooky and effective but it also messed with my perception of what the show was. Now all the sudden Sam could be just lost in time, or worse, kidnapped by the Devil.

[@MinmoKitty]

Great video! Me and my mom never missed an episode back in the day. Got a little sting eyed thinking about the good times I had with her.

[@riccardoleone4265]

This is an appropriate sequel to the WTF moments in The Nanny. By the way, you forgot to mention that in that show puppets are alive.

[@baconjr.8485]

I totally had forgotten about Sam meeting the Devil....that was gnarly...awesome vid

[@TomJonty]

The Curse of Ptah-Hotep was the first bit of media I remember giving me nightmares as a little kid. I vividly remember a shot of Ptah-Hotep strangling Razul even though that isn't shown, I was that scared.

[@blackidna]

I remember the episode with Liz Torres distinctly because she reminds me of my grandmother. Imagine Liz Torres as a shortstack and you have the closest image of my grandma, same attitude as the character she plays in that episode. I miss her a lot. N. 3 I remember the episode because of the unusual behavior of Al, always blaming the mummy and the curse for the bad things happening while Sam denied it all. In the end, when he goes in the chamber and then pops out with that face, Al can't even confess what's going on there. He showed without showing.

[@descendientesfan3624]

"A Portrait For Troian" & "The Boogieman" are may first option about weird inside all that stuff. They make you think from the beginning "something out of place is going on here" with episodes like that it makes you just saying I have to watch it all to get the idea! PERFECT!

[@jmv333]

So excited for this vid! I watched Quantum Leap because of your channel, and my, it sure is weird. Then again, from my perspective, most shows that came out 12 years before I was born are on the strange side!

[@BlackScarabFilmZ]

7:07 I know it's an iconic '80s song, but because it's been used in so many things as a needle drop, by the time I saw it on QL it just left me laughing because it's the most '80s song they could have chosen.

[@AllisonPregler]

I first saw it with a music replacement, so when I saw the clip with Foreigner I thought it was a joke lol

[@UJEvans]

I love your Quantum Leap videos. I haven't seen the whole show yet. But you're the one who made me a fan and the reason I'm getting a Peacock subscription to see the new series.

[@AllisonPregler]

Dang, that's awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@AllisonPregler 😀🙏💗🧸

[@dars5229]

Good old days, when great shows used a basic concept so they could be very free-flowing and do something different every week without being too constrained. Quantum Leap, never mind a different setting and character, it was also a different genre every week. This episode is adventure, this one is drama, this one is comedy, this is romance, this is detective fiction, this is horror. A lot of modern shows just don't understand how much creative freedom there is in the philosophy that less is more.

[@neogotham2k39]

Quantum Leap is a good show and great way to get ready for Halloween!

[@pureserenity524]

1:35 I never realized how 'weird' Quantum Leap was until today!

[@SpeedyEric1]

Al...lison, why is it so weird here? What am I suppose to do? 13:07- "A Talking Cat!?!"

[@CrypticCharm]

i loved the weird episode, my favourite was the vampire one. because it's all "creatures of the night" and Backula is acting like a total dork. the chimp one had it's moment too

[@mp-kq3vc]

I'm so glad that your channel showed up in my feed again. Your review of TNG The Inner Light is one of my favorite KZbin videos of all time. When you burst out laughing at Picard's pants. Comedy gold.

[@thefinalfrontier9823]

Never seen quantum leap but you make me want to. This is nuts.

[@tylermitchell7686]

Thanks for this recap! I was imagining that the Chimp Leap would make the top three but having it unhonorably mentioned in the beginning made me shiver. I rememeber the Bigfoot and Bermuda Triangle episodes and the Angel One. But hey I didn't rewatch this show since it's original airing on German TV. But I'll have to get the whole package for nostalghia reasons to rewatch it with my son soon. No better way to make him leap into my 6 year old self. :-)

[@canvascontent4383]

GOOD GAWD, I remember "The Boogeyman" in particular. One of my favorites for its sheer ridiculousness! 😂 Your editing, writing and presentation have only grown beautifully over the years. Thanks for inspiring me to toss a little Quantum Leap into my Spooky Season viewing, especially now that I have a nerdy teenager who would probably be charmed as hell by it....

[@AllisonPregler]

Thanks so much!!

[@JohnnyWednesday]

You're super weird! (runs off crying to Quantum Leap memorabilia room)

[@angelicagaldos]

Man that was the show. I was 2 and my brother was a few months old when the OG QL came out. Such an addictive show with an rememberable theme with a rememberable tag line Oh Boy. Thanks for the awesome spooky top 10.

[@dc9662]

Count Bakula is backula!

[@miriamrosemary9110]

I didn't know there was a new QL show coming out!! Thanks for letting me know - definitely checking it out. I hope I'll like it! Also, fun to revisit the supernatural episodes. When I first saw them I kept sticking to the scientific explanations throughout the episode and then they'd switch it on me. Got me every time 😂

[@taesirejasper4267]

Yeah, you will! So far, the new QL season is really good! I've been watching every episode so far, and it's been a huge blast (from the past), there have been classic characters return to show up and you'll be shocked by the twists and turns with the new season so far, can't wait for Monday's next episode! Check it out!

[@miriamrosemary9110]

@@taesirejasper4267 Wow, sounds great, thanks! I find it weirdly funny that on IMDb it has a rating of 5.3 because most people gave it either 1 star or 10 stars with an interesting spread for every rating in between. So I have no idea what to expect with ratings like that lol, but the trailer looks good! Also, who gives a show 1 star out of 10? Very confusing to me.

[@darcybrummett7004]

My older sister remembered that I watched the original QL and told me about the relaunch. I didn’t even know there was a new QL series until she told me.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

"They make love to Foreigner--" [hears the song is "I Wanna Know What Love Is"] [relives Pacific Rim: Uprising trauma] At least Quantum Leap applied that song to a relatively normal scene

[@doktahv8837]

Well, Al can't change out of his Ghost Outfit anymore.... Great Video! Really needed the laughs.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

Nice to see a new Quantum Leap: The original series video from you Allison!🤗📺🙏👍

[@solouno2280]

I remember this show! It was one of my favourite series when I was a little boy.

[@AJUniverse]

I just watched boogieman for the first time yesterday and my first thought was "damn, Allison needs to talk about this one".

[@edisonlima4647]

You are the official Quantum Leap embassador for all of us! Unfortunately, Peacock is not available in my country (Brazil), but I would love to hear your opinion on the new series, please! Your analysis are always extremely entertaining and well written.

[@AllisonPregler]

Thanks! I talk about the new show on The Quantum Leap Podcast: quantumleappodcast.com/ It's had a rough start but it's getting fun now!

[@sageparra4956]

#1 is one of my favorite episodes period. Great list!

[@MorriganAtwood]

Two seldom-but constant truths about QL that you kinda just have to accept is that 1) Supernatural stuff, we guess, exists in this universe but is fringe and usually subtle enough that even in passing Al and Sam don't know what to make of it and only have time to move on, and 2) Except for God and the Devil, who not only super exist, but they also tend to be on the nose about it esp when they are taking a direct and deliberate step into Sam's path as opposed to him blundering into theirs.

[@adam-l74]

For all the weirdly supernatural episodes, the “Steven King” episode always weirded me out the most.

[@1084-7]

I loved this video!!! Great job, Allison!!!

[@SirWilliamKidney]

Maybe... hey... do you guys think that Vietnam vet might have been Big-Foot-Girl's father?? Head cannon!

[@bradwolf07]

I got a weird one (though not the kind of weird for this list): the episode where Sam leapt into the Mobster sleeping with his boss's mistress. Ends up recreating the day he leapt in, leapt into the Boss, arranged it so the two love birds could stay together despite what the Boss would want, and that wasn't why he leapt into this episode. He leapt in to have Grandma win Bingo. WTF? Gotta love Quantum Leap

[@Slim01984]

God I loved this show. I would sneak downstairs on Wednesday nights to watch it. It was one of the best time travel shows.

[@mikaschwarzer1977]

I had no idea what was going on, I just saw Jonathan Archer in the preview and clicked........ Fascinating.

[@Mike_Toulon]

"Star Light, Star Bright" is one of a few episodes that I always wished they would show the aftermath of Sam's leaps. So that we can see what happens to the person he kept into after they're returned to their body

[@MrAlman8]

The show indeed leaped into some supernatural situations. Here is a zany idea, if the new QL crossed over with other shows, by inhabiting the bodies of characters from set other shows.

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

I miss how '90s shows ostensibly set in the real world would still sometimes just FULLY confirm that the supernatural was real. Feels like the last decade writers felt like they could get away with that, whether it was divine intervention, non-white magic/spirituality, or full-on vampires, aliens, or Santa Claus. From Murder, She Wrote to Baywatch to Quantum Leap: every now and then, you'd get ghosts, ghouls, or whatever because the average person still seemed to believe those things were real.

[@boobah5643]

Don't be absurd. The average person didn't believe those things were real. The audiences and writers just didn't think it broke suspension of disbelief any more than, say, a murder mystery author who stumbles into twenty some murders a year, none of which she had any part in the planning or execution.

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

@@boobah5643 I'm not being absurd, you can look up how many people used to believe in the supernatural and the divine 30 years ago VS now and see a SHARP decline. The AVERAGE person certainly had more room for the unexplained being explained by "bigfoot, aliens, and ghosts" then VS now.

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

"Also, Ghost Ship is about a plain." Sounds better than the movie Ghost Ship at least. Also, I believe that one of the original plans for Star Trek V was to have Kirk fight the devil so it's neat that this show took a LEAP that Trek didn't...I'll see myself out now.

[@enrkm85]

The only good scene in Ghost Ship was the begin.

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

@@enrkm85 EXACTLY!!!

[@vortechsci-figadgets4603]

The Boogie Man is one of my all time favourite episodes 😀

[@DJosAmmel]

Holy crap… I remember exactly none of this. Had no idea Quantum Leap jumped the shark IN A NUCLEAR FRIDGE this often.

[@jediknight131]

great, great stuff!

[@artsaganza8742]

great video Allison. though i only saw some of quantum leap around that time when i was around 11 to 14, i have nice memories of watching it with my mother, who liked the show a lot. Sadly despite being very safe my mother passed away from long covid damage in june 2021. i live with very bad long term covid damage myself, but watching your shows has been helpful during these bad times, and quantum leap episodes in particular make me think of my mom and it helps with the healing. She knew of your show a bit by the way, but sadly didnt get to see many of them. Your show also has helped inspire my own you tube channel. thank you from Brian in Illinois

[@AllisonPregler]

Thank you for writing this. I’m sorry for your loss, and I hope great things happen for you.

[@artsaganza8742]

@@AllisonPregler thank you so much for the comment, and what you do with the show. check out my show sometime, videos of my mother and her art are in some. I apologize for the poor quality, I'm trying to get better. and have made better ones that are not online. One of my favorite quantum leaps was the one with the boogeyman. i'm not sure about all her favorites, but she usually liked any that had christmas themes. oddly my mom didnt like that much science fiction stuff, quantum leap was one of the few. thanks

[@FaeQueenCory]

I always liked to imagine that upon learning humanity has figured out time travel... Sorta. God said "I'm going to mess with this one so they learn to not fuck with time stuff."

[@ReverendMuncle]

Spectacular video, thank you.

[@AllisonPregler]

Thanks!

[@grandetaco4416]

I liked the mummy episode. What I thought was brilliant was they heard strange noises in the crypt and it was Al who was able to go inside clear up what was happening inside the room. There was no, "I wonder what happened" moment.

[@fitzytail896]

So current Quantum Leap just did a Spooky episode and I wanted Alison's take on that episode...

[@Jayfive276]

7:06- of the show? Excuse me, this is the greatest needle-drop in the history of TV.

[@t-puppy7852]

I have been successfully programmed now to think of Sam, Al, and Allison whenever I hear the word "weird" said.

[@youtubeletmeintoyoutube4580]

Wait does she actually do the watchmojo lady narrator voice? When she narrates like this it’s uncannily similar

[@brettreynolds1976]

They haven’t yet, but I’m hoping the new series will touch on some of these supernatural stories. It’s just good fun.

[@AllisonPregler]

It looks like they will tomorrow night!

[@brettreynolds1976]

@@AllisonPregler I saw the lead-in with the 666 house number, reminiscent of the Boogieman episode, so I’m stoked! Happy Halloween! 🎃

[@MforMovesets]

13:07 A Talking Cat?!?

[@msfthe1st117]

the way that Pretty Little Liars crossover just swerved into me like a speeding train.

[@randomsleepyness]

*aggressively hums the quantum leap themesong*

[@sageparra4956]

Can’t wait to hear you talk about the reboot!

[@mathieuleader8601]

speaking of war vets from Nam the 80's Twilight Zone episode the Road Less Travelled is a powerful bit of TV

[@gracekim1998]

I like to think of my dad as the ‘80’s expert’ despite him not knowing everything….. I’m gonna consider you THE Quantum leap expert (hope that’s ok 😂)🥳❤

[@jjwubs1638]

IIRC, "Ow man ow man ow man" was exactly what I thought when I saw this new video popping up - especially given the title.

[@tryksta7247]

I believe what happened in "The Boogieman" is that it was all real and Sam did defeat the Devil, and once he did the leap reset itself. He didn't have some psychic dream to know to save the guy in the window. The timeline/leap also reset itself in "Deliver Us From Evil" in the same manner.

[@InnocuousRemark]

5:20 I'm sorry for spamming the comments but that's the funniest thing I've heard all day.

[@Bored_Barbarian]

I actually like QL 2022 so far. I think the “evil leaper” storyline jumped the shark of the original.

[@angelaholmes8888]

Yeah I'm liking the 2022 version of quantum leap

[@michaelparylak5649]

Man this video was weird 😁 "Who gave you the right to go bumbling around in time. Putting right what I made wrong" "I'm just trying to get home" "Well you're not going to make it" God I miss this show 🎃🙂

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

Maybe God will allow Sam to finally return to his time ( and get his surname spelt right if he does it off screen)

[@CoMCPranks]

I enjoyed this review of "Quantum Leap Nights"

[@rodrolliv]

"Your nights will never be not weird"

[@AmityvilleFan]

I was weaving away this video, remembering the vampire-episode from befor, but I accept, these got weirder starting with Bigfoot.

[@thEannoyingE]

I can’t remember if it was Outer Limits or Leap, but one episode always stuck out to me: Tribunal. An old Nazi gets hunted down by the grandson of a holocaust survivor, his grandfather. It’s an incredibly moving and well done episode. Especially those looking for justice for such atrocities.

[@roostergriffin]

The Halloween episode of the new series has Ben leaping into an exorcist, so it looks like they're not shying away from the weirdness.

[@rjoyhelvie]

"Canon? SHIPS?" [shot of Sam and Al] [me grinning]

[@omgkatstephens]

Just finished making my homemade Ziggy handlink prop for my Al Halloween costume last night! Other than my best friend, there is literally no one else on Earth who I think would appreciate that tidbit more than you.

[@AllisonPregler]

Hell yeah!!!

[@hulk6785]

You should do a whole episode on that big 3-parter they did. Good lord! That was a wild ride.

[@TheTogoRojo]

Sweet new allison content.

[@fullriver1234]

The revival series has made me finally go back and watch the whole show in order as opposed to watching random reruns years ago. What did you think of the first season? Would love to see you make a video on it!

[@pauljackson3491]

When I learned that they called the "Bermuda Triangle" the "Devil's Triangle" before like 1960 I re-watched the episode. Sam and the pilot called it Bermuda before it was named that. The episode "The Boogyman" has one of my favorite scenes. It's always funny to see Sam and the goat spin around like that.

[@slickx82]

And lets not forget that thanks to Sam, Stephan King got the plot to Christine and became a success.

[@ambarcraft4476]

Dang I realized I cant remember half of those episodes, I need to get my DVDs and rewatch them!

[@boobah5643]

I thought I'd caught most of the series in syndication (and a few eps in first run.) I don't remember any of these.

[@mathieuleader8601]

ooh countdown video nice change of pace Allison

[@mathieuleader8601]

I'm shocked that one of the Christmas episodes was not named One guy a leapin' in reference to the Christmas Carol the 12 days of Christmas