Scott Bakula……AWAY!

Sometimes TV gives you a valid reason to wade through the near limitless plateaus of excrement that make up the bulk of programming. One such Knight-errant of television that shines vibrantly with majesty from this abysmal abyss is Quantum Leap. My words will likely fail to depict the true awe-inspiring greatness of this show, but these words are all I can give without actually coming to your house and forcing you to watch the first two seasons on DVD in a non-stop Leap marathon that could only end with fatal aneurisms caused by the attempt to absorb so much awesomeness in such a condensed amount of time.

With that out of the way let’s take a look at the DVD release of Quantum Leap Season One. The first season started the series off well, though shorter than subsequent seasons it gave viewers a glimpse of the great potential of Quantum Leap. Serious and controversial social issues could be tackled, and you always knew that no matter how big or small the issue faced in any particular episode you had the strength of the two lead characters Sam and Al to fall back on. Without the chemistry between Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell this show would have lost a major part of its edge. In a show where they were the only constants and the setting as well as the rest of the cast were new each week their versatility was paramount.


My favorite feature of this DVD set is that Scott Bakula does a short video introduction before each episode, something that is missed from the second season, but is an understandable cut as there are also many more episodes to fit on the discs. These introductions are really interesting for seeing little bits of the history behind the episodes and show in general. You can see that Quantum Leap was a true labor of love.


Best jackets ever…

Ok, so maybe you are getting tired of hearing me gush about this show so it’s time to do a quick breakdown. The packaging gets bonus points for being very shiny and functional; it also features Backula being a badass on the cover with a very dramatic walk. There are three discs that pretty much all look like the same cool blue anomaly except with different numbers. There are nine episodes total, episode insights and a documentary about the history of the show all of which are great if you are a fan. The menus are pretty good, not overly fancy but each episode has a brief text synopsis that can be useful.



The video quality is pretty good for a 1989 TV series, sound is only stereo but good. Last but not least Quantum Leap has one of the greatest theme songs in television history.