Just found the ending of Quantum Leap on youtube.. (1 Viewer)

[TenRabbits]

..and it's as depressing as I remembered:

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[Goodbye]

How is that depressing?

 

[Lillian]

Jaysus I loved Quantum Leap, think I must have blocked out the ending though, thanks for rehashing that painful memory for me.

 

[timbot]

They are showing them all on the Sci-Fi channel at the moment along with a voice over that gives away the ending. WTF?

 

[Yurn!]

i don't remember how it ended and can't watch that in work, can anyone tell me what happened? Did Ziggy have something to do with it?

 

[drkdrk]

SPOILER!


He didn't get home, just kept on jumpin, poor chap

 

[Yurn!]

SPOILER!


He didn't get home, just kept on jumpin, poor chap

Ahhhh Sam. that's awful.

that means there could be another series though!

 

[classic seanc]

SPOILER!


He didn't get home, just kept on jumpin, poor chap

Yeah but like, he ascended to a higher plane of existance, travelling through time and space as a guardian angel and shit.
Twasn't depressing. And Al found inner peace :heart:

 

[Yurn!]

And Al found inner peace :heart:

with Ziggy?

 

[drkdrk]

Yeah but like, he ascended to a higher plane of existance, travelling through time and space as a guardian angel and shit.
Twasn't depressing. And Al found inner peace :heart:

Sure but even the life of an inter-temporal entity spreading joy throughout the universe can get pretty lonely.
My favourite episode is the one where he ended up as himself as a kid

 

[TenRabbits]

I remember the one where he found out he had a wife and two kids, even though he's spent most of his adventures shagging various girls and guys throughout time. They seemed to gloss over that fact for some reason..

 

[pete]

Unsolved Mysteries: Quantum Leap’s Don Bellisario on the fate of Sam Beckett

The man who came up with Sam, Al, and Ziggy dishes on the show—and what happened next.

arstechnica.com

 

[seanc]

Pete, you need to stop posting so late at night, just as some of us are trying to force ourselves into bed. I'm just ready to make the leap into sleep, and then you come along with another interesting thing to keep me awake.

 

[pete]

Pete, you need to stop posting so late at night, just as some of us are trying to force ourselves into bed. I'm just ready to make the leap into sleep, and then you come along with another interesting thing to keep me awake.

“Late” ha. If only.

 

[therealjohnny]

oh boy

 

[Cormcolash]

That bit about Lee Harvey Oswald is great

 

[seanc]

Donald P. Bellisario served in the Marine Corps and knew Lee Harvey Oswald in real life. THAT, my frens, is the makings of a great pub quiz question.

Pity the op video is no longer available.

 

[pete]

Donald P. Bellisario served in the Marine Corps and knew Lee Harvey Oswald in real life. THAT, my frens, is the makings of a great pub quiz question.

Pity the op video is no longer available.

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BUT someone found evidence of lost footage of an alternative/extended ending:

Did a Fan Just Find Proof of Quantum Leap's Secret Lost Ending?

The series finale of Quantum Leap was bleak (to put it mildly), with the final title card confirming that Scott Bakula’s character, Sam Beckett, remained lost in time. However, one video claims a long-rumored alternate ending was actually real, one which would’ve made it possible for Sam to make...

gizmodo.com

then the actual "lost" footage turned up

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and then someone cleaned it up (relatively speaking) and spliced it together

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[seanc]

Damn you Pete