An alternate ending to the beloved science fiction series, Quantum Leap, has surfaced online, giving fans a glimpse of what could have led into the sixth season of the cult classic series.
The alternate ending posted to Reddit begins with Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell) talking to his wife Beth (Susan Diol), telling her that wherever series protagonist Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) has leaped, he's still himself because no one's in the waiting room at the Project Quantum Leap complex.
Al also tells Beth that they're going to start a search for Sam. However, since it will take months he'll most likely have leaped again. Al then tells Beth he must have gotten lucky the last time he found Sam, then sadly looks at a picture, presumably of the two of them. Just before the video ends, Beth assures Al that he'll find Sam, but Al says he's not so sure.
Created by Donald P. Bellisario, Quantum Leap aired on NBC for five seasons between 1989 and 1993. The series followed Sam Beckett, a physicist in the year 1999 who becomes stuck in the past when his time travel experiment goes haywire. In each episode, Sam "leaps" into a different person, and in order to make the next leap, has to fix something that went wrong in the past. Accompanying Sam on his adventures is Al, who appears as a hologram only visible and audible to Sam.
The series ended with the episode "Mirror Image," in which Sam alters history so Al and Beth stay together, while also learning he can control his leaps. The final scene of the series informs viewers that Sam never returned home.
The video, while garbled and having a bit of static in the audio, managed to show fans what almost happened had the show not ended after the fifth season. It also reminds longtime fans of the friendship between Sam and Al, and brings the hope that Sam may eventually find his way back home.
(via Screen Rant)