Leap out and buy it! (Quantum Leap - Series 1 (DVD))

Member Name: Mozart321

Product:	Quantum Leap - Series 1 (DVD)
Date:	14/01/09 (36 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: excellent start to a brilliant series

Disadvantages: only 9 episodes! count them!

I was so excited when I bought this DVD. I sat through the whole first season in a few days.

~The programme~
Quantum Leap is a secret government project. When the funding is about to be cut (in the future - not the present when the programme was made), the leading scientist decides to test the machine. When Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) awakes back in 1956, he discovers that he is a test pilot and has to test a fighter jet - but he has no idea how to fly. Sam discovers that he has actually "leaped" in to the body of another person. Everybody around Sam can see and hear the person he has "leapt" in to.
Al Calavici (Dean Stockwell) appears to Sam in the form of a hologram. Nobody can see or hear Al except Sam. Al attempts to help Sam "right a wrong" and when this is done, Sam leaps in to the body of another person with another wrong to right.

~The DVD~
Presented across 3 DVDs, these nine episodes are in different packaging to subsequent seasons which is a bit annoying. However, it is not so different to look completely out of place. The extras in this box set are quite lacklustre. We only have a documentary with Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell remembering the program, and a piece of trivia for each episode from Scott Bakula.

~What I thought of it~
I love this programme. I originally started watching it when it came on TV in 1987, and I relished each new episode. Having not seen most of them for a long time, I really enjoyed watching them again.

I particularity enjoyed the pilot episode (both parts) as you can see how much thought went in to this program and both leads work very well with each other from the first scene. The Color (sic) of truth is also another strong episode, with the theme of racism set in 1955 America, where it is the norm for black people to be subservient to the whites.

The episodes in the first season are:

Genesis, Parts 1&2
Star Crossed
The Right Hand of God
How the Tess Was Won
Double Identity
The Color of Truth
Camikazi kid
Play Again Seymour.

If you ever think about buying a Quantum Leap box set, the first season is definitely the first to buy as it skilfully introduces all the elements that make the programme so good. This is especially true if you have never seen it before.

Summary: Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, etc