![]() ![]() Sam’s initial leap to start “Mirror Image” places him at a coal miners’ bar in 1953 Pennsylvania, falling not only on Sam’s birthday, but possibly even at the precise moment of his birth. Though Sam’s 1969 leap into Beth’s living room proved to be the finale’s main event, it came at the end of some of the most surreal events ever to unfold in Quantum Leap, all occurring earlier in the episode in a different time and place. Earlier in the series Sam had a chance to tell Beth, but chose not to, for fear of altering the original timeline. The plot of “Mirror Image” gives Sam the chance to right a wrong that hits close to home: Saving the union of Al and his first love Beth a marriage that ended in the series’ original timeline, thanks to a wartime mix-up in which Beth remarried after believing her first love to be dead while he was a prisoner of war. In the process, it also did put a too-tidy bow on things, flashing a closing title card (one that famously spelled Sam’s name wrong) that tersely explained that he never found his way home, choosing instead a fate of unceasing leaps across endless eras and places. Not necessarily known for being among Quantum Leap’s best episodes, “Mirror Image” still managed to break new ground when it comes to series lore. After all, it’s been 29 years since “Mirror Image” first aired…not to mention however long that same time has felt for Sam, who’s been leaping nonstop ever since. Now that there's a new Quantum Leap series headed to NBC - a sequel to the much-loved original series - the time is right for a memory refresher on how Sam and holographic sidekick Al ( Dean Stockwell) parted ways with the show that made for absolute appointment viewing back in the day. Sam Beckett ( Scott Bakula) closed on a fizzling cliffhanger in “Mirror Image,” the 1993 series finale that dashed out a hasty explanation for all those lingering, leapin’ loose ends. ![]() For a show as beloved in its own time as Quantum Leap, the episode that brought the whole thing to an end remains a bitter pill for fans. ![]()
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