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Dr. Samuel John Beckett is a fictional character and the protagonist on the 1989-1993 science fiction television series Quantum Leap, played by Scott Bakula. [1]Initially, the audience knows very little about Beckett, much as he knows little about himself due to holes in his memory dubbed the "Swiss cheese effect"—a side effect from the time travel (an effective trope to allow the writers to ...
Scott Stewart Bakula (/ ˈ b æ k j ʊ l ə /; born October 9, 1954) [1] is an American actor. He is known for his roles in two science-fiction television series: as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap – for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards (winning one) – and as Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise.
Sam is given a chance to put this right, and then assures Beth that her husband Al is alive and is trying to get back to her. Sammy Jo Fuller – Sam's daughter due to his leaping. See 'Project Quantum Leap' above. Captain John Beckett (Scott Bakula) – Captain John Beckett is a civil war officer and Sam's great-great grandfather. Sam leaps ...
Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series, created by Donald P. Bellisario, that aired on NBC for five seasons, from March 26, 1989, to May 5, 1993. The series stars Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who, believing he has invented a way to travel through time, voluntarily subjects himself to an experiment that he believes will prove the validity of his ...
Becket McDowell Courtesy of Becket McDowell/Instagram Another shocking exit. American Idol fans discovered Beckett McDowell quit the show after making the Top 26, marking the third dropout of ...
In 2022, the new Project Quantum Leap (PQL) team tries to find out why Ben leapt, and to bring him back. Note: The episode is dedicated to Dean Stockwell, who played Al in the original series and died on November 7, 2021. Both Stockwell and Scott Bakula, who played Sam Beckett, appear in the episode via archive photos.
Sam leaps into Thomas "Tommy" York (Beau Windham), an honor-roll cadet leader at a naval college, who might be gay. His roommate, Phillip Ashcroft (Sean O'Bryan), was kicked out of the Naval Academy for being gay. Sam must stop Phillip from being killed by Ronnie Chambers (Anthony Palermo), leader of a bigoted gang of cadets.
Sam makes a final leap into U.S. Secret Service agent Clint Hill, who climbed on the back of the President's limousine during the assassination. Al reveals that Sam has succeeded in his actual mission: saving the life of Jackie Kennedy (Karen Ingram), who was killed along with JFK in the original timeline of the show's universe.