The whole premise of Quantum Leap in the previous 4 seasons is that Sam would leap into normal, non-famous people with non-world altering problems.
Well this episode changes that, being the first of many season 5 episodes where he either leaps into a famous (or infamous in Oswald's case) or someone close to them. Elvis, Dr. Ruth and Marilyn Monroe will all be fair game after this.
Now don't get me wrong , this-two parter was well done and I appreciate Bellisario's rebuttal to Oliver Stone's JFK, which unfortunately many people took to be factual. And it is still good entertainment. But, it really was going too far, especially since the writers also added the aspect of Sam leaping uncontrollably between different times in Oswald's life, something that we were never made aware of was possible during the previous 4 seasons.
Much like the 3 part Happy Day's Episode "Hollywood" that gave birth to the Jump the Shark term, it definitely a must see, even if just to see where the show started to stray from it's original premise.
Well this episode changes that, being the first of many season 5 episodes where he either leaps into a famous (or infamous in Oswald's case) or someone close to them. Elvis, Dr. Ruth and Marilyn Monroe will all be fair game after this.
Now don't get me wrong , this-two parter was well done and I appreciate Bellisario's rebuttal to Oliver Stone's JFK, which unfortunately many people took to be factual. And it is still good entertainment. But, it really was going too far, especially since the writers also added the aspect of Sam leaping uncontrollably between different times in Oswald's life, something that we were never made aware of was possible during the previous 4 seasons.
Much like the 3 part Happy Day's Episode "Hollywood" that gave birth to the Jump the Shark term, it definitely a must see, even if just to see where the show started to stray from it's original premise.