Leap Date:
April 24, 1979

Synopsis:

Audio from this episode:

Traveler (intro)
Ben explains what he remembers
Handlink mute sound

TV Guide Synopsis:

Ben lands in 1979 Chicago as Jack Armstrong, a devoted security guard to talented pop singer Carly Farmer. During Carly’s prep for a big concert, it quickly becomes clear her life is in danger and Ben must determine who is trying to kill her and why.

We find Ben all dressed in a nice suit, outside a limo with cameras flashing all around, catching him off guard…. It is an event!! A big event.

But it isn’t for the person Ben leaped into, it is for Carly Farmer’s 1979 concert tour, in Chicago, Illinois.

Carly announces that they should be nice to Jack, the person that Ben has leaped into, because her life is in his hands. And right at that moment, a fan tries to get to her, though not that hard, and Ben as able to stop him easily. Trevor, her manager, quickly escorts her into the building. Its clear from watching Ben, during all of this that he is getting better at determining who he is. Observing his sorroundings, checking the mirror, and his ID badge all to figure out who he is.

As Carly sings during the sound check, Ben asks “Addison where are you?”

We cut to the present day, Where Addison is about to go into the imaging chamber, and makes a comment that indicates she’s angry at Ben, for not having told her the reason for leaping, which was to save her.

Addison appears to Ben during the sound check, and he apologizes for the dramatic exit. He still doesn’t remember much in the way of useful details. Addison wants to focus on the leap, but he tells her everything he already knows about himself so they can go back to the conversation. There’s just one problem. Carly is about to die during the sound check. Ben starts running towards the stage, just in time to save her from falling lights. This was no accident. She will still die. Just later.

The Quantum Leap title card and theme are displayed.

Back at the project, the team is discussing the situation. Jenn points out that Ben didn’t say she was going to die, just that she was in danger. Magic points out that Ben doesn’t do what he did, without there being mortal danger involved. Magic speculates that maybe Janis is actually on their side.

Ian apparently used Janis's code to predict where she might have gone after the lockdown. And it’s that easy now to find Janis.

In the past, Ben finds himself talking to Carly, who is thanking him for the save, and thinks what happened was a freak accident. Addison thinks that he should tell her that it was actually murder, and knowing might influence her behavior in a way that could save her life. Ben however doesn’t agree, and withholds this information.

Addison leaves to do research on Carly’s murder, after Carly walks away. Ben joins Carly on the balcony, and Carly kisses him, taking Ben by surprise. His reaction is probably borne out of a couple of things, (1): he doesn’t see it coming, and (2), his relationship with Addison. She notices his reaction, and apologizes, saying that after last week that she thought he was interested. Ben doesn’t know either way whether his host is interested or not, and just says he’s sure he is, but he’s got a job to do, and doesn’t want to be distracted.

The pair are interrupted by Loretta, who is Carly’s back up singer and tells him that Trevor is looking for him. But Trevor is no where to be found. Loretta and company are alerting Ben that Jamie, her junkie sister, is there, and Loretta doesn’t think she should know about it. She tells Ben to get rid of her.

Ben finds Jamie. Addison arrives to tell him that Jamie is Carly’s murderer. According to Ziggy, in the original time line, Carly was convicted of the crime. Jamie received an invitation, which Ben lets her think was a work party, but doesn’t let her think that the ticket to the concert was a mistake, despite Addison’s objections. Addison thinks she killed Carly, but is also playing into her anger towards him, for not letting her know she was in danger before taking his first leap.

Ben doesn’t think she’s a killer. Addison points out his poor judgement in the previous leap, and that killers don’t often look like killers. Ben wants Addison to humor her, and look into the facts of the case.

We see an interview with Carly. She credits her sister Jamie for having a lot of her early songs. She says Jamie was the true talent of the family.

Addison goes to Ian to try and find evidence that Jamie was framed, and Ian is all for it. Ian draws a comparison to half the world excepting a concept of gender that was limiting.

Trevor talks to Ben, and Ben thinks Jamie seemed sane to her. In response, Trevor tells him to come with him. Ben points out the threatening letters from Jamie, while Trevor is showing Ben the letters. Ben tries to find a comparison in the invitation to Jamie and the letters to see if it’s the same type writer. Trevor sees the invitation as proof that Jamie invited herself.

Meanwhile, Addison and Ian seem to be discrediting the letters and come to the conclusion that she was in fact framed.

Trevor tells Ben not to tell Carly that Jamie was there. Addison appears to tell Ben that Trevor stands to inherit a lot of money if Carly dies, making him our new suspect.

In a resort area somewhere out of the U.S, we see Janis enjoying herself. Her time is interrupted by Jenn. Janis offers Jenn something to drink, but after what happened with Beth (being drugged by Janis), she declines. Janis says family is complicated and then throw Jenn’s situation in her face. Jenn asks how is Addison going to die, and Janis says she’s asking the wrong question. Why did Ben go to her, and not all of them?

Addison and Ben have settled on Trevor as a suspect, but don’t have any proof. Addison wants to set up a trap. We finally get to the heart of the matter, when Addison says that he’s her bodyguard and if he says shes in danger, she is going to believe him. Addison says “She trusts you, try trusting her” Ben asks if this is about Carly or about us?

She reveals finally that she's mad that Ben didn’t trust her with knowing she was in danger, but Ben can’t really say anything in response because he still doesn’t have all of his memories.

Carly wants to go on a walk, but Ben says she can’t go by herself which is when he finally tells her shes in danger, and that her sister was there. Trevor gets involved, and now Carly is pissed at both of them. Ben talks her out of the walk, but still wants to go out.

Addison and Magic converse. Magic reveals his own anger about the situation, to get her to admit hers. All they have is the team, so they should be honest about their feelings.

The next scene is with Carly’s friends with her co-workers, which includes a brief moment for Loretta. Addison appears, and reveals that Trevor was the one who wrote the threatening letters, and wants Ben to tell Carly, even if he can’t prove it. Let her know, and let her decide for herself what to do about it.

This of course upsets Carly, because this lead to the estrangement of the sister, Ben talks to both Addison and Carly, saying they can’t change past actions, they can only work together now.

A car tries to run them over… they don’t see who the driver was. Carly realizes that someone is trying to kill her. Carly goes to confront Trevor, reveals she knows he wrote the letters. Trevor says he did it to protect her, and Carly fires him. Carly tells Ben that she lost six years with her sister, and she can’t get that time back. Ben tells her to call her and that there’s still plenty of time they can share.

We cut to Jenn and Janis. We see the sign of where they are sitting, which reads Estrella Dorado Cantina. Janis is about to leave. She seems to think that Ben couldn’t trust anyone at Quantum Leap.

They speak a few moments and Jenn brings up her father, Al. "He was a hero. Using QL technology to save countless lives, while making some pretty questionable fashion choices."

Janis has no intention of going with Jenn. Little does she know, Jenn paid off Janis's body guards, so she’s taken into custody by Jenn.

The next morning, Jamie shows up to a reunion with her sister. Addison shows up to reveal that Carly once again is still going to die, and the knife was found on Jamie herself this time.

Ben recommends canceling the concert, but Carly doesn’t want to live in fear, and thinks it’s a good way to catch the killer. Use herself as bait which was Addison’s idea.

Carly and Ben arrive for the concert. The stage manager wants to know when they want the house opened and Ben says not till Carly is back stage. Trevor is still at the hotel according to Addison, and they figure Trevor really isn’t the killer. But… the stage gets opened early. Chaos ensues. He gets separated from Carly. Ben calls Trevor, to find out who else knew about the letters.

We learn that Carly's friend Loretta is the killer! Loretta knocks out Jamie, and then tries to stab Carly, but Ben gets the save. Ben is stabbed!

Back at the project, Janis has been captured and brought in to HQ in handcuffs.

In the past, Carly reveals that Jamie is her new back up singer. Carly asks Ben if now that she’s no longer in danger, if theres any reason they can’t go on a date. Ben says he thinks that he thinks his calendar is going to be wide open. They kiss and Carly goes on stage.

Ben turns to Addison, and says if says if Addison tells him she's going to die one more time…

She checks the handlink, gets a terrified look but... she’s just joking.

Ben says that he doesn’t know why he did what he did (as far as leaping the first time), but "from now we face everything together." Ben Leaps. Addison remains, looking melancholy.

Synopsis by Dave Korman with inserts by Earl Bonovich. Edited by Brian Greene.

QUANTUM LEAP – SERIES REGULARS


Dr. Ben Song (Portrayed by Raymond Lee) – Ben is a first-generation American, a world-renowned physicist, and a man of faith. He’s also working on Quantum Leap, a time travel project. But when he uses the project on himself, he’s transported back in time with a bout of amnesia – forgetting what made him time travel in the first place.

Addison Augustine (Portrayed by Caitlin Bassett) – Addison is a smart, witty, fearless ex-military operative who now serves as Project Observer at Quantum Leap HQ. She’s in charge of the technology they use to communicate withProps - Screen used the past, and tries to rescue her fiancee, Ben, from his time-flung existence.

Ian Wright (Portrayed by Mason Alexander Park) – Quantum Leap’s nonbinary chief architect of the AI program.

Herbert “Magic” Williams (Portrayed by Ernie Hudson) – A Vietnam vet and current head of the time travel project at Quantum Leap. Herbert “Magic” Williams tries to keep the Pentagon at bay while the team tries to rescue Ben. Doctor Sam Beckett leaped into Magic during his Vietnam tour.

Jenn Chu (Portrayed by Nanrisa Lee) – Head of security at Quantum Leap HQ. Quirky but formidable, she makes it her mission to figure out why Ben erased all evidence of why he Leaped.