Quantum Leap: The Complete Series ~ 18-Disc Set ~ New DVD

Quantum Leap: The Complete Series 18-Disc SetAmerican
science-fiction television series created by Donald P. Bellisario, that
originally aired on NBC for five seasons, from March 25, 1989 through May 5,
1993. It starred Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who leaps through
spacetime during an experiment in time travel, by temporarily taking the place
of other people to correct historical mistakes. Dean Stockwell co-stars as
Admiral Al Calavicci, Sam's womanizing, cigar-smoking companion and best
friend, who appears to him as a hologram. 
The series features a
mix of humor, drama, romance, social commentary, and science fiction. The show
was ranked number 19 on TV Guide's "Top Cult Shows Ever" in 2007.

Premise: 
In the near future,
physicist Dr. Sam Beckett (Bakula) theorized it is possible to time-travel
within one's own lifetime, and obtains government support to build his project
"Quantum Leap". Some years later, the government threatens to pull
funding as no results have been made, and Sam decides to test the project
accelerator by himself to save the project before anyone can stop him. He is
thrown back in time, and on gaining consciousness, finds that while he
physically exists in the past, he appears to everyone else as a person that he
had "leapt" into and further has partial amnesia related to his own
identity. A hologram of his friend, Admiral Al Calavicci (Stockwell), appears,
visible and audible only to Sam, and helps to explain to Sam that he must correct
something that went wrong in the past, aided with the resources of the
project's supercomputer Ziggy (voiced by Pratt), as once that is corrected, he
should be able to leap back to the present. Despite successfully correcting the
past, Sam continues to leap randomly to another place and time within the
second half of the 20th century, "putting things right that once went
wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap
home." 

Cast and characters: 
Dr. Samuel
"Sam" Beckett (played by Scott Bakula, who also narrates the episodes
in character) is a quantum physicist with six doctoral degrees. He grew up on
his parents' farm in Elk Ridge, Indiana, with an older brother (Tom) and a
younger sister (Katie). Sam's idol is Albert Einstein. 
Albert "Al"
Calavicci, USN (played by Dean Stockwell) is a womanizing U.S. Navy rear
admiral and Sam's best friend, who grew up in an orphanage and was later active
in the Civil Rights Movement. At the time of Sam's leaps, Al spends his free
time with his lover and the project's medical technician Tina Martinez (played
by Gigi Rice), who appears in the fourth-season episode "The Leap
Back". 
Ziggy (voiced by the
introduction narrator, Deborah Pratt, who was also a co-executive producer of
the show) is the self-aware artificial intelligence "parallel hybrid
computer with an ego" that runs Project Quantum Leap, and helps Sam
throughout his leaps, and appearing in the fourth-season episode "The Leap
Back. 
Irving
"Gooshie" Gushman (played by Dennis Wolfberg) is the project's
often-mentioned head programmer, who is said to have bad breath. He appears in
five episodes, including the pilot and the finale. 
Dr. Verbena Beeks
(played by Candy Ann Brown) is often mentioned as the project's psychiatrist.
She appears in two episodes throughout the series. 
In each episode, a
different cast of guest characters appears, mostly the ones whom Sam replaces
with his leaps. Several other characters are referred to regularly throughout
the series, but are mostly unseen.