Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap (1989)

Episode list - season 5

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All season 5 mistakesMistakes
1Lee Harvey Oswald (1) - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 19631
2Lee Harvey Oswald (2) - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 19630
3Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 19563
4Nowhere to Run - August 10, 19681
5Killin' Time - June 18, 19580
6Star Light, Star Bright - May 21, 19660
7Deliver Us From Evil - March 19, 19661
8Trilogy (1) - August 8, 19550
9Trilogy (2) - June 14, 19660
10Trilogy (3) - July 28, 19780
11Promised Land - December 22, 19710
12A Tale of Two Sweeties - February 25, 19581
13Liberation - October 16, 19680
14Dr. Ruth - April 25, 19850
15Blood Moon - March 10, 19750
16Return of the Evil Leaper - October 8, 19560
17Revenge of the Evil Leaper - September 16, 19870
18Goodbye Norma Jean - April 4, 19601
19The Beast Within - November 6, 19720
20The Leap Between The States - September 20, 18620
21Memphis Melody - July 3, 19541
22Mirror Image - August 8, 19534

How the Tess Was Won - August 5, 1956 - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: Though he's leaped into someone else, we always see Sam as Sam, dressed in all the host's clothes (including glasses or sunglasses). His host is revealed only in reflections. But here, when he looks at his host-self in the mirror, the hat and clothes are all identical - except that the reflection is wearing glasses, and Sam isn't. (00:43:00)

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Al: I went over to check out the cheerleaders. Oh, Sam. There was one little girl who had these pommelos, man.
Sam: Pommelos are grapefruit.
Al: Pommel - that's my point.

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Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 1956 - S5-E3

Question: Shortly after Sam throws some items off the life raft, Al appears and tells him that because of what Sam had done, neither he nor Vanessa would be saved for quite a while. If Sam had not done anything, both of them would have been rescued within an hour. I might be wrong about this next part so further verification will help. Al also said that because of Sam throwing stuff into the ocean, that somehow, instead if only being stranded in the lifeboat for a few minutes, four whole hours have passed. How could tossing anything into the ocean have made time move so rapidly?

Answer: Sam threw items off the raft to lighten the load, so it wouldn't sink, in doing so he made the raft less heavy. Which made easier to float with the currents, if it was heavy the raft would have moved slower and not moved so far.

Except that Al said that immediately after throwing stuff out of the boat four hours passed and it was shown that they didn't really move from where they were. They were still in the same spot. Forgot to ask this too. When Sam and Vanessa are stranded on the island, one of them, can't remember who, did something and when Al appears, he tells them that because of it, time had suddenly skipped several more hours and if the event hadn't been interrupted, they would have been rescued by a boat. So, what happened on the island that once again caused time to speed up? It seems kind of strange that time could move so quickly on the island, especially since it was still day time and it never showed any sort of changes like the sun or clouds moving.

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