This week’s episode of Quantum Leap, airing tonight at 10/9c on NBC, finds Ben within the pleasant skies as a flight attendant aboard a packed airplane.
With the reveal that Ziggy is the headquarters mole they’ve been on the lookout for, the staff received’t be capable to depend on the superior A.I. for this newest mission and should determine issues out on their very own.
“One thing we at all times play with is we’re the previous to someone’s future,” government producer Dean Georgaris instructed TVLine throughout press interviews for this yr’s WonderCon. “We expect we’re within the current, however we’re prior to now. And the truth is that the Ziggy they work with is prior to now to the Ziggy from the long run.”
In the case of working with the all-knowing machine, Caitlin Bassett, who performs Addison, famous that “you may get a solution, however is it the proper reply? Is it the efficient reply? Is it the empathetic reply? Is it the long-term prudent reply?”
“I really like after we take [Ziggy] out of the combo just a little bit and depend on our personal prowess, capabilities, intelligence and personal information,” she added. “It permits the characters far more company.”
The Ziggy reveal got here after Martinez (the thriller leaper set on killing Addison sooner or later) betrayed each Ben and Addison on the finish of their mission on the psychological asylum, with Martinez stabbing Ben within the neck and leaving him to die. Addison then coached Ben by life-saving measures in time to make the soar for tonight’s episode. Of the near-death expertise, Raymond Lee (who portrays Ben) mentioned it deepens their relationship.
“With every leap, we’ve got to beat one thing,” Lee shared. “Anytime you sweep up towards [death] that intently, one thing forges even stronger.”
As for Martinez, Georgaris famous that every of his appearances is a clue for viewers to determine his intentions. “The mythology of the unique present is there was a bunch of Evil leapers who leapt to do unhealthy,” Georgaris defined. “What’s attention-grabbing about what’s occurred now could be Martinez leaps to do good and he simply stabbed our hero. That will get into the ‘all people is the hero of their very own story.’ We wished to play with this notion of, Martinez seems to be evil to us, however based mostly on what he is aware of and the place he’s coming from, is he only a man on the mission who will do something?’”
There are nonetheless loads of questions surrounding Martinez — particularly who he works for — and Georgaris assured that “the entire questions that had been posed originally of the season will all be answered on the finish of the season in a means that I feel will fulfill everybody.”
Since Quantum Leap secured an early Season 2 renewal in December, the staff has already begun manufacturing on the present’s sophomore run and not too long ago wrapped filming on Episode 4.” “We took benefit the early renewal and we didn’t take a lot of a break,” he mentioned. “We determined that you don’t get an opportunity that always in tv, so let’s benefit from it.”
