Quantum Leap (1989)

Name: Quantum Leap
Released: 1989
Rating: 7
Cast: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell

TV-PG 54m 7.0/10 IMDb

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Drama

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

Creator: Donald P. Bellisario

Cast: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Ableism (depicted) Homophobia / transphobia (depicted) Racial slurs / racism (depicted) Stalking / harassment

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a child (referenced)Death of a parent (referenced)Grief / bereavement (major focus) Suicide (discussed or ideation) Terminal illness

Other

Car accidents / crashes Infidelity Kidnapping / abduction War / combat

Substance Use

Alcohol abuse (depicted) Drug use (depicted)

Violence & Physical Harm

Child abuse / harm to children Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse Gun violence Self-harm / suicide (depicted) Sexual assault / rape

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Does It Get Worse?

Stays Consistent Content intensity remains similar across seasons.

11 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 8 warnings

Avg severity:(2.6)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Grief / bereavement (major focus)Car accidents / crashesWar / combatDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGun violenceSexual assault / rape

Season 2 8 warnings

Avg severity:(3.0)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Suicide (discussed or ideation)War / combatAlcohol abuse (depicted)Domestic violence / intimate partner abuseGun violenceSexual assault / rape

Season 3 8 warnings

Avg severity:(3.1)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Death of a childKidnapping / abductionWar / combatDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGun violenceSexual assault / rape

Season 4 8 warnings

Avg severity:(3.1)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Suicide (discussed or ideation)Kidnapping / abductionWar / combatDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGun violenceSexual assault / rape

Season 5 8 warnings

Avg severity:(3.1)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Death of a parentGrief / bereavement (major focus)War / combatDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGun violenceSexual assault / rape