History Recap / QuantumLeap2022S1E6WhatADisaster

* MissingTime: Magic describes being a leapee this way: after feeling a mental "nudge" and letting it in, he lost an entire day and learned that in that time he had saved his entire platoon.

* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: After Ben opens up to Addison about his mother's death, Addison admits to Jenn that Ben's leaping has opened up his vulnerability, and says that she's falling even more in love with him for it.

* SequelNonEntity: While discussing where or when Leaper X could've leaped from, the project team doesn't mention or allude to Lothos as a possibility. However, a [[QuantumLeap2022S1E16BenInterrupted later episode]] reveals that the Evil Leaper reports had been filed incorrectly.

* SequelNonEntity: While discussing where or when Leaper X could've leaped from, the project team doesn't mention or allude to Lothos as a possibility. This, despite the project team's access to the original Project Quantum Leap's records, which would have documented the evil project as the only other known leaping organization.

* BrokenMasquerade: Discussed. In the original series, Sam and Alia (and later Zoey) had to make physical contact in order to see each other through their leapees' auras, and once this happened, their respective holograms could then see the other leapers as well. In this case, Jenn explains that with the new Project's leaping methods and technology, holograms and other leapers can immediately see other leapers' real selves. This helps them identify that Leaper X either is using copied technology or their own project's technology from further in the future, and allows them to immediately use the Imaging Chamber data to run a facial recognition on Leaper X.

** The end of the episode references "[[Recap/QuantumLeapS3E05TheBoogieman The Boogieman]]" in that it shows a house's address marker ominously switching from 669 to 666 just after the leaper enters the house.

!Tropes:

'''Original air date:''' 10/24/2022

Ben leaps into a man named John Harvey in San Fransisco, whose estranged wife Naomi (Creator/JewelStaite) is in the middle of telling him that she wants a divorce -- moments before the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake Loma Prieta earthquake]] hits on October 17, 1989. Ben is there to help Naomi save their son, Jason, who originally died in the aftermath of the earthquake.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The [[[[https://youtu.be/Z8ExMR0c0aM?t=143 World Series Game 3 broadcast]] with Al Michaels, which tips Ben off that he's mere moments away from a massive earthquake.
* HaveWeMetYet: A variation. Magic and Jenn go to visit Richard Martinez after identifying him as Leaper X. However, as of 2022 he's not a leaper ''yet'', but rather a patriotic Marine with very little free time. Martinez catches onto the fact that these two mysterious people -- one of whom is an admiral -- seem to know a lot about him, but won't tell him ''why'' they're visiting.

** When Ben examines Jason's Oakland cap, it has the modern New Era logo on the side. New Era didn't use its modern logo until 1997, and didn't put its logos on the sides of its regular MLB caps until the 2010s.

* MisterSandmanSequence: A very light one at the beginning. While "So Emotional" by Music/WhitneyHouston plays in the bar, Ben sees baseball fans dressed in Oakland A's garb, deduces that he's in San Francisco, then sees [[https://youtu.be/Z8ExMR0c0aM?t=143 Al Michaels' sportscast]], and ''immediately'' knows what day it is and what's about to happen.

* MisterSandmanSequence: A very light one at the beginning -- while some generic Eighties music plays, Ben sees baseball fans dressed in Oakland A's garb, deduces that they're in San Francisco, then sees [[https://youtu.be/Z8ExMR0c0aM?t=143 Al Michaels' sportscast]], and ''immediately'' knows what day it is and what's about to happen.

* TakeThat: When discussing that "Leaper X" could've come from a third-party corporation or conglomerate with leaping technology, Ian quips, "Elon Musk or [[Website/{{Facebook}} Zuck]] being able to control the past? Ugh, that's terrifying."

Ben leaps into a man named John Harvey in San Fransisco, whose estranged wife Naomi is in the middle of telling him that she wants a divorce -- moments before the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake Loma Prieta earthquake]] hits on October 17, 1989. Ben is there to help Naomi save their son, Jason, who originally died in the aftermath of the earthquake.

Ben leaps into a man named John Harvey in San Fransisco, whose estranged wife Naomi is in the middle of telling him that she wants a divorce -- moments before the Loma Prieta earthquake hits on October 17, 1989. Ben is there to help Naomi save their son, Jason, who originally died in the aftermath of the earthquake.