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Quantum Leap Reveals Ben’s Leaping Almost Caused World War 3

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NBC’s Quantum Leap relaunch has proved how dangerous time travel really is – with Ben Song almost causing World War III in his latest leap!


This article contains spoilers for Quantum Leap season 1, episode 14.Quantum Leap episode 14 just revealed how dangerous time travel really is, with Ben Song almost causing World War III. The classic Quantum Leap science-fiction TV series has always been characterized by a deep sense of optimism, because its stars – whether Scott Bakula’s Sam Beckett or Raymond Lee’s Ben Song – are working to put history to rights. They travel from one body to another, correcting the timeline, averting personal tragedies and bending the arc of history toward redemption.

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At first, NBC’s Quantum Leap episode 14 seemed to be just another example – albeit one a little closer to home than before. Ben found himself interacting with the family history of his fiancée, Addison Augustine (Caitlin Bassett). Quantum Leap‘s latest time travel adventure involved correcting one of her father’s mistakes, because while serving in the U.S. Navy he’d been responsible for ignoring a distress call. To Ben’s horror, though, his efforts to change history almost caused World War III.

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Ben Song Almost Caused World War III In Quantum Leap Episode 14

Ben, Addison and her father in Quantum Leap

The core problem is that Ben was operating on incomplete information. He initially believed Addison’s father, an XO on a warship conducting naval exercises in the South China Sea, was the one who ignored a distress call. In reality, XO Alexander Augustine (played by Brandon Routh) was simply covering up for the legendary captain who made the call. Ben managed to prove the distress call was genuine, and the ship broke away from the war games to help. The captain, a father figure to Augustine, was dangerously unstable.

Ben’s mission was to change time, saving the lives of a sinking submarine. Unfortunately, he soon learned this was not the worst possible timeline; Captain Drake wanted to fire on a Chinese sub he considered a threat, and they came within a hair’s breadth of World War III. An actual skirmish between an American warship and a Chinese submarine, on the outskirts of Chinese territorial waters, with an entire American fleet nearby, would have swiftly turned nuclear. Ben managed to persuade XO Augustine to mutiny, preventing World War III.

Quantum Leap Episode 14 Reveals Just How Dangerous Time Travel Really Is

Addison Augustine's Father In Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap episode 14 is the most graphic example to date of how badly wrong time travel can go. Ben enters a situation with absolutely no prior knowledge – initially not even aware this was a naval exercise, not an actual war. Quantum Leap has made dramatic changes to history before, but nothing on this scale, because Ben’s incomplete knowledge almost destroyed the entire planet. Had he and Addison reacted just a little more slowly, they would have failed to prevent a nuclear apocalypse.

There have been hints the Quantum Leap project serves a divine purpose; Scott Bakula’s Sam Beckett believed he was working for God, and the classic show’s finale strongly hinted he was right. If that is indeed the case, then Albert Einstein was wrong, because God does indeed play with dice. He bets on a small group of time travelers figuring out what to do to change history for the better, sometimes at considerable risk. It’s even riskier given there have been hints the Quantum Leap project hides a secret – one Ben is close to uncovering. Quantum Leap really is riskier than it seems.

Episodes of Quantum Leap release on NBC on Mondays at 10 PM ET. Episodes are available for exclusive streaming on Peacock the next day.

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