Quantum Leap

Whoa!

Don't slow down, son!

Speed up!

Hello?

Is this is a race?

Where are the other cars?

It's qualifying, son.

And if you don't speed up, you're gonna get disqualified.

Now, come on. - Okay.

Let's try not to die.

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Okay.

How'd I do?

- You a comedian or are you a race car driver?

You barely placed, Ricky.

You're gonna be starting dead last tomorrow.

- Tomorrow? Remind me. What's happening tomorrow?

- Boy, you better get serious now.

We're out here racing against the toughest sumbitches

on Earth, and you are starting in the back.

Now, how is that gonna help us win?

You're Rick Jarrett Sr.

He's a legend.

- Dad, I think Junior's lost it.

We're a two-car team, son.

We can't hold 'em off if you're starting

in the back of the lineup!

- Daddy, are you all right? - Yeah.

I gotta prep my car.

Get it together!

- Oh, he does not look all right.

- When's the last time he got a checkup?

- Oh, you know how it is with Daddy.

You can't change his mind about anything.

No breaks and no doctors.

- Dad? - Yeah.

- You all right? - Yeah.

Yeah, I'm good.

I'm gonna call 911.

Hey.

Just, um--just stay with me for a minute.

Just let me catch my breath.

- I don't think you should race today.

I'm worried about your heart.

- Son, I need to place today or I can't compete tomorrow.

We gotta win that cup.

- Your life is more important than a race, Dad.

You've gotta let this go.

- Please, don't start that again.

We cannot pull out of this race,

or what do you think's gonna happen?

We are gonna lose our sponsor.

We're gonna bankrupt this team.

And then all--all these people are gonna lose their jobs.

Now, you tell me, is that what you want?

It's okay, it's okay.

- Ooh. - Just breathe.

Ooh.

Son, I'm sorry I'm hard on you.

And I know I'll never be father of the year,

but I've dreamed about sharing this with you

since you were little.

Now, tomorrow, you and I, we're gonna go out there,

and we're gonna set things right together.

All this sacrifice, it's gonna be worth it.

* *

We are almost there, all right?

Now, look at that.

I feel better already.

Dad.

- I gotta go get ready. I'm up next.

- You're really not very good at this, are you?

Sorry, do I know you?

It makes sense.

You weren't supposed to be the leaper.

You're not really trained for this job, are you?

Watch--

You're in the imaging chamber.

And you're underqualified.

Where's Addison?

- Relieved of duty, like the rest of your team.

You're the billionaire.

- I'm a lot more than that, Ben.

- All right, then who the hell are you?

- Well, when the world sees me, they see Gideon Rydge--

brilliant success, came out of nowhere.

But the funny thing is, that is an illusion,

a mask I use to manipulate everyone around me.

And I learned that trick from you, Ben.

Come on. I was told you're a genius.

I really have to spell this out?

Maybe, uh--maybe this will jog that memory of yours?

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Oh, my God.

Jeffrey?

In the flesh.

So to speak.

* *

- So this is what it's like to jump into the past, huh?

I'm even more jealous than I was before.

This is insane.

I was with you and Hannah yesterday in Baltimore.

You were just a kid.

- It's just another leap for you, huh?

For me, it's been over 50 years.

But finally, I meet the real Ben Song,

the man who destroyed my life.

Jeffrey, I saved your life.

What?

From the fire?

We were only in that building because of you.

You interfered.

- What are you talking about right now?

Hannah didn't tell you?

Oh, see, um...

You killed my father

with this piece of paper.

No.

No, Josh died in a car accident.

I wasn't even there.

- Actions have consequences, Ben.

There's a butterfly effect that you can't see.

The day you met my mother, you started a chain reaction.

You gave her a secret.

Mom, can I watch TV?

Um.

Sweetie, I thought you were with your dad and Uncle Kevin.

- A secret I couldn't understand back then.

Until one night, it exploded.

Do you wanna explain this?

Who the hell is Ben?

How does he know about my heart condition?

- Where did you get that? I-- - Answer the question, Hannah.

I can't explain it, Josh.

You wouldn't believe me if I tried.

- Either you're gonna start telling me the truth,

or I'll walk out right now.

Who is this guy?

He's a time traveler.

I know that sounds impossible, but it's true.

He knew your future.

He knew what was gonna happen to you.

- Don't--don't say another word.

"All of my love, Ben."

It's not--

I'm sorry. I'm--Josh, please.

Josh. Josh, don't--

Please.

- My father drove off in a rage

into a storm, and he crashed.

He died because of you.

- Jeffrey, I was trying to save your dad.

I never meant to hurt anyone.

That's the worst part,

that you actually think that you're helping.

- I didn't believe you were real, until--

till I found the letter in the fire

and--and I looked up,

and I saw that look in my mother's eye,

and I could see that it was all true.

A faceless time traveler

interfering in the past.

And then, in an instant, you were gone.

So I channeled all of my rage into technology.

I changed my identity.

I used your stock tips to build a tech empire,

all so I could track you down and set things right.

- You're gonna use Hannah's code.

Her swap code.

See, to retrieve you from the past,

it has to replace you with someone

from the present-- someone like me.

You don't deserve this power.

So I am going to take it from you.

- Jeffrey, listen, if you wanna save your dad,

I can help you.

I don't need your help.

I've been planning for this my entire life.

See, with every leap, I'm gonna take a little detour.

I'm gonna change one small thing here,

then another, and another--

from politics, to world wars, to Wall Street.

I can change the timeline to whatever I want.

That's not for you to decide.

Quantum Leap isn't about power.

We're supposed to help people.

- If that is your mission, you failed.

You better wrap things up here, Ben.

You don't have much time.

Jeffrey. Jeffrey, wait!

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- Alicia, where are we with the code?

Running diagnostics now.

I wanna make sure it's safe before you

step into that accelerator.

- Then whatever you're doing, do it faster.

Once you take his place,

what do you want us to do with Ben?

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Find me a Blacksite.