To skip the back story and go directly to the ending negatives, go to 6:22! Thanks!

RIP Dean Stockwell! What a great actor.

When Quantum Leap first aired in March 1989, I was 3 months away from my high school graduation (so now you have a pretty good idea as to my age!). I made a point of writing down the title and timeline of each and every episode in a journal as I have always been fascinated with time travel and multiverse theory and QL covered both (because if you think about it, whenever Sam altered the past he was actually creating a new universe of possibility which either erased the old timeline or left the old timeline in a now inaccessible parallel universe, if you follow Back To The Future Doc Brown's logic). Since most if not all the episodes dealt with actual historical events I learned alot more about history. Anyway, I really enjoyed the show but like everyone else was confused by the abrupt ending. So it's nice to know that Sam made it possible for Al to remain with his one true love and now one and only wife (before Sam intervened, Al had been married at least 5 times) and it's touching that now Al would go on a presumably controlled leap through time (by 1999 I assume they would have solved the random leaping problem) to find and bring Sam home so that Dam would become an uncle to Al's kids and also for Sam to reunite with his own wife. Would be great to shoot this as a stand-alone TV movie while both actors are still alive. Sorry for rambling on but I REALLY LOVED this show!!

The thirteen year old child that wept for a solid week because of that title card smiled at this. Thanks for sharing. :) (I had read the extended ending before and always assumed it was fanfic.)

So great to see Al with a very different, happier, and more centered vibe.

I can’t hear Georgia on my mind without thinking of the last scene in quantum leap. As someone that watched every episode when they first aired I was very upset that Sam never told Beth about Al. So when Sam went back and made it right I was so happy! but then immediately also so sad he never went home😭 quantum leap is one of the greatest shows of all time and I hope they make the movie one day, I hear they have a script for it. They need to make things right that once went wrong! 🙏#bringsamhome

Congratulations! It's always super cool when it turns out that there's more to discover from a property that people had thought had been completely analyzed already. :)

Oh my God, preserve these in Formaldehyde (not literally, of course) or something. Never lose these. They’re more valuable than nearly anything ever made.

Nearly 25 years have passed , i know because the last episode aired when I was being born. I freaking love how much you love Quantum Leap.

Thank You so much Allison. For years since my childhood, the QL finale has really bothered me. As a ten year old kid, I cried that Sam Never came home. The fact that there was a scenario in which All went after him, actually makes me feel a lot better... Like if I could leap back to my younger self, and show him this alternative ending, It might have saved me from a tragic misanthropic existence, that I still struggle with. Indeed, if the multi verse is real, there must be a version of me who did see this ending, and could be a better man for it. Thank you from the bottom of my ten year old heart - Shane Shank

I really wish we could have got a Season 6 of Quantum Leap: Al leaping through time to find Sam would have been amazing. At least we have these amazing find to show us what could have been.

Whoa!!! Not a clickbait title at all. Very impressive! I remember watching the finale the night it aired (I was a freshman in high school). Bittersweet no doubt. And now, after all these years, to catch a glimpse of what happened after that final leap effect...super cool. As others have said, congrats on the great find, and thank you for sharing it with the rest of us.

I haven't thought about Quantum Leap for a long time, but watched it without fail week after week and year after year. My friend's family and I were all together for the final episode with popcorn and when the last scene ended we were all stunned. My friend's mom cried, "No! How could they do this to Sam? How could they do this to us?" We all felt let down and prayed there would be a TV movie special to wrap it up properly, but of course it never happened. Thanks for sharing the stills!

That "That's what friends are for" with the picture on screen .... wow, too much feeling.

It makes me happy that Al is married with four daughters.

I grew up on QL. I still remember watching the last episode when it aired, and how heartbroken kid me was when i saw the last card telling us that Sam never returned home. Now, at first I hoped it was something they'd retcon in a tv movie down the line somewhere. Then, as i aged and ((hopefully) matured some, I began to accept that Sam was the one who made the decision to Leap that first time without knowing the consequences. Maybe it was the better fate for everyone, even Sam, that he was just a wanderer after that (with a touch of "you can never truly go home again" thrown in to ice the cake). When I heard writer for the show at a Creation Convention in San Diego like 15 years later explain that they wrote the end that way because of studio bullshit, it entirely deflated the artistic depth i had gleaned from the original ending. As I grew more fond of the "Death of the Author" viewpoint in how I consumed my art, the silliness of my reaction became apparent to me. Anyways, really appreciate you sharing this find with us!

25 years since the show ended, Wow I wanna leap back to the 90's

From one QL fan to another, thanks for sharing this, Allison!

Scott Bacula sounds like a terrible name for a vampire who's trying to blend in with humans

I had read about how they planned to take the show into the future if they got another season, but I missed the part about Al leaping after Sam. That could have been a really interesting direction for the show. What an awesome find, and just like the lint portrait, it couldn't have wound up in better hands.

Thank you for sharing Alison, it gives finally gives me some closure on the end. An after 28yrs I still cry to the end. Just next time I know that Al is gonna go after him. God bless Alison, an thank you again

Mind equally blown... I always cry at the end of the series finale, whenever I watch it. And always had a sneaking suspicion that that couldn't have been ALL there was to it. But, I'd never read up on it. So, all of this is news to me!

I'm 37 currently and was 6 years old when quantum leap premaired. I just today remember the show because a friend was talking about sliders (another 90's sci) and you video was a great find. I'm feeling so nostalgic thank you for your dedication to the fandom and bringing fans this stuff and archiving it.

No TV show means more to me than Quantum Leap and as such I thought I knew everything there is to know about it. To discover there was a lost ending that NO ONE KNEW ABOUT for all these years is a quite an insane revelation. When I clicked on this I thought you were going to show me a still of a deleted part of the scene in Beth's house, not a GENUINE extension of the episode. I'm blown away. Congratulations. It's a shame that we'll never see this though. Universal destroy archival footage, its just what they do and everyone knows this. If they don't do it themselves then fires do it for them. Furthermore with Quantum Leap being one of those cult shows that's JUST not quite mainstream enough to warrant big budget supplemental features it's safe to say your discovery is the best we'll ever get.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FOUND THAT ARSENIO PICTURE!!! This confirms what Arsenio fans have long suspected. As everyone knows, the final episode of The Arsenio Hall Show ended with Arsenio walking off stage, followed by a title card that simply read "Arsenio Hall never returned home". However, as an Arsenio super-fan, I notice that in the negative he is wearing the same suit as from that final episode, as well as sporting the identical haircut as his character "Semmi" from "Coming to America". In a leaked script, Arsenio leaves his talk show only to leap through time and inhabit the body of "Semmi" in the jungles of Africa at the beginning of the 1989 film, creating a sort of time loop effect. And this picture confirms everything!!!

Quantum Leap is a freakin awesome show, I'm so glad I found someone on KZfaq who loves it too!

The question now is why didn't they go for that ending, and rather opt for the depressing one instead.

I'm so happy you posted this. I've been a HUGE fan since it first aired. What a fantastic find. I know a lot of people weren't happy with how the show ended, and you nailed it when you said it was bittersweet but I just accepted it as it it was.

My older brother got me interested in Quantum Leap when they played the reruns of this classic show on tv. This is hands down one of the greatest sci-fi tv shows ever. Thank you, Allison! Scott Bakula is Dr. Sam Beckett!! RIP Dean Stockwell

A season 6 with Al being the Leaper and trying to bring Sam home would have been epic!

This is a super awesome find, and now I am REALLY wishing I could find something like this for some of my favorite, older shows. And also, bonus Arsenio Hall. That is a good day right there.

This is awesome! I think i read somewhere that the change didn't keep them from being friends, but it's great to have it confirmed since they met with Al attacking a vending machine after a bad divorce or something.

I obtained a copy of that final script at a comic con back before the internet was a thing. When I read it, I felt pretty much like you do in this video, because my mind was blown knowing what they had planned for the next season! I was a huge fan of the series and I loved the direction it was going to go in, before of course the premature cancellation. Anytime I've met a QL fan since, I've told them about the original ending because I just love the idea. Still do, it's one of the saddest TV cancellations for me. It's great that you found these photos, because while I've known about the ending for 25 years, I've never seen the images you provide in this video, so it's cool to know they actually did film some of this alternate ending. So thanks!!

This show definitely needs a reboot or a new quantum leap. Brilliant show.

Quantum Leap was the best TV show of all time (IMHO). I cannot tell you how awesome your discovery is (you know that already), but to know that Mr. Bellisario was really wanting to carry on is both great and still a bit sad for me. Did you notice how they didn't even spell Sam's last name correctly in that final card? Talk about a rushed job. The theme music always makes me a bit homesick for loved ones of mine who have since passed on, and I still often wonder/hope that both Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell will somehow be part of a future movie project, but I guess at this point - that is a true leap of faith. Great find and thank you so very much for sharing it with all of us!

Wow! Thanks for sharing! I can definitely tell you I'm just as excited as you are about this discovery! Congratulations on an amazing purchase

I was as enthusiastic about finding those lost nuggets of Quantum Leap history as I was watching your excitement about the show. I've rarely seen anyone else so passionate about it!

Awesome find Allison! It brings me a lot of joy seeing people who find new things about something they love look so damn happy. :D

Thanks for this! The title made my jaw drop, I feel like I've waited all my life for this discovery! lol

I never saw much of Quantum Leap outside maybe a few episodes, but even as a non-fan I think that this is pretty damn cool. If that leaked script you mentioned was filmed, I don't see why they ditched it, since it would have been a much more satisfying conclusion than a downer title card.

Your excitement is contagious. Love this video.

that's tv archeology ! thanks to share that discovery! fun fact: here in Italy, Quantum Leap was also titled with something that sounds like "A walk into time" :D

grew up watching this show broke my heart he never got back home. Thanks for showing what you found just AWESOME!!

Great find. One of my favorite shows. Ending could've been way better I always thought. Thanks for showing us what could've been.

That's awesome! I also heard that there was supposed to be a sixth season and they would have gone more into the future. Al was going to be a leaper too

The way Al described how time travel works in the Quantum Leaps pilot reminded me of the Tenth Doctor explaining Time in "Blink". You know: Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey... stuff!

Recommended by the KZfaq algorithm. So glad I clicked on you! Big fan of QL from back in the day and this bit of news is STUNNING.

This is so cool. :D It's awesome that you're now making discoveries about your favourite shows too. Plus, I've always thought there was a distinct lack of Quantum Leap on Movie Nights, so it's good to see some more videos about it.

As a fellow fan, this is indeed a very welcome discovery, if we had at least got that scene with Al and Beth, I would've personally found the finale less infuriating knowing that it wouldn't have a continuation (unless that script for a QL movie that Donald P. Bellisario supposedly finished working on last year gets approved anytime soon).

This would have been a better ending.

This is the coolest thing I've heard for a very long time. Thank you so much for sharing. :)

Perhaps another season would have been excellent. However, the ending of this show left its audience wanting more, while also acknowledging that every lose end was tied up, and Sam did the right thing. Many of us cried when the show was over, and we have since thought about it off and on with fondness in subsequent years. How many shows can you think of, which ended with that kind of heartbreaking impact and integrity? Whether it was a shrewd business decision or not, "Quantum Leap" had one of finest conclusions to any storyline, and I was so happy to be along for that ride.

This is amazing! So glad you found these! I wish we knew more about the scene but even this little bit helps ease my poor Leaper heart about that bittersweet end to the series.

Your enthusiasm is quite infectious! Congratulations!

That would’ve a great season six. A shame it didn’t happen. Congratulations on that amazing find.

Your exuberance for what you've found is truly heartwarming. You've inspired me to start buying old cans of film from my local antique stores.

I'm still hoping 25 years later they make one off episode that brings Sam home. But I know it would never happen

I wonder why Don Bellisario just flat-out lied. Like, do you think he simply forgot it got that far? Didn't want people to press him for more about it? etc (Unless he just meant that the Al-leaping-into-woman ending didn't exist, and he didn't consider this bit when making the statement)

Like she wolf of London you got me into Quantum Leap! I still haven't had a chance to sit down and watch it but it's definitely on my list and I'm still obsessed with it

I just discovered the "lost ending" and I can't thank you enough for those negatives.

Congrats on finding the lost ending to your favorite tv show, Allison.

I just watched the 2-part finale of the new show's 2nd season. I really enjoyed the twists and turns, the way the show kept the spirit of the original alive while taking on its own identity at the same time, as well as the gentle nods of nostalgia aimed at fans of the original series. Allison, you're my favorite Leaper on KZfaq by far and I'd love your take on how they wrapped up season 2, if you've been following the 2022 series at all that is. Either way, great job with this channel! Thanks for the awesome content! :)

Nice find, well done! I always enjoyed Quantum Leap as a child when they showed it on BBC2 here in the UK in the 1990s. I must revisit it as an adult some day.

Wow! I had no idea any additional ending footage was actually shot like that. Thanks for sharing this. QL is just one of the best damn shows, ever. Way cool! 🙂

Its a shame there's been no shows like Quantum Leap since it finished, because that and Doctor Who are some of the only shows ever that can do a completely different genre every week.

I grew up watching quantum leap. It was a way my brother, my mom, & I bonded. She was always working two jobs day and night and a single mother of twins. But took a day off to watch her favorite show and those are memories I still cherish, watching QL with her. She sparked my love of sci-fi

Al bought a ranch and Sam is stuck in Arsenio Hall.

He came back and put the tape back so it could be found , Imagine Scott Bakula gong for an audition after QL , Director "what parts have you played " . Scott , "yes" .

Oh neat! I hope the footage does exist, it beats the hell out of 'misspelled downer cue card' ending any day of the week. At least knowing Al is going after Sam is a better ending. COOL!!

I became a Quantum Leap fan via late night reruns in the 90's. I used to stay up late on school nights because I had made it all the way through all of the seasons once, and missed the ending. Finally, one night the finale aired and it broke my little 13 year old heart to see those awful words...NEVER got home. I cried like a baby. I had actually been to that site you spoke of and read the script back in the 2000's at some point. Seeing your negatives though, that helped put a little salve on an old wound. Thank you girl. In my heart, Sam earned his way home. That character helped shape my moral compose, and "oh boy" did my young heart fall hard for him too lol Maybe some day a special effects wizard will become a fan and we can get a fan cut of the alternate ending. Someday. BTW I am a new sub and so far I enjoy your work.

This is crazy! It's so cool that you found this. I'm still kind of surprised that given all the shows getting revivals (Full House, really?) that Quantum Leap hasn't gotten a comeback on Netflix or something.

Thanks Allison! This is the sort of use that social media and the internet should be put to. Happy vibes right back!

You do good work, Alison! I've forever been bitter at the way Quantum Leap ended. People seem a bit reboot crazy now days, what would your thoughts be on a Quantum Leap reboot? Potential or disaster?

THANK YOU!!! My grandpa and I used to watch this show together when I was a kid, where ever his soul resides I hope he can see this.

Hey, jean on jean was popular in the early 90s. I am still waiting for my powder blue denim shirt to come back in style. And my bolo tie.

Your ending is less of a downer than what we got in the UK. The after screen message we got there told us he kept leaping for 5 years and then died on a leap.

This is a phenomenal discovery! I hope we find out more info on the finale. I miss the show so much!

This is awesome to know how much we all wanted a happy ending for Sam and Al.

This should be in the news.

Big fan of the show I was always super sad about the ending and felt something was missing. Thank you for sharing this.

That's pretty incredible - you should tweet the behind the scenes ones out at the actors :D

Nostalgia overload!!! As a kid, no show meant more to me or affected me like QL did.

Thank you. I had been a devotee of the show during its run, but absolutely hated the ending. Yes, it was great he fixed Al's life, but for Beckett to simply disappear through a deus ex machina? I had felt cheated. So, thank you.

OMG! That is such a treasured find! I never even knew there was an alternate extended epilogue. I met Dean Stockwell about 20 years ago. Now I wish I’d seen these at the time to ask him about it! Having said that, I finally met Scott Bakula about 5 years ago, and now what he said to me about the ending makes that bit more sense. As I asked him if the Beth scene was always planned for whatever tuned out to be the final episode, and he remarked that it was always going to be the end of that season, but if the show got renewed it would still carry on beyond that. Now at least I can see exactly what he meant. Well done indeed on locating it after all these years. And thanks so much for sharing the find!

I loved quantum leap. I have watched it loads of times but I have never been happy with the final ending with the show.

Considering all the close calls he had over the seasons, I've always assumed he just died on one his leaps, and that's why he never returned home. Otherwise, he pretty much left his wife to wander time forever...

Can tell you've been collecting a while. The Blockbuster VHS cleaning tape proves it. :D

5m56s when you smile and say that "it did happen because I have the negatives right here" Awesome. Brilliant. Lovely. Thank you. A million kinds of thank you.

I would have loved to have been in the room when you discovered those lost ending negs. I bet you exploded XD

Be still my heart. I thought I was the biggest Quantum Leap fan. Just one or two episodes would do the trick. Al finding Sam one last time with a heartfelt exchange and Sam electing to leap away into oblivion, making right once went wrong.....for all time.

I'm really happy for you, you hit paydirt on this one, for sure.

Movie Nights so glad and excited I found this Channel!! I Am absolutely all in!

I so wish there had been a season 6 it was so sad to see he never got home. Would have been great to see Al together with Beth aswell.

I'm not a Quantum Leap fan myself, but your joy and enthusiasm for you discovery has made me very happy on a day where I really needed it. Thank you for sharing!

Congrats Alison you found a lost piece of tv history

WOW! I always wished for a follow-up (either TV movie or limited series) that picks up exactly on that last scene and the title card: "Dr. Sam Becket never returned home." Cut to black. Then a second title card reads: "Until now." Hey, you got yourself a new subscriber.

That is an awesome find Allison! I'm so jelly now knowing you have the stills for the lost ending. :D Thank you for sharing and I think I would've liked that ending better than the one I saw. It was like "Whaaaaaat? Reaaaaallly? ... damn it!" But it is what it is. lol

I have brief flash memories of this show from where I was a kid. The JFK and the boxer episode also stand out for me, but I remember this finale above all else. My Mom and I both gasped when the final title card popped up -- total slap in the face, and I actually remember crying. I was 8, and it's always infuriated me thinking back on it. I thought you and Phelan were going to create and show your own "lost ending" but this is incredibly fascinating. They could have at least extended the ending upon reruns to make it right, but I'll never forget that initial blow to the heart.

This is awesome, and your happiness is contagious!

i never saw the show, but seeing you this happy about it is hype as heck