A Quantum Microcosm, Adrift On The Sea Of History: Part 1 (Quantum Leap Season 1)

(Hope you made it through that long intro! Now that we're on the other side and you hopefully understand where I'm coming from, here is me talking about the first season of Quantum Leap, episode by episode, a little bit after I watched each one. At nine episodes it's nice and slim, a good appetizer, but every other season has 22 so I'm guessing I'll have to split these going forward. Either way... here we go. Oh boy, as the man says.)

(Continued from Introduction)

Well, here we are again. It's a weird bit of temporal grace, me writing this. It is May 31st, 2022, and this is going to be the last paragraph I write before I watch Quantum Leap. For God's sakes I don't even have a name for this project yet. I will probably come up with something succinct and grandiose involving quantum singularities and microcosms and other weird alchemical-sounding words like that. It's just how we roll here. My coffee shop metaphors fail me 'cause this isn't me sitting down with you to tell you a story. No, this time you're along for the ride. I pulled you along the deep dark twisted wounds of my internal landscape, and I hope you understood me better for it. Now that you know where I'm at, it's time we voyage onward. Together this time, in a spiritual sense. You're probably not literally watching the show along with me or anything, but you're travelling with me all the same. I'm travelling episode by episode, and you're travelling word for word. What is a blank Notepad file below for me is a journey through Season 1 of Quantum Leap for you. I'm building the road of words for you to travel along, and maybe together we'll find some of that small-scale small-stakes enlightenment and respite I've been needing.

Wish me luck, my friend in words. Time to build your road of words. It's time, at last, for the Quantum Leap.

A Quantum Microcosm, Adrift On The Sea Of History (Introduction)

(Well, here we go again. Another long-form project of sorts that I hope will be finished before late September, when my writing business kicks into high gear with the Halloween blogging and NaNoWriMo. Until then, it's the summer! Warm sun, sandy beaches, grilled delights, cool drinks... and the beginning of this project, the long-awaited critical analysis/trip log of Quantum Leap. Before that, though... Well, I will let my past self explain. It's a little long and meandering, but put your trust in me and follow along as I grind my axe finally, won't you?)

Let's talk, you and I. Let's talk about betrayal.

I am writing this on May 24th, 2022. Night Of The Loving Dead Part 2 is currently being published on the blog as I write this. By now you may have read the coda, where I go into an existential crisis over the show threatening wild shit like aliens or a metaphysical battle between the sentient forces of prosperity and curse. Zombie Land Saga put me in an awkward spot of worry, the first time the show has ever truly done that to me. I've been here before, though. Over the last five years, I've voyaged to some of the highest heights in my internal landscape. The media I've talked about has moved and changed me, inspiring me on a fundamental level to think and do and create better. I sincerely cannot thank it enough for that. There's no such thing as perfect media, though, and on several occasions these important things have betrayed me and my trust. They've let me down, and those compounded letdowns compared to my own beliefs and tastes have led me here today, to exorcise the negativity in my heart and vent my frustrations once and for all on this page here.