Raymond Lee plays a physicist on NBC's new version of 'Quantum Leap,' but his theory-quoting character, Dr. Ben Song, seems worlds away from the nebbish stereotype.
As Bakula noted, there are noticeable deviations from the original series, including the Korean-American Lee, 35, in the time leaper spot for his first leading series role,The famed"Sam and Al" bromance of the original has also been replaced, by a romance between Song and Addison Augustine , his fiancée and Quantum Leap Project colleague.
The romance is complicated. Song heads into the time-traveling machine early for mysterious reasons, slipping away during the couple's engagement party. Addison is able to follow in hologram form, but Song has no memory of his past, or his fiancée. The updated version will bring viewers into headquarters with the Ziggy computer for the first time, meeting the team led by Herbert"Magic" Williams , who once time-leaped with Beckett., the series would appear to set stage for a Bakula re-appearance, despite the stars' distancing from the new series. Beckett never returned to the present in the original series finale, and is presumably floating out there in time.
Until then, it will be Lee's Song leaping, correcting small and large moments of history. The travel has perils well beyond the obvious, as Lee discovers while shooting a scene jumping from the '72 Chevrolet Malibu.
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