QUANTUM LEAP’s Martin Gero Explains the Time Jump, Previews Guest Star Janet Montgomery

QUANTUM LEAP — “Ben & Teller” Episode 202 — Pictured: (l-r) Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Song, Janet Montgomery as Rebecca — (Photo by: NBC)

Ben (Raymond Lee) got one major surprise in the QUANTUM LEAP season premiere when he was told he didn’t just not jump home as planned—he had also been missing for three years.

“As we were rounding out of season 1, obviously, we made these episodes back-to-back, so there wasn’t a lot of time for introspection,” co-showrunner Martin Gero tells Give Me My Remote. “But I think one of the things we were most frustrated about, just as writers in season 1, is that we had been saddled with this very dense and science-y, mathy, brain-hurty mythology—just an enormous amount of explanation.”

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