"She just says, 'Okay, I'm gonna do it anyway,' and I love that about her. "She sees the world very differently and doesn't see limitations as something that's going to stop her," she said. Getting to do a deeper dive on Hannah this episode, Taylor said she immediately loved the character because of her woman out of time qualities. Observing Hannah's "can do" attitude - despite misogynist attitudes about women in science at the time - is something Ben gets to admire in real time, and spurs him to want to protect Hannah so she remain vital and productive long after he's moved on to his next leap. Getting to solve a mystery together serves to highlight all the things that connect Ben and Hannah, including their mutual stanning of "Al" Einstein and passion for physics. To have the Nazis in there as the bad guys and to be able to foil them, literally, with a foil all grew from a need, if that makes sense, and the excitement of the room." The spark between Ben and Hannah It felt like a very Indiana Jones episode already. "The idea that there is some hidden Einstein formula, and of course that the Nazis' would want that just timed out. "We hadn't really done a big, fun, swashbuckling puzzle episode," he said. RELATED: Will Ben Ever Come Home? Inside That New Quantum Leap Theoryįellow series showrunner, Martin Gero said the episode allowed the writers to mix up a bunch of fun genres together. recruitment program that brought Nazis scientists into classified government research projects. The setting of the story at Princeton University not only allowed for the inclusion of the Atomic Energy Commission storyline, but the inclusion of the lore behind "Operation Paperclip," the notorious U.S. But it was our fabulous writer Drew Lindo who actually pitched the idea to the room and we just ran with it." We always knew she was going to go into science, and we always knew we were gonna have an episode in the '50s. It also required very specific evolutions in the story. "You know, Chris Nolan called us and said he had an idea for a movie," co-showrunner Dean Georgaris joked with NBC Insider about the Einstein and overall era connections in this episode to the summer blockbuster, Oppenheimer. "The truth is, we built Ben and Hannah's story and it required a very specific place in time. Ben Song in a scene from Quantum Leap, Season 2 Episode 6. Quantum Leap meets OppenheimerĮliza Taylor as Hannah Carson and Raymond Lee as Dr. Their adventure unfolds like a mash-up of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, a The Da Vinci Code style history mystery and a lost Indiana Jones quest. A renowned Princeton physicist and war hero, McCoy facilitates Ben's unexpected reunion with current Princeton physics student, Hannah Carson. Well, "later" is now in this week's new episode, "Secret History," which has Ben leaping into 1955 New Jersey, and the body of Professor Henry McCoy. RELATED: Who Is Eliza Taylor's Hannah Carson on Quantum Leap? Taken aback by his belief in her and their shared appreciation for science, Hannah tells Cook/Ben, "Don't say goodbye, but see you later." By mission's end, Ben recognizes her talents and recommends that she contact a Professor Yates at Princeton University who is opening his physics program to women. During the mission, Ben crosses paths with waitress Hannah Carson ( Eliza Taylor), an enthusiastic and super smart former programmer stuck in a dead end, post war job. Eliza Taylor is back, and she's shaking up everything in the world of Quantum Leap.Įarlier this season on NBC's Quantum Leap, in the episode "Closure Encounters," Ben ( Raymond Lee) leapt into 1949, New Mexico inside the body of "Project Sign" Agent Cook investigating a possible UFO encounter.
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