Posted by jkm822 at ool-4352edb7.dyn.optonline.net on January 23, 2004 at 00:59:14:
In Reply to: It's never in the studio's interest to kill.... posted by tommybruce on January 23, 2004 at 00:57:13:
"Quantum Leap was a successful television series. It ran for 4 and 1/2 seasons for a total of 95 episodes (including multi-part episodes) on NBC. During its run, Quantum Leap won numerous awards (5 Emmys and 2 Golden Globes) and enjoyed good ratings. The show was suddenly canceled by NBC after the end of season 5. Now the subject of great debate amongst its fans, the last episode of Quantum Leap, the infamous Mirror Image, was intended to be a season finale cliff-hanger. With the announcement of the show's cancellation well after the filming and much of the editing of Mirror Image was complete, the episode was hastily re-edited to turn it into a series finale. Although the episode was originally designed to address many outstanding questions about Sam's leaping, it raised many more new questions that it answered. Many fans were, and still are, unsatisfied with Mirror Image. There have been numerous requests over the years for a TV movie (or even a feature film) to bring proper closure to the series."