Official synopsis: A new team assembles to restart the Quantum Leap project. Lead physicist Ben Song takes an unauthorized leap into 1985 as the team scrambles to figure out what happened and how to get him back. Details originally broke here
Writer: Bryan Wynbrandt, Steven Lilien, Martin Gero Director: Thor Freudenthal Guest starring: Dax Campbell (Nick Rounder), Michael Welch (Ryan Mills), Steve Braiver (Security Guard), Dan Istrate (Horace), Maile Dudeck (Caroline), Stefanie Brown (Katie), Michael J Craven (Pete), Enajite Esegine (Charlie), Michael Malarkey (Cole), Soomin Chun (Wife), Leo Seo (Husband), Gary Nguten (Press Photographer, uncredited) Many of these confirmed by the promo photos below
Behind the scenes footage released 6th September shows:
Ben and Addison (with a circular handlink?) running out of the Smithsonian.
Material from a bit further away from the ‘Smithsonian’, which possibly appears to be the University of Southern California (based on the photos of the police cars seen further below on this page).
Stage 40, hosting the engagement party scene known to be part of the first episode, with all the main cast present. Ben slips out the back…
Redditor Netherfire saw filming 15th July 2022 at University of Southern California, with an 80s cop car and a Datsun 310 (images below). B-roll footage released 6th September looked like the same location. USC appears to be being used to represent the Smithsonian.
Promo Pictures, released 10th September
Note that most of the pictures crediting ‘Dax Campbell’ are actually of Michael Welch as Ryan Mills. This incorrect information was stored in the metadata of the photos when first released. They were later corrected, however for now I’m still using the original versions.
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