As the team coalesces, Magic realizes just how critical Addison is when she hands over the key that is the first clue in unlocking Ben’s true intentions for his mysterious, unauthorized leap. Apologies eventually abound between heavy-handed Magic and sleight-of-hand Addison. Not only do the viewers begin to understand that Ben can be trusted, Addison also remembers that, no matter how mysterious and problematic their current circumstances, Ben is on a mission that must be good and necessary because that is his nature.

For the first time, a real similarity between Sam and Ben is clear: both men have hearts of gold and are willing to risk it all for hope in the common good. Ben’s aptitude as an intermediary between disagreeing factions in a life-or-death situation is further highlighted by his courage when he flings himself through the abyss and uses his body as a door knocker. to the Russians, who are also in space and not too far away. The writing in “Atlantis” allows us to see Ben’s skills as a negotiator, and not just tell us about them, when Ben, in the body of a doomed astronaut aboard a ship with a damaged heat shield, convinces the shuttle Commander to send an S.O.S. That leaves security guru Jenn Chou (Nanrisa Lee) and tech wizard Ian Wright (Mason Alexander Park) to meet in the middle and establish a new team dynamic that has them tag-teaming and playing their corners: Jenn-Magic and Ian-Addison. Without Ben, the team does split, with Magic on one side, and Addison Augustine (Caitlin Bassett), Ben’s hologram helper and jilted fiancée, on the other. More than once, team members note that Ben was the glue holding them together, always knowing what to say and how to navigate the political waters of government, military, and civilian. Team lead and military man, Herbert “Magic” Williams (Ernie Hudson) laid down this law in no uncertain terms and, as a result, those who work under him squirm and try to find their footing. Until the Quantum Leap Project’s team knows more about why Ben jumped, they don’t want him remembering either…just in case his intentions are nefarious.

While Sam’s memory deficits were encouraged to help shield him from knowledge that may impact his missions adversely, like the fact that he had a wife in the present, Ben’s memory-holes are a matter of national security. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) is a victim of Swiss Cheese amnesia, a side effect of his time-leaping jumps through the Quantum Leap Project’s massive accelerator. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) in the original series, Dr.

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