Quantum Leap EP 104 “A Decent Proposal” Is 80’s Los Angeles In All Its Wild Crime Syndicate Glory

They say there’s a first time for everything but for Ben every leap is definitely a first time.

Ben drops into Eva Sandova (Anastasia Antonia) a beautiful yet tough bounty hunter who’s catching bond jumpers in Los Angeles in the early 80’s. Her boyfriend, Jake, is dearly in love with her, wants to marry her, but one evening after finishing a job, Jake proposes, and Eva (Ben) tells Jake she needs more time (he doesn’t want to answer for the real Eva) but reassures the heartbroken Jake they can talk things out and preferably do so while on their next job. Reluctantly Jake agrees to go with Eva to help her track down a woman who has missed her court date and bring her to see the judge asap. With Ziggy running painfully slow it’s not until the following day when Jake and Eva are on the doorsteps of said bond jumper that Addison can finally relay that no matter what, this woman, who they know as Tammy Jean Jessup (Sofia Pernas), needs to make it to court or Ben does not leap. Tammy of course does not make it easy.

While everyone is chasing Tammy, dodging bullets, and trying to work out their relationship issues the QL team is busy trying to figure out how Janis worked her way into Ziggy and what exactly is she trying to accomplish. Ziggy is running slow because it basically is working twice as hard and I’m pretty sure that’s going to be a problem for everyone, including Janis, down the road. In order to locate what information Janis has been accessing Ian needs admittance to everyone’s personal files including Magic’s because his seem to be of particular interest to Janis. Magic and Ian go for a walk, discuss in no uncertain terms why Ian cannot be allowed into certain files of Magic’s past, and we the viewers are handed a pretty mind-blowing reveal about his experiences in the Vietnam war and it’s a lot for Ian to wrap his mind around. Meanwhile, back at headquarters, Jenn finally tells Addison they need to talk Ben, and it certainly isn’t about the next episode of the RHOBH.

After some good old fashion detective work and some fatherly advice (remember it’s the 80’s), Eva and Jake finally figure out who Tammy really is and that would be the head of a cartel that really enjoys trafficking cocaine between the US and Mexico. Oh, and that she really doesn’t want to go to that new court date and is willing to kill a lot of people to make sure that doesn’t happen. But with some sweet banter and a well-placed shot from Eva’s taser (no, not there) Tammy Jean’s plan is thwarted, a relationship is saved, and then Ben has his own big reveal and that’s a bit of a problem.

Quantum Leap airs Mondays 10/9 ct on NBC and streams on Peacock the next day.