Does Sam ever change history for his own benefit?
Going against the cardinal rule he established before ever stepping foot in the accelerator chamber, Sam has, on a number of occasions, taken advantage of his position to alter his personal history. On other occassions, however, he sacrificed the opportunity to change history for his benefit in order to complete his mission. And, sometimes, he has changed his personal history unintentionally. Some changes he has made that have affected him or people close to him include: • Helping his intended wife get over her fear of abandonment so she would marry him when she met him. (“Star-Crossed”) • Helping a young woman pass her bar exam. She went on to become a judiciary on a Senate Committee and renewed an expensive funding request for Project Quantum Leap that would otherwise have been denied. (“Honeymoon Express”) • Preventing his brother Tom from dying in Vietnam. (“The Leap Home part II”) • Fathering a child in the past who grew up to work on Project Quantum Leap. (“Trilogy”) • Keeping Al
