Sam mudaria com o "pulo" e tentaria consertar o que quer que tenha feito para estragar sua linha do tempo. Geralmente isso seria para afetar uma decisão ruim em vez de fazer escolhas de estilo de vida em grande escala em seu nome. Isso significa que uma vez que eles retornaram, eles não estarão mais em posição de fazer essa escolha "ruim" e simplesmente continuar com suas vidas como antes.
Por Perguntas frequentes sobre o Quantum Leap
Q. What does the leapee remember about his experience after he returns?
This is also not known. The only time we've seen this occur was in the episode "Double Identity," where Sam leaped to replace another body and the original host returned. He APPEARED to have no memory of anything after he was leaped into. It has been stated that the leapee, while in Sam's body back in the Waiting Room, has a 'swiss-cheesed' memory, much like Sam received upon his initial leap. Because of the ultramodern hospital-like atmosphere of the waiting room, many of the leapees believe they have been abducted by aliens. Deborah Pratt says that as the leapees return, they pick up some of Sam's memories of what happened, but they believe the events happened to them.