Scene from the Quantum Leap episode “Let Them Play” Dottie is probably the name of the person Janis (or Janice) gave to Addison. A trans woman named Dottie (Quantum Leap writer and director Shakina) was seen to be talking to Ben. Ian defines an ally as someone sitting in the bleachers waving a flag and an “accomplice” as someone actually getting involved.Īlso in the present, Jenn pulled a photo from a security camera from a bar dated March 13, 2022. He also says something about being at a game and watching Gia play, but it’s unclear of when this would have happened. Ian tells Addison that he knew of Gia as a kid and remembers her disappearing. These events are taking place in 2012 which is within Ian’s lifetime. The latter is probably meant to insinuate that as a trans girl, Gia can generally outclass non-trans girls because Gia was born and initially developed as male. Even Amanda tells her fellow teammates that she’s kind of put out both because Gia made her shot and that Gia’s trans. Oh, Amanda’s Mom Margie (Collette Wolfe) is pretty highly annoyed as well. There’s a scene where Gia has to change in the janitor’s closet because she can’t change with the rest of the girls in their locker room. Principal Krager (Crystal Coney) reads Carlos the riot act for opening the school up to political and social commentary, supposedly backed up by the Assistant Principal Giffin (David Chan). Some guys boo Gia from the stand saying it’s not fair. Naturally, she plays brilliantly and they win the game.
Gia has been warming a bench all season and this is her first chance to play. One of the players Amanda (Lucy Loken) is injured so Ben (Carlos) puts in number 23, not realizing that Gia (Josielyn Aguilera) is not only his daughter, but a trans girl. It’s during a game and it’s a good thing Ben likes basketball, because he’s automatically a competent coach. Okay, first the brief synopsis from IMDb:īen finds himself in the body of a high school basketball coach, whose daughter is trans, on his team, and faces prejudice from the community.īen leaps into Carlos Mendez, the male coach of a girl’s high school basketball team. There was a specific target of presenting trans kids in a highly positive light, and as far as I could tell, everyone involved in the show from the directors, to the writers, to the actors was dedicated to make that happen.
In fact, there was a significant marketing uptick for this episode, probably more so than any of the other previous 11 episodes of the show. I’m not one to take things at face value just because someone tells me something, so I didn’t know how I was going to receive the content of the episode, especially given the expectation that it be seen as overwhelmingly positive.
In fact I avoided watching the episode for at least a day so I wouldn’t have to deal with it. To be honest, I was dreading watching and reviewing the most recent Quantum Leap episode Let Them Play. If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. QUANTUM LEAP - “Let Them Play” Episode 112 - Pictured: (l-r) Josielyn Aguilera as Gia, Raymond Lee as Dr.
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