This feels like a low point.
People have already mentioned the stupid western stereotypes, lone heroes saving the town and all that when, I dunno, you could just ambush the gang of three to six people using your home field advantage...? Which, they eventually touch on, but like, you don't need a time travelling scientist to say "work together to overcome the small gang of thugs." It's silly.
Whatever, the production design. Is on point for the leap portion.
The issue I have is more the "sometimes you gotta kill" subplot and the "oversight is bad actually" subplot. The idea that working outside any kind of oversight is to be apauded, that going rogue is good.
I get they're supposed to be heroes in the context of the narrative, but having a thinly veiled AOC character show up and be "the bad guy trying to shut you down" feels a bit, trite.
In fact that feels like the overwhelming weakness of this entire series. The interesting part of Quantum Leap is, you know, the travelling through time part...?
The interdepartmental politics, the "evil leaper stealing Al's ziggy box" are the weaker parts of the narrative. But they seem to exist solely as a cost cutting measure rather than making every episode focus solely on the time travel...
Also, I miss the original theme tune.