QUANTUM LEAP — “One Night in Koreatown” Episode 205 — Pictured: (l-r) Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Song, Ernie Hudson as Magic — (Photo by: Casey Durkin/NBC)
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My review of the modern incarnation of Quantum Leap S2E5 episode One Night in Koreatown.
I don’t think I can keep this one short because there’s too much packed in the episode, plus it connects to me personally. I didn’t think it would except for the fact that I lived in Orange County, CA (right next door to L.A.) in 1992 during the Rodney King riots, and I was working for Child Protective Services. But that’s not the part of my history that came up watching the show.
Ben (Raymond Lee) leaps into 18 year old Daniel Park, one of two sons of Jin Park (C.S. Lee) who are running a “Mom and Pop” shoe store in L.A.’s Koreatown. It’s April 29, 1992 and Ben is helping customer Luisa Rojas (Analisa Velez) try on some shoes.
A black kid named Dwain (Benjamin Flores Jr.) comes in saying Ben’s older brother Sonny (Danny Kang) was going to hook him up with some shoes. Rojas has to get to work at the hospital (she’s a nurse) but will be back before closing to pick up her shoes.
Ben follows Sonny in the back to get Dwain’s shoes except the shoe box is filled with cash. Yeah, it’s a WTF moment. Going out front, Sonny hands Dwain the “shoes” while Jin is ranting on about Dwain being a thief and he’s going to call the cops the next time the kid shows up.
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