\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Devastating Fictional Breakups TV Fans Still Can’t Get Over<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tAn emotional roller-coaster. From Riverdale\u2018s Cheryl and Toni to Nancy Drew\u2018s Nancy and Ace, fans have watched their favorite couples break hearts with some devastating splits. Riverdale, which premiered in 2017, originally introduced Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) as a grieving sister trying to deal with the death of her twin brother Jason (Trevor Stines). After striking [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe actually didn\u2019t discuss that much [about season 2] because we had to separate as friends. Ray and I \u2014 we weren\u2019t quite as close. We had to be like, \u2018All right, we got to figure that out separately,’\u201d the actress recalled. \u201cThen as the season moved on, [we had to] rebuild a new type of relationship [between Ben and Addison].\u201d<\/p>\n
Quantum Leap<\/em>, which is a revival of the \u201890s science-fiction series<\/a>, follows Ben after he makes a secret leap through time and gets lost in the past. With help from his now-ex Addison and the rest of the Quantum Leap team, Ben tries to figure out what caused him to alter history.<\/p>\n\n![\"Quantum](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Quantum-Leap-Season-2-Changed-Caitlin-Bassett-Raymond-Lee-s-Friendship-.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Ron Batzdorff\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSeason 2 revealed that three years had gone by<\/a> since the team last heard from Ben, which resulted in a time jump that felt like only days to him. As a result, Addison had to mourn Ben and ultimately moved on with her life, which included meeting her new boyfriend Tom (Peter Gadiot<\/strong>). Ben and Addison struggled to adjust to their new normal as exes throughout the season.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was a really jolting thing to try and play,\u201d Bassett admitted. \u201cRay and I were like, \u2018Bye,\u2019 because we knew it was coming. So we had to be like, \u2018This was great, and we\u2019ll see how this happened. We\u2019re not going to be as connected.\u2019 We didn\u2019t get to be as tight and physically [Addison was] not going to be there [with Ben] all the time. We knew I was going to leave the leaps. So there was some sadness to it. But at the same time, it was just so exciting to play something different to completely change the show.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a fan, Bassett found the changes in the second season<\/a> to be \u201cbetter for the show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n![\"Every](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NUP_198404_00921.jpg?crop=0px%2C51px%2C1000px%2C565px&resize=400%2C225&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Every Time NBC’s ‘Quantum Leap’ Paid Tribute to the OG Series<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tHonoring its predecessor. NBC\u2019s Quantum Leap revival has often paid tribute to the original science fiction series. The original sci-fi show, which ran from 1989 to 1993, starred Scott Bakula as a physicist named Dr. Sam Beckett who accidentally leaps through time and temporarily takes the place of a person from that time period. In [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why I feel like people talk about how different the performances are for season 1 and season 2, but they were days apart. It was just because we had new stories to play [and] a completely different chapter to rely on,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo I just really spent time trying to figure out who [Addison] had to become to let go of Ben and then how that person created a new relationship with someone new and how different that must have been.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bassett had to rationalize how Addison was able to move on from Ben with Tom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI had always kind of broken it down where Addison and Ben were dreamers. They fell in love over a shared dream of this project and they were in that space in their lives where they just wanted to make the world a better place,\u201d she explained. \u201cThen who Addison became on the other side of that was when you realize that the world will break your heart and you actually can\u2019t fix everything. Her accepting that and sitting with that and [understanding] who she is after the dream kind of dies a bit. The kind of decisions that you start to make and you start to make a different type of decision then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Quantum](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Quantum-Leap-Season-2-Changed-Caitlin-Bassett-Raymond-Lee-s-Friendship.jpg-2.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Caitlin Bassett as Addison, Peter Gadiot as Tom Westfall in \u2018Quantum Leap.\u2019<\/span> Casey Durkin\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDuring season 2, Addison found herself conflicted between her past connection with Ben and her current relationship with Tom. Bassett went through similar thoughts while preparing to play Addison again after the major offscreen time jump.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201c[I had to examine] what\u2019s my [character\u2019s] relationship with this Tom and how loyal of a person Addison is. There\u2019s different types of loyalties,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019ve told this man, I\u2019m in a relationship with him, so I am. But also now this other person comes up and I can\u2019t abandon that either because there\u2019s a different kind of loyalty there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Addison ultimately waved goodbye to her relationship with Ben in order to plan a future<\/a> with Tom. In the newest episode of Quantum Leap<\/em>, which aired on Tuesday, January 30, Addison admitted to Tom that she found the ring he had hidden and the couple got engaged.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n![\"Feature](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Feature-TV-Couples-We-Need-Together-in-2024.jpg?crop=146px%2C0px%2C1713px%2C969px&resize=400%2C225&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>TV Couples We Need to See in 2024<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tThe greatest gift for Us in 2024 would be getting to see fan-favorite couples like The Bear\u2019s Sydney and Carmy and Sweet Magnolias\u2019 Ty and Annie finally get together on screen. Since The Bear debuted in 2022, viewers and fans alike have been divided on whether the show should explore the potential romantic feelings between [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Bassett told Us<\/em> that she was excited to see Addison<\/a> continue to be in control of her own life.<\/p>\n\u201cWhat\u2019s great about what\u2019s happening for Addison \u2014 which is why my favorite part of the season is literally now until the end \u2014 is because no longer is she dealing with things in past tense and catching everybody up to the present,\u201d she detailed. \u201cNow she\u2019s going through things in present tense and she\u2019s making decisions in present tense that might not be fully informed or are fully informed or might not be completely right. \u2026 It\u2019s the first time where Addison gets to really start steering her own ship and Ben has to deal with that. Rather than Addison dealing with it, which is way more fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Quantum](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Quantum-Leap-Season-2-Changed-Caitlin-Bassett-Raymond-Lee-s-Friendship.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Caitlin Bassett as Addison in \u2018Quantum Leap.\u2019<\/span> Casey Durkin\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Bassett, it took some time for her to accept that Ben isn\u2019t the right option for Addison<\/a> right now, adding, \u201cFan of the show Caitlin and maybe even actor Caitlin feels like Ben is the guy. You can\u2019t replace that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\nShe continued: \u201cBut when I sat with Addison this season, I was like, \u2018It was three years.\u2019 And the human being that she had to be to get through it, you don\u2019t get to tell someone how to heal when you detonate their world. So I actually ended up becoming a defender of her decision to move on, which is I think exactly where you should be and then have to figure out where to go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bassett also offered a glimpse at what Quantum Leap<\/em> fans can expect from the final episodes<\/a> of season 2.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>Season 2 revealed that three years had gone by<\/a> since the team last heard from Ben, which resulted in a time jump that felt like only days to him. As a result, Addison had to mourn Ben and ultimately moved on with her life, which included meeting her new boyfriend Tom (Peter Gadiot<\/strong>). Ben and Addison struggled to adjust to their new normal as exes throughout the season.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a really jolting thing to try and play,\u201d Bassett admitted. \u201cRay and I were like, \u2018Bye,\u2019 because we knew it was coming. So we had to be like, \u2018This was great, and we\u2019ll see how this happened. We\u2019re not going to be as connected.\u2019 We didn\u2019t get to be as tight and physically [Addison was] not going to be there [with Ben] all the time. We knew I was going to leave the leaps. So there was some sadness to it. But at the same time, it was just so exciting to play something different to completely change the show.\u201d<\/p>\n As a fan, Bassett found the changes in the second season<\/a> to be \u201cbetter for the show.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tHonoring its predecessor. NBC\u2019s Quantum Leap revival has often paid tribute to the original science fiction series. The original sci-fi show, which ran from 1989 to 1993, starred Scott Bakula as a physicist named Dr. Sam Beckett who accidentally leaps through time and temporarily takes the place of a person from that time period. In [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why I feel like people talk about how different the performances are for season 1 and season 2, but they were days apart. It was just because we had new stories to play [and] a completely different chapter to rely on,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo I just really spent time trying to figure out who [Addison] had to become to let go of Ben and then how that person created a new relationship with someone new and how different that must have been.\u201d<\/p>\n Bassett had to rationalize how Addison was able to move on from Ben with Tom<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI had always kind of broken it down where Addison and Ben were dreamers. They fell in love over a shared dream of this project and they were in that space in their lives where they just wanted to make the world a better place,\u201d she explained. \u201cThen who Addison became on the other side of that was when you realize that the world will break your heart and you actually can\u2019t fix everything. Her accepting that and sitting with that and [understanding] who she is after the dream kind of dies a bit. The kind of decisions that you start to make and you start to make a different type of decision then.\u201d<\/p>\n During season 2, Addison found herself conflicted between her past connection with Ben and her current relationship with Tom. Bassett went through similar thoughts while preparing to play Addison again after the major offscreen time jump.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201c[I had to examine] what\u2019s my [character\u2019s] relationship with this Tom and how loyal of a person Addison is. There\u2019s different types of loyalties,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019ve told this man, I\u2019m in a relationship with him, so I am. But also now this other person comes up and I can\u2019t abandon that either because there\u2019s a different kind of loyalty there.\u201d<\/p>\n Addison ultimately waved goodbye to her relationship with Ben in order to plan a future<\/a> with Tom. In the newest episode of Quantum Leap<\/em>, which aired on Tuesday, January 30, Addison admitted to Tom that she found the ring he had hidden and the couple got engaged.<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tThe greatest gift for Us in 2024 would be getting to see fan-favorite couples like The Bear\u2019s Sydney and Carmy and Sweet Magnolias\u2019 Ty and Annie finally get together on screen. Since The Bear debuted in 2022, viewers and fans alike have been divided on whether the show should explore the potential romantic feelings between [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bassett told Us<\/em> that she was excited to see Addison<\/a> continue to be in control of her own life.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s great about what\u2019s happening for Addison \u2014 which is why my favorite part of the season is literally now until the end \u2014 is because no longer is she dealing with things in past tense and catching everybody up to the present,\u201d she detailed. \u201cNow she\u2019s going through things in present tense and she\u2019s making decisions in present tense that might not be fully informed or are fully informed or might not be completely right. \u2026 It\u2019s the first time where Addison gets to really start steering her own ship and Ben has to deal with that. Rather than Addison dealing with it, which is way more fun.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Bassett, it took some time for her to accept that Ben isn\u2019t the right option for Addison<\/a> right now, adding, \u201cFan of the show Caitlin and maybe even actor Caitlin feels like Ben is the guy. You can\u2019t replace that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cBut when I sat with Addison this season, I was like, \u2018It was three years.\u2019 And the human being that she had to be to get through it, you don\u2019t get to tell someone how to heal when you detonate their world. So I actually ended up becoming a defender of her decision to move on, which is I think exactly where you should be and then have to figure out where to go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n Bassett also offered a glimpse at what Quantum Leap<\/em> fans can expect from the final episodes<\/a> of season 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Every Time NBC’s ‘Quantum Leap’ Paid Tribute to the OG Series<\/span><\/a>
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\n Caitlin Bassett as Addison, Peter Gadiot as Tom Westfall in \u2018Quantum Leap.\u2019<\/span> Casey Durkin\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>TV Couples We Need to See in 2024<\/span><\/a>
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\n Caitlin Bassett as Addison in \u2018Quantum Leap.\u2019<\/span> Casey Durkin\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n