Best-bets for Oct. 18: A UFO? A platypus? Life is strange
1) “Quantum Leap,” 8 p.m., NBC. Now Ben (shown here, right) is in the body of a UFO investigator in 1949. Hearing a teen’s wild story, he admits: “I have seen things that are hard to explain.” Like leaping into past people’s bodies and getting help from a hologram of his ex-fiancee (center), who’s dating someone else because he vanished for three years. This is a smart story that will tickle both UFO buffs and doubters, while offering neat sub-plots about the sheriff (left) and a waitress. Read more…