system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Quantum Leap] What happens to Sam Bekett if he fails to accomplish the goal of a leap?
gpt
There are a few possibilities:

- The question is irrelevant; it is not possible for him to fail. God/Fate always places him in the exact right place at the exact right time in the exact right body to put right what once went wrong. He is only sent to events that he will fix. After all, it's not as though the leaps are random.

- He would be stuck. Since he doesn't complete the task, the next leap does not trigger.

- He leaps out when the window of opportunity to put things right closes. As soon as it is no longer possible to save the day - either things have already gone wrong, or else there's no possible timeline that averts things going wrong - he leaps.

I lean towards the first option, which accounts for his excellent track record.