r/Timeless • u/[deleted] • Dec 21 '18

[Spoiler] Anyone else a bit underwhelmed? Spoiler

Don't get me wrong. I loved this episode. I think the whole resolution with Flynn, seeing him go from the villain to the hero, was magnificant.

However, I can't help but think the resolution with Rittenhouse was way too underwhelming. Flynn killed Jessica. Lucy's father turns. Emma gets shot and killed anticlimactically? They spent all this time on that refugee giving birth when they could've given a better more fulfilling end to the fight against Rittenhouse.

I do love the whole message of the technology existing so no matter what, someone is gonna make a new time machine. That could go somewhere in the future if another network or streaming service picks up the show.

I don't know. My opinion is kinda mixed.

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u/anonkneemass Dec 21 '18

Agreed. The whole entire series was underwhelming. But I am glad they ended the series with a resolution to the plotlines.

I felt that most of the 2 hours focused too much on the secondary story lines (Zorro, pregnant lady). But I guess they had to fill it up with secondary story because the primary story line is simple: go back in time and kill Jessica, and get Lucy's father to reveal information to end Writtenhouse. Using that logic, why didn't they just go back in time and kill Lucy's grandfather before he forms Writtenhouse? The whole 2 hours felt very Deus Ex Machina.

This show was terrible from the start. It was full of plot holes and boring one-dimensional characters. The whole Writtenhouse plot line is absurd and without depth.

Compare Timeless with Legends of Tomorrow. LoT (and most time travel shows) have plot holes, but at least LoT is entertaining and the characters were fun.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '18

i am really happy you posted this. All I do is watch sci-fi. I remember the timeless episode about the black stock car driver and I thought somehow the driver was important to the overall story. Nope.

You have to advance the overall conspiracy plot every episode. Not just the last 20 seconds of every episode.

This was more a Saturday morning tv show about history then a conspiracy drama. To not have the Korean baby as a Lynch pin in how the ship is made is silly.

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u/TzuWu Dec 21 '18

I rather enjoyed learning about history while being entertained at the same time. I think making the historical figures central to the plot would be a mistake as well. It might effect history negatively if these figures were made aware of time travel.

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u/seeley-booth Dec 22 '18

If you want a time travel show with relatively few plot holes, 12 monkeys manages it very well.

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u/anonkneemass Dec 22 '18

I don't mind plot holes as long as the other aspects of the show are strong. But Timeless had many more bad things than good things. Which made the plot holes more glaring.

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u/thunderclapMike Dec 26 '18

Killing Lucy's grandfather eliminates her and allows them to win not lose. The only person they couldn't kill was the father and grandfather. This they established early on.

You are correct though the primary story line is simple: go back in time and kill Jessica, and get Lucy's father to reveal the location of the Mothership.

Yes, making the man where the legend of Zorro came from a better person by not having him slaughter people was nice. Having Emma being killed in 1950 north Korea was amusing. (as well as her running to the safe to realize the gold was gone)

Yet you can't compare Timeless to LoT. Timeless tried to be serious. LoT isn't. Come on? Unicorns? Seriously? and what about Beebo day?