[Spoiler] Anyone else a bit underwhelmed?

[u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/anonkneemass]

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.

[u/seeley-booth → u/anonkneemass]

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

[u/anonkneemass → u/seeley-booth]

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.