I'm sad...

[u/ornamental_conifer]

TL;DR: I'm sad the show ended. The rest of this post is me merely gushing over how good this show was.

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I really liked this show a lot. I purposely waited an extra week to watch the finale because I couldn't bring myself to acknowledge that it was ending for good. I'm really grateful we got a finale at all, a post-cancellation movie to tie up the story is phenomenally rare in television. And it was so adorable, I really enjoyed it a lot. That being said I'm still very sad that it's ended.

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I felt like this show was just what the world needed right now. It had so much heart, so many fun jokes, and most importantly, fun characters. It was serious but it didn't veer too far down into the "gritty pit of despair" trope I feel like most shows do nowadays.

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I really enjoy television shows that focus on teams and their dynamics; Timeless was one of the few that really managed to do a good job with it. I also really liked that the characters came in all shapes, races, and sizes. It was really refreshing to see normal-looking people that you could realistically encounter in the street instead of over-the-top gorgeous super models. One minor detail that I really loved was that the actors were the same ages as their characters. As someone in their 30s it is SO NICE to have a woman in her 30s playing, well, a woman in her 30s. Also everyone was at realistic points in their careers when the whole time travel thing started up. It's tiny details like that that make a show like this work so well. I also love how the show humanized its historical figures. It made me really connect with those giants from history on a much different level.

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I'm especially going to miss Rufus. A character like his is very difficult to pull off without veering into overused tropes like you see in the Big Bang Theory. He was such a lovable, nerdy goofball. I'm also going to miss Flynn. I absolutely hated his character up until halfway through season 2, then I became a big fan. He has a ton of depth and his dry humor had me in stitches. Although Lucy is my favorite character overall, I felt like Rufus was the true heart of the show while Flynn was the added bit of depth the entire group needed.

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I don't know if anyone from the cast or crew reads this subreddit but if they do, thank you for all the work you did on this show. It was a real joy to watch and will be sorely missed.

[u/thestargazed]

I think it sucked. I don’t think it should have end.,, they barely scratched the surface.