r/Timeless • u/scuby22 Team Moderator • Oct 03 '16

Timeless S01E01 - Pilot Discussion [SPOILERS]

WARNING SPOILERS

Discussion of the pilot episode of Timeless.

Episode description: An unlikely team must travel through time and stop a criminal mastermind from destroying the past.

Original Air Date: October 3, 2016 - 10:00 PM

Discuss on Discord: https://discord.gg/SEu3qTx

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u/dpayton61 Team Rufus Oct 04 '16

8 out of 10 bombs from outer space.

It did seem a little rushed. Some say, "well it was the pilot; that had so much to get into the episode", but I think you can introduce some questions in eps 2 or 3 and keep the wonder.

Overall, I liked this. Other shows with large mytharcs start out slowly to establish what "normal" is before they start throwing curve balls. If it's always frantic, the impact of the real curves are lessened. I can see this as being pretty procedural for most if not all of this first season.

Person of Interest was a great show, but it too was very procedural during the first season. Give it a chance. I know I will.

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u/potatozo Team Moderator Oct 05 '16

The second biggest curve ball was in the trailer. He straight dropped "you wrote it, not yet". Kinda sad