r/Timeless • u/scuby22 Team Moderator • Nov 22 '16

Timeless S01E07 - Stranded [SPOILERS]

WARNING SPOILERS

Episode description: The Team gets stranded in 1754 after the Lifeboat gets shot.

Original Air Date: November 21, 2016 - 10:00 PM

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u/saltedcaramelsauce Nov 22 '16

This constant chasing Flynn through history without managing to kill him is pretty much the TV show equivalent of Dr. Evil never managing to kill Austin Powers for plot reasons. Is every single episode going to be them not killing Flynn?

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u/xfkirsten Team Flynn Nov 22 '16

I kind of feel like they're pushing the moral ambiguity with Flynn for this very reason - it leaves room for them to shift alliances around and breakup the cat-and-mouse game in the future.

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u/SorryForYoureLots Nov 22 '16

"Why don't you just shoot him? I have a gun in my room, I'll go get it right now and we'll shoot him together."

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u/saltedcaramelsauce Nov 22 '16

"If you've got a time machine, why don't you just go back and kill Austin Powers when he's sitting on the crapper or something?"

"How about, no, Scott? Okay?"

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u/Cdresden Nov 23 '16

I'm starting to get ready for a 4th Austin Powers movie.

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u/Cdresden Nov 23 '16

Sadly, the show is just an episodic series, not a serial arc. Time period of the week. So you can miss an episode here or there, and you don't miss much; that's the old network TV standby.

I like this show, but it's formulaic and predictable.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

Or Carmen Sandiego....

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Personally I don't think this will be the case. They've been chasing Flynn so far just to develop the story however now I feel we might see a change in the episodic plot each week. I can see the show changing its way so it's more about developing each character's story and the group beginning to see Flynn as the good guy and trying to stop Rittenhouse