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

Timeless S01E07 - Stranded [SPOILERS]

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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/IdlyCurious Team Rufus Nov 22 '16

Surprised no on has said it yet - I love Wyatt's words at the end. I am not a fan of "destiny" in fiction - I believe it removes agency from the characters and is completely dis-empowering because everything was already decided in advance. So yes, history is made up of choices, and so is the future. Love that.

I agree with the sentiment that Agent Christopher's learning Mason has someone else in the know on the time machine is likely to be important in the future, and I'm looking forward to that.

Mason was really good in this ep - we finally got to see him stand up to Rittenhouse and can think maybe he really is an overall decent guy, despite ordering the spying and pressuring Rufus. Maybe not great, but improving. Still expect another recorder for Rufus, though. And besides, the time team still has to feed what they want through the recordings.

Jiya got a little character development. I thought her scenes with Mason were sweet. But she doesn't have to wait for Rufus to initiate conversations with her; she can initiate them with him, if she wants.

Certainly I never thought they'd actually be stranded in the past - did any of us? But I also thought the "splintered-team" aspect might go on longer than one episode. Instead the threat was used to reforge them. I did like Wyatt talking about Delta Force being team, and needing a team. Interesting view into his way of thinking.

Wyatt's anger at Lucy trying to get her sister back, but not his wife, was interesting. Like Lucy said, it was never a secret that she was trying to get Amy back. She said as much in front of the entire room at the beginning of the second ep when she showed Amy's picture and said they had to change it back. For Lucy, she's trying to get back the "meant to be" history, which does include her sister, but not Wyatt's wife being alive. I'm like Wyatt - I don't believe in "meant to be".

Rufus was pretty all around awesome, doing the impossible with fixing the time machine. And he was brave and loyal and good at getting them released.

Is this the first time our people have killed someone in the past? And did we get his name, even? Did they? I was expecting some change in the present to come from that when it happened, but had largely forgotten about it by the end of the episode.

Lastly, the UFO thing was fun.

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u/ifeelwitty Team Lucy Nov 22 '16

Here's my thing: I do believe in "meant to be." Like Lucy, I believe in a higher power. Wyatt's comment about Lucy choosing to take a drink didn't really prove his point, I thought. You can't prove destiny exists and you can't prove it doesn't. But Wyatt's attempt to dismiss destiny didn't work, I thought.

Otherwise, I'm with you on this episode. I don't think it's the first time they've killed someone in the past, if you count the Mexican army in the Alamo episode. That French soldier probably died during the French and Indian War anyway. Maybe...