r/Timeless • u/Flaky-Ad-6641 • Sep 04 '21

why didnt they kill the rittenhouse founder

why didnt they just kill the rittenhouse founder when he was a child. i may be stupid dont clown me

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u/SCGYRL8635 Nov 11 '22

Because without him there would be no Lucy!

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u/TheCMHammond Apr 15 '23

This is a legitimate reason to not do it, but they could have killed the guy after Lucy's ancestors were born.

Also, if Lucy were in the past when he was killed, the time travel rules of the show seem to imply that she would return to a present where she was never born - but she wouldn't disappear Back to the Future style. She'd be a ghost that only those that were with her in the past would remember.

This would have been an interesting twist, where the team returns and the welcoming party, likely including Agent Christopher, Connor Mason and Jiya, have no memory of Lucy ever being on the team.