Travelers

Travelers (2016-2018)
Season 1 - 12 episodes (2016 December 23)
Season 2 - 12 episodes (2017 December 26) 
Season 3 - (2018 December 14) 


Netflix Exclusive Series
Availability: Excludes Canada
3 seasons

Plot:
Technology exists to send a person's consciousness back to the 21st century, where they assume a random person's body and identity at the exact moment they die. Teams work secretly to save the world from a terrible future.

Review:
Season 1 Rating: [Watch it] / It depends / Skip it
  • Various teams travel to the past to save the future. This show focuses on one group led by FBI agent Grant Maclaren. My issues with an open loop timeline aside, it does a great job of keeping tensions high as the travelers have to maintain their lives while operating covertly. This is similar to Quantum Leap, as travelers have to lead the life of their host though with orders not to interfere. The difference is they're saving the world, not helping another person.
    By focusing on the well developed characters, who at times defy orders to change their hosts lives for the better ,it doesn't get bogged down in science and special effects. This is a character driven drama.
Read my Season 1 review.

Season 2 Rating: Watch it / [It depends] / Skip it
  • Season 1 was a welcome surprise. Unfortunate season 2 gets bogged down in revisionist history. We meet traveler 001, and apparently he's been pulling strings from the beginning. What made the first season compelling was the character development. Season two doesn't completely abandon that, but the insertion of 001 into various character back stories is contrived and insulting. With the way this season ends, I have hope season three can recover, but this season was a step down from the first.
Read my Season 2 review.

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Trivia:
  • Cancellation announced February 2, 2019.
Cast:
  • Eric McCormack -  FBI Special Agent Grant MacLaren

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