Before pilot’s end, aforementioned villain Garcia Flynn ( Goran Visnjic) shows off a diary that Lucy writes in her future, which is apparently his past after departing the scene of the Hindenburg disaster for their present (naturally), they discover that Lucy’s cancer-stricken mother is now hale and hearty, and her sister has ceased to exist. A team comes together-engineer Rufus ( Malcolm Barrett), elite soldier Wyatt ( Matt Lanter), and historian Lucy ( Abigail Spencer)-to stop him with a machine of their own. If it doesn’t get renewed, people are going to lose their minds.Ĭreated by Shawn Ryan (“The Shield”) and Eric Kripke (“Supernatural”), “Timeless” is, in many ways, a pretty familiar time-travel story. “Timeless” isn’t the first show to pull off this kind of magic trick, but it’s magical all the same. On one side, a reveal that changes everything.
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It’s still a climax cracked in half, but the break has moved. There’s still suspense, still plenty left unknown, but the thrill isn’t in an unanswered question, but in sheer possibility. It’s a cliffhanger that doesn’t withhold. That’s what makes the second season finale of NBC’s “Timeless” such a delicious example of the form. A cliffhanger hinges on telling some, but not all withholding is part of the equation. Both reactions are understandable, sometimes unavoidable. A good one hits with a thrill that’s equal parts frustration and gleeful anticipation, leaving its audience giddy from the dopamine rush and, in some cases, a bit pissed off. In a 2012 piece in The New Yorker, Emily Nussbaum called the cliffhanger, that mainstay of serialized storytelling, “a climax cracked in half.” It’s an excellent description.
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