It came out when I was 9 and possibly because of that it will always hold a place of honor in my heart, the first real Sci-Fi series that I really got into.
Some of the episodes were cheesy, that makes sense. Science Fiction can boldly go cheesy and need not make excuses for it. You had your heart warming episodes, the tear-jerkers, the action packed episodes...
But it is really the format of the show that allows for its greatness. In Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell you have your anchor characters, the heroes that keep the viewers tuning in week after week. Heroes in a show with format allows for an anthology feel.
Each episode--with exception of a few--is it's own unique story involving its own unique characters. Add in the concept of time travel and suddenly you have a show, that is an anthology but isn't, that allows for new and original stories about real people over the space of one man's lifetime.
It is brilliantly done. The format allows for everything good that came from shows like The Hitchhiker, Tales From the Crypt, and the legendary Twilight Zone...yet gives views the anchor characters they need to make each episode feel familiar.
Dive into it head first, well aware that there is no need to sweat the bad episodes, because the next ones are going to be completely different.
Some of the episodes were cheesy, that makes sense. Science Fiction can boldly go cheesy and need not make excuses for it. You had your heart warming episodes, the tear-jerkers, the action packed episodes...
But it is really the format of the show that allows for its greatness. In Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell you have your anchor characters, the heroes that keep the viewers tuning in week after week. Heroes in a show with format allows for an anthology feel.
Each episode--with exception of a few--is it's own unique story involving its own unique characters. Add in the concept of time travel and suddenly you have a show, that is an anthology but isn't, that allows for new and original stories about real people over the space of one man's lifetime.
It is brilliantly done. The format allows for everything good that came from shows like The Hitchhiker, Tales From the Crypt, and the legendary Twilight Zone...yet gives views the anchor characters they need to make each episode feel familiar.
Dive into it head first, well aware that there is no need to sweat the bad episodes, because the next ones are going to be completely different.