This series was so much better than I expected. Strong drama, good amount of tension and the power of time travel exceptionally explored.
I also truly enjoyed the depictions of historical figures. I would constantly pause the show to read their wikipedia entries and perform other historical searches. It was both a fun series and informative.
I kinda' wished they went even further back (Jurassic, Neanderthal/Denisovans, etc) but that would have been against the plot of the story.
I'll admit that my favorite character was Garcia Flynn. He took on both the all-powerful shadowy group and the US government without breaking a sweat. His actions (along with the counteractions of the US government group) helped define this series - ie, the constant changes to history and their future ramifications.
I was concerned that this was going to be a humdrum show where the "good guys" always thwarted the "bad guy". Instead, the series allowed history to be (partially) rewritten and even tweaked. This made for fresh viewing.
The show also had me thinking about the fragile-ness of our own existence. How much of a blip on the timeline we all are. This was a constant thought of mine throughout the series.
One moment you could be talking to Harriet Tubman and the next moment... the entirety of her life is long gone (as you jump back to the future). How we might think this is the present but we could easily be the long-forgotten past of someone else.
I also truly enjoyed the depictions of historical figures. I would constantly pause the show to read their wikipedia entries and perform other historical searches. It was both a fun series and informative.
I kinda' wished they went even further back (Jurassic, Neanderthal/Denisovans, etc) but that would have been against the plot of the story.
I'll admit that my favorite character was Garcia Flynn. He took on both the all-powerful shadowy group and the US government without breaking a sweat. His actions (along with the counteractions of the US government group) helped define this series - ie, the constant changes to history and their future ramifications.
I was concerned that this was going to be a humdrum show where the "good guys" always thwarted the "bad guy". Instead, the series allowed history to be (partially) rewritten and even tweaked. This made for fresh viewing.
The show also had me thinking about the fragile-ness of our own existence. How much of a blip on the timeline we all are. This was a constant thought of mine throughout the series.
One moment you could be talking to Harriet Tubman and the next moment... the entirety of her life is long gone (as you jump back to the future). How we might think this is the present but we could easily be the long-forgotten past of someone else.