I think that had this story been given two episodes instead of one, it could have went down as a work of art. The setup of not knowing until the squigglers attack is an ingenious use of Kinos. The final twist that the second timeline isnt the final one is a good one too...the fact that the resolution is done in a webisode is just short of criminal.
As it is, a greater examination of the planet on the first timeline would set the setting better...a better fleshing out of the bacteria from the Ice story would have made it less than a plot contrivance, and an actual resolution would have been worth a lot.
I disagree that this was a "typical" time travel story, I think that its inventive process and the horror of the squigglers could have made this into a GREAT episode.
As it is, a greater examination of the planet on the first timeline would set the setting better...a better fleshing out of the bacteria from the Ice story would have made it less than a plot contrivance, and an actual resolution would have been worth a lot.
I disagree that this was a "typical" time travel story, I think that its inventive process and the horror of the squigglers could have made this into a GREAT episode.