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 The start of a really good series? September 11, 2007
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
My wife and I watched the free unbox Pilot last night and really liked it.
She was thinking that it was going to be too much like "Quantum Leap", it really wasn't. We both liked Kevin McKidd from the HBO series "Rome", he was very good in this new role. I was really surprised how the show dealt with his physically traveling in time.
*** POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING ***
In one scene he is driving in his car when he "pops" back in time, thus leaving his car still cruising down the street. Instead of just ignoring what we all know should happen, they show it, his car crashes and nobody is in it.
*** END SPOILER WARNING ***
This show really has potential, we sure hope it lasts for more than a few episodes.
 Like McKidd, but the setup is just okay September 11, 2007
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
This is a new show from NBC that premieres in two weeks. Kevin McKidd (who was awesome in Rome!!) is a journalist in San Francisco who, completely out of his own control, travels back in time at random intervals. In this story he makes a difference in a stranger's life. It seems random, but we see that there is some kind of larger mysterious design behind it all that we will no doubt learn about in forthcoming episodes.
***MILD SPOILER WARNING***
I'm on the fence here. Firstly, one of the major sources of drama/conflict in the pilot is McKidd's wife suspecting that he's actually going out on drug binges or something instead of going back in time. But at the end of the episode he convincingly proves to her (in a good scene) that he really did go back in time. So in future episodes is he going to come back from time traveling and find her waiting for him asking whether he had a good time and did he bring anything back for the kids? Seems like the air has been let out of this core potential conflict.
The other issue is that McKidd, as a journalist, has limited "powers". I wonder if a doctor or policeman would have been better. Track record for journalist shows is poor.
Finally, I hope the larger issues in the past are featured more because he is emotionally involved in them. It will be harder to get him personally involved if he goes back and encounters random "save me" scenarios week after week. It just always works better if the lead has a personal stake in the story.
With Quantum Leap being the exception to the rule, time travel premises are tough. Let's see if they can make this one work.
Pilot is very good, but you have to pay attention. September 21, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Journeyman looks to be another series with promise. I watched the Unbox download of the Pilot episode, and... If you don't just hate the idea of a show with time traveling involved, this should be a good series for thinking people.
The premise seems to be somewhere in a mix of "Quantum Leap" (at least the part of fixing what is screwed up with the timeline) but more "The Time Traveler's Wife, and Ken Grimwood's "Replay".
Mid ~Season Update November 27, 2007
Journeyman is meeting all my expectations for the shows development. I remain hooked!
The make or break for this show will be do the real world characters generate enough empathy to hook you on the show, and will the "fix it" parts of the plot be interesting.
I think there is a good chance they can make this work. I hope I am right.
 Finally something to watch on network television September 15, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Well I wasn't expecting much. And to be quite honest the first 10 minutes or so looked a bit like your usual hum drum-network bore, but once it took off it was great. Kevin McKidd is simply fantastic--a fascinating combination of tough and tender with a really wonderful emotional range that is more than enough to carry the plot. The story is interesting and enough of what was happening was left dangling to make me sure to tune in for a second episode (and a third and...). What a pleasure to have something that takes an old premise and recreates it from a new angle rather than just a rehash of an old story. I'll be interested to see how the first season plays out.
And the people who were confused are a mystery. There isn't a single confusing thing about this show. It is true not all threads were tied up in one episode, but that's the way good television is supposed to be. I'll be watching and will encourage all of my friends to do so as well.
Breaks Scifi paradigms September 14, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an intriguing show. Despite the complaints of similarity of other shows, I think this one has just the unique blend which makes it new. In other time traveling scenarios - the characters oftentimes can't change history - this guy can. Characters also usually can't bring items backward and forward in time with them. He can. Also, who among us hasn't wanted to change something in the past? But that might not be such a good idea....
This has lots of potential. Don't let all the naysayers turn you off to it.
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