Its no secret time travel is very trendy right now.
FromDoctor WhoandOutlanderto11/22/63andLegends of Tomorrow,it seems like half the shows on television involve zipping through space and time.
And with the premiere of NBCsTimeless,we can officially add another show to that long, long list.
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And if the pilot is any indication, this is going to be kinda fun!
Weve got terrorists to catch!
Hes now popped back up again and pilfered a working time machine from the mysterious Mason Industries.
Roger that, Denise.
First up, weve got historian Lucy Preston.
Make your own future.
Theres also Wyatt Logan (Matt Lanter), a Delta Force sergeant who serves as the teams muscle.
This is, after all, a show about time travel.
I am black, he says.
There is literally no place in American history thatll be awesome for me.
As Wyatt puts it: Naturally.
Only tells you when.
So, our trio of time-hopping heroes tracks Flynn to New Jersey on May 6, 1937.
That date, of course, is notable as the day the Hindenburg exploded.
IsTimelessa thoughtful meditation on race relations in America?
It doesnt even go particularly deep when it addresses them.
Yeah, he gets off.
He did it, but we dont really care.
2008, thats gonna suck for you.
I hope you see it all because the future is not on your side,boy.
Flynn, you should probably hire smarter cronies.
I didnt write that, she tells him.
Not yet, but you will, he replies.
In the chaos, Wyatt attempts to take down Flynn, but he gets away after shooting Kate.
In the end, there are only two casualties in the Hindenburg explosion: Kate and Flynns unnamed henchman.
Things are not looking good.
So there you have it!Timelessepisode 1 is officially in the history books.
See you all next week, when we head to 1865 and witness the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
