Rufus and Wyatt’s Excellent Adventure
(This review contains
spoilers!)
I might be wrong about this, but I’ve
heard that Timeless only has a couple
of episodes left before the end of the season. It’s a shame, because things are
really starting to pick up for our crew.
For the first time, Lucy didn’t jump
back to the past this week. Instead, Wyatt and Rufus took the time machine for
a joyride back to 1983, trying to stop the parents of the man who murdered
Wyatt’s wife from ever meeting. Things, uh, don’t go according to plan.
While we sadly didn’t get to see much
of the 1980’s atmosphere (most of the past scenes take place in a single bar),
the costumes and environment captured the feeling of that time period well. I
just wish we had seen more of it.
This episode was also one of the
funniest we’ve seen out of Timeless
in a while, cracking several jokes about the 80’s along the way and how crazy
Wyatt’s whole scheme was. I really wish Timeless
was allowed to be funnier every once in a while, because the cast,
especially Rufus, really have comedic chops on them. Plus, with how dire and
grim the show can become at times when the main trio is grappling with what
they’re doing, it would be nice to have a bit more levity inserted in there.
Unfortunately, the main plot this week
doesn’t really seem to be sure whether it wants to be played for laughs or
taken seriously. Most of the first half of the episode is full of jokes and not
taken very seriously, but the second half things take a bit of a loony turn for
the more serious, as guns are drawn and people start dying. It’s a bit of a
startling turn, and it doesn’t really work since up to this point we’ve been
conditioned to think that this storyline isn’t to be taken seriously. I really
wish that the showrunners had chosen one or the other, because the subplot
about Wyatt’s wife has been a very interesting one to explore and it didn’t
deserve this confused storyline. Thankfully this isn’t going to be the end of
that plot, but I’ll get back to that later.
Lucy was given something to do this
week as well, teaming up with Agent Christopher (who is currently competing
with Rufus for the title of Best Character) to find that scientist guy and hear
about his master plan to fix all this. It turns out Rittenhouse is planning on
using the time machine to rebuild history in their image, and Flynn is the only
thing standing in their way. The scientist figured blowing up both time
machines would be a good way to slow them down, as it’d take a few years to
build a new one.
Needless to say, things go wrong for
our heroes towards the end of the episode. Wyatt manages to successfully break
up the mother and father before they conceived the murderer, but accidentally
killed the father in the process. Even worse, his wife is still not back, and
he’s been arrested for his time machine joy ride. The scientist’s plan has also
gone awry, as Flynn learned of his intention of destroying the time machine and
killed him. Honestly, he hasn’t been in enough episodes for me to really count
him as a major loss. If he’d been more involved in the overall storyline I
might’ve felt more for his death, but he just kind of popped in now and again
until the showrunners decided they didn’t need him anymore.
But the most interesting part of the
episode came at the very end. After learning from Agent Christopher that her
biological father is the Rittenhouse guy talking with Mason, she confronted him
at his home once and for all. We didn’t see much of what happened, except that
he informed her that as his descendant she is Rittenhouse’s legacy, and he
wants her on the winning side of history. It’s a small but significant scene,
and one that is sure to grow into something huge later on.
Karma
Chameleon is, at best, a fun episode that does a good job of setting things
up for later. No, it’s not as good as the other episodes we’ve had since
Timeless returned from winter break, but it’s still an episode that I still
think is worth watching just to see the beginning of what’s coming next. If the
writers had blended the humour with the serious moments better this episode
might’ve suffered less, but it’s still an enjoyable watch with some great
character moments.
FINAL SCORE
6/10
Okay
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