Together again
(This review contains
spoilers!)
Back in December, Timeless saw its best episode yet, as the heroes teamed up with
Flynn to try and cut of the head of the snake that is Rittenhouse once and for
all. After failing the mission, Lucy was kidnapped by Flynn himself in an
attempt to use her to kill more Rittenhouse members.
For all intents and purposes, this
episode only really exists to reunite Lucy with Wyatt and Rufus, but the
showrunners have done it in a way that kept me engaged the same way the winter
finale did. All the best aspects of the show were here, including the amazing
sets and costumes, an interesting setting that teaches you something about
history while you enjoy the plot, and great interactions between the main characters
and historical figures.
The episode is split into two
different plots that intervene. The main plot involves Flynn attempting to kill
Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and their banker, enlisting the help of Lucy and
Harry Houdini. Houdini is easily the highlight this week, seeing him as a
rookie magician before receiving all his fame and fortune. The actor portraying
him gave an air of whimsy to him, making him very enjoyable to have onscreen.
The other plot involved Wyatt and
Rufus, who got mixed up on their way looking for Lucy and ended up in the
Murder Hotel of serial killer H.H. Holmes (no relation, I promise). They’re
trapped in a cellar with the first female graduate of M.I.T, with no way out
and a finite amount of air. It’s extremely tense to watch, especially after
spending so much time with these characters. I doubt it would’ve had quite the
same punch had they done this earlier this season, but here it works well.
Before long, Lucy and Houdini escape Flynn’s
grasp and return to rescue the other two, but through a clever twist Lucy
herself is captured by Holmes, locked in a furnace with no way out. She uses
her history knowledge to escape, acting as a psychic that knows Holmes’s
future, distracting him until Wyatt and Rufus arrive to get her out.
So the trio are back together for next
week, and everything seems to be back to normal. Or is it? The episode ends
with Wyatt getting a call from Flynn, keeping his word from the winter finale
and telling Wyatt the name of the man who killed his wife. This also raises a
major problem: Wyatt can’t kill the murderer, because he can’t travel back to
any point in time he already exists. This means that the only way he can save
his wife with the least possible impact on the timeline is by killing the
murderer’s innocent parents. I honestly can’t wait to see how this plays out,
but knowing Wyatt’s character I doubt he’ll go through with it. He hesitated
before killing Holmes, a brutal serial killer, so why wouldn’t he when faced
with two innocents?
The other major thing we saw at the
end is that Rufus finally stood up to the Rittenhouse guys forcing him to
record the missions. He recorded an angry message to them, saying that since he’s
the only one who can pilot the time machine they shouldn’t mess with him. It’s
going to be interesting to see where this goes, as we’ve seen through Flynn
that Rittenhouse really isn’t to be challenged. We’ve already seen Rufus’s family
once before, and I get the feeling they’ll be back sooner rather than later.
While this week’s episode doesn’t
quite reach the heights of the last few others, it’s a very entertaining way to
revive the status quo. The historical figures were very interesting to meet up
with, played by very good actors, and the set design and costumes continue to
be some of the best on TV. It’s continually mindblowing to me how they’re able
to accurately capture the time period week after week. I’m so glad Timeless seems to have once and for all
escaped the rut that it was trapped in for so many weeks, because now I can
truly look forward to watching it every week.
FINAL SCORE
7/10
Good
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