Sick burns
(This review contains
spoilers!)
Man, I’m so gonna miss this show when
the season’s over.
Timeless
continued its seemingly non-stop winning streak with a trip to Salem this
time, with Flynn along for the ride as Wyatt is…busy with other things. Of
course, going to a village full of crazy people isn’t really the best idea, and
things quickly to awry for the team as they always seem to.
First off, the elephant in the room:
Wyatt’s dead wife is back, and she’s none too happy that he’s been gone for two
months. So unhappy that she’s filed for divorce. Wyatt decides to make things
right by doing something incredibly silly: he shows her around the base!
I’m sticking to my guns from the last
episode that his wife is Rittenhouse, especially considering her seeing all the
Mason stuff was such a big deal. But, to their credits, there’s still a chance
that her coming back was just an accident. We know that Rittenhouse made a
secret trip to 1980, but we don’t know what they did there. Maybe the wife is
Rittenhouse and they were deliberately trying to bring her back, or maybe they
were doing something else and this is just collateral damage to the timeline. I
honestly can’t wait to find out what’s going on here.
We also got a bit of further
development of Jiya’s premonitions as she finally told Rufus what was going on,
and that he killed a Pilgrim-looking guy in one of her visions. Another thing I
loved about this episode is the resolution of this subplot. Rufus knows going
in that he doesn’t want to kill anybody, so when they come across the exact
Pilgrim Jiya described, they immediately go after him and assume he’s
Rittenhouse. He turns out to be okay, but because they attacked him he
confronts Rufus later on and dies as a result. If Rufus had never known that he
was a potential problem, that guy would never have died, and Jiya’s vision
wouldn’t have come true. Talk about some awesome writing, and again, I can’t
wait to see how this subplot ends up.
And those weren’t even the best part
of the episode! That honour goes to Flynn, who’s madcap adventure through Salem
was both hilarious and kinda dark. With Wyatt busy he has to go alongside them,
and it doesn’t take long before he’s back to his old ways of shooting his way
through problems. His more extreme methods were really fun to watch contrasted
with Lucy and Rufus’ more pacifistic ways of getting information. I also found
it great how the only way they were getting out of the hanging situation was
with Flynn showing up and taking out the judges. Sometimes the best defense
really is offense, I suppose.
And, as always, the set and costuming
design was on point this episode. Without fail Timeless always manages to truly bring you to the period they’re
travelling to every week, never once breaking immersion. It’s always a true
sight to behold, and the various designers working on the show really deserve
special recognition.
Seriously, more people need to watch
this show. It’s unbelievably consistent with its writing, visuals, story and
surprises, and it’s easily the show I look forward to watching the most week
after week. This episode was no exception, blending great action and adventure
with lots of awesome teases of surprises brewing for later.
#RenewTimelessAgain
FINAL SCORE
9/10
Amazing
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