Topic: Continuum (Showcase)

[DJ Doena]

Plot: Fifty years in the future not governments but corporations rule the world. But there are terrorists who want to restore the democratic systems and like all "good" terrorists they blow stuff up.
Years later they are supposed to get executed but can escape via time jump 65 years into the past (2077 to 2012).
A cop is accidentally pulled back with them and has now the task of stopping these people doing what they did all over again.



Anyone watched that new show?

What did you think of it?

As an old fan of Master Bra'tac it was sad that Tony Amendola didn't get more screen time. But as long as I don't see a body, I haven't written him off.


The odd thing was that in the future I was more sympathetic towards the terrorists. The law enforcers all just rubbed me the wrong way and even at the end of the episode I'm still not very fond of the female lead, which isn't a good sign.


There's one huge plothole: When Lucas was in the interrogation room he could have simply called her bluff by claiming he knows that she is not a cop. Until that moment they had nothing on him. He was arrested because he a drug in his system - nothing else. If he had claimed that she had drugged him (what she actually did) and that she should actually ID herself, the entire premise of the show would be gone.

And it's still unrealistic that even after six cops were murdered in that station no one verifies her story. Has none of them ever watched 24 and considered she might be a mole?

If the terrorists hadn't broken Lucas out the police would have to let him go at some point. He was arrested before the bank heists happened and his involvement with this hinges solely on the word of a pretend-cop.

[goodguy]

The odd thing was that in the future I was more sympathetic towards the terrorists. The law enforcers all just rubbed me the wrong way and even at the end of the episode I'm still not very fond of the female lead, which isn't a good sign.

A somewhat sympathetic view of the anti-corporate terrorists is intended, I would say. Likewise the lead is supposed to come of a bit unlikable and totalitarian and learn a thing or two about freedom and democracy as the show goes on. So it has the usual gray area dressings, but plays it relatively safe. Still, I liked it quite a bit, even if I don't expect any deeper political insights.

Btw, Rachel Nichols was the reason I gave this a shot, although she did not yet fully convince me here. If you still can find it (it's not on DVD), give Tim Minear's The Inside a try - she was pretty good there as the lead.

[Tom]

I enjoyed the first two episodes so far.

[DJ Doena]

After watching the second episode I have to revise my first impression a bit.

The writers also noted that her cover was a bit flimsy and actually made it a plot point in the second episode. In the end she has a cover that's a little more bullet-proof.

I also liked the flashbacks (or are these technically flashforwards?) into her past which gives them a chance to explain all her high-tech gadgetry a little more.