We're four episodes into this season and I'm a little lost. I can't really remember what happened last season. Something about a virus? They lost their memory? Or only Marcy did? I don't know.
I remember pieces of the season, although mostly that's because they've talked about it in the first few episodes of this season. There was a major mission related to an asteroid. They were kidnapped but got away somehow. Marcy shot a guy (through the ventilation system) who was holding David hostage. The guy Carly has a baby with (boyfriend, husband?) was abusive. (I guess technically he's the guy who had a baby with the women whose consciousness Carly replaced.) That's about it. Oh, and something about Trevor kidnapping his guidance counselor and getting her replaced with an old person from their time? Man, writing it all out like that makes this show seem confusing.
This episode was okay. One thing that seems to be missing from this season is the thread of an overall mission. It seemed that in season 1, all of the missions the team tackled each episode were to further their overall progress on their main mission. They needed some piece to make a machine they needed later. So far though, this season they seem to just be going day to day. Maybe that's the effect of their mission failing last season?
At one point (I can't remember if it was this episode or the last one) they even made a comment about not having a mission for a while. This was the first one where they had a goal that they were trying to accomplish though. Actually, it was two. They were blowing up the headquarters of an agriculture company who was about to release a genetically modified seed and timing it to cover an assassination of a politician. A politician who was also a traveler and someone the series introduced last season in a plane crash. (That was another thing I totally forgot about until they mentioned it in this episode.)
Something I really liked from this episode were the scenes between Trevor and Abby. I didn't see their little romance blooming and I thought it was really cute. Especially since Trevor's the only one that hasn't really had a relationship. Grant has Carly (and also his wife), Carly has "her" son and Jeff (sort of kind of), Marcy has David, and Phillip has heroin (also he started hooking up with this other traveler named Jenny this season). Well I guess Trevor had/has a girlfriend, but she hasn't been around at all this season except for a brief scene with him in the hospital in an early episode. And she seemed to be there more for uncomfortable humor since she wasn't really compatible with the "new" Trevor. But Abby seemed to be.
Which is why it kind of crushed me when she died. Or technically was killed. That may have been the point when I got re-hooked onto this series. We will see if Travelers can continue to keep me hooked.
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