NBC's "Journeyman"

[DannyWilliams]

Did not see myself watching this show but being that it takes place in San Francisco I thought.............. what the heck




To sum up the show after watching "Journeyman" .......why has fate chosen him when he suddenly finds himself in a different year?
The lead character accepts why this is happening to him whether if hes prepared or improvises his way when travelling to the past.
The big "WHY" will be hovering over you while wathcing this.
I think this show has potential and will linger if its initial audience base is there to keep the show afloat during the course of the season.

[helen]

Well it seems that he can't control when he jumps. If future episodes have Dan's wife understanding that Dan is jumping time, then hopefully it will be less stressful for him. I don't know about Dan's brother if he understands about the jumps.

[WindwardOahuRN]

I watched it. I was hoping for more.

It's an old, old premise. Done many times before on television. I recall an old Twilight Zone episode that employed exactly the same premise and said all there was to say in thirty minutes.

http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/back-there/episode/12633/summary.html

That's only one example. There are many more and the premise is tired, IMHO. Prediction: the main character will step in and change fate, make a "mistake," and all hell will break loose. Same ol' stuff, with computer-enhanced special effects circa 2007.

I'm not certain the premise can sustain a series.

I do like the actors and the location. Not sure if that is enough to keep me watching each week.

[helen]

It's more or less a version of Quantum Leap since 1) the time jumps are under twenty years or so and 2) the people who are affected are not the famous ones.

[WindwardOahuRN]

I agree. I could never get into the "Quantum Leap" thing either. I know it was was quite popular but it did absolutely nothing for me. I thought it was just dumb.

Maybe it was the wardrobe factor.

[helen]

For tonight's episode when Dan is in 1995 and passes a future $20 bill to a taxi driver. The police officer who chasing Dan on foot was that his brother?

[kiwidiva]

Yes, the brother seems to ALWAYS be involved...

[DannyWilliams]

The show has flaws but still has the special something that still keeps ya tuned in.....


It's funny that he gets suddenly taken out of the blue no matter where he is...
And the ex-Olivia just happens to be there when he transports backwards :rolleyes:

[helen]

Tonight's episode has Dan traveling to Oct 1989 just before the earthquake. Livia admits that she used to time travel before meeting Dan and she thought the travelling stopped.

[Random]

I agree. I could never get into the "Quantum Leap" thing either. I know it was was quite popular but it did absolutely nothing for me. I thought it was just dumb.
You gotta be a geek or a genre fan to understand Quantum Leap. :cool:

[Random]

don't know about Dan's brother if he understands about the jumps.
Because he's a cop? Cops tend to prefer irrefutable evidence.

[helen]

Zack witness Dan disappearing and he says it's "cool". And Dan has traveling money, just hope he doesn't get into trouble using it.

[kiwidiva]

Is it just me or is Dan's wife freakin' annoying? And the brother is an even bigger pain in the arse! The two of them deserve each other and Dan should just keep time traveling with Olivia.

http://moonbloodgood.net/images/moonbloodgood_net/601/r_moonblood1.jpg

Moon Bloodgood is a GODDESS!

[Random]

Is it just me or is Dan's wife freakin' annoying? And the brother is an even bigger pain in the arse!!
Nope. It keeps the story interesting.

[helen]

What was really interesting this past week is that while Dan is from 2007, Livia is from 1948, never mind the fact that clothes she wears is more in line of the 1990's.

[Random]

What was really interesting this past week is that while Dan is from 2007, Livia is from 1948, never mind the fact that clothes she wears is more in line of the 1990's.
Hmm. I wonder. If she's not helping Dan or on assignment, what time or year does she jump back to?

[helen]

She said she returned to 1948 after spending time in the 1990's with Dan. In the 1990's she spent enough time to earn a law degree.

[Lanikaibabe]

Hubby and I have been watching -- we are scifi/genre fans and "get it" -- I like how each week -- more is revealed as to the why.

I found it interesting that Livia is from 1948 and she jumps to the future; only he to the past.

Interesting he hasn't caused a great paradox from running into himself and even helping himself out, etc. The old cell phone and technology makes the techie in me giggle.

It's something to watch on Monday nights.

[Random]

Interesting he hasn't caused a great paradox from running into himself and even helping himself out, etc. The old cell phone and technology makes the techie in me giggle.
Then you must have missed the episode where he fought with his younger self and nearly screwed up his own history. If Katie hadn't been there on the night he drank and gambled, they would never have fallen in love and the rest is history.

[Random]

She said she returned to 1948 after spending time in the 1990's with Dan. In the 1990's she spent enough time to earn a law degree.
I don't know if her knowledge of law she studied in 1990 is going to help her in 1948, except maybe the history of law.

[Lanikaibabe]

Then you must have missed the episode where he fought with his younger self and nearly screwed up his own history. If Katie hadn't been there on the night he drank and gambled, they would never have fallen in love and the rest is history.

I did see that episode... I guess in my writing -- I was wondering (sort of talking to myself) how that didn't cause a huge paradox. Just the fact of running into himself.

[Lanikaibabe]

I don't know if her knowledge of law she studied in 1990 is going to help her in 1948, except maybe the history of law.

or assist her in getting any kind of work... think about the year... and her race and if she was in California... not too many Law firms about to hire an Asian Woman right after WWII?

Hopefully she stashed a bit in the 90's in old currency to get her by in '48 :p

I'd like to see how this show develops; especially in light of the new 48 to 90's revelation.

[Random]

I did see that episode... I guess in my writing -- I was wondering (sort of talking to myself) how that didn't cause a huge paradox. Just the fact of running into himself.
I hope you're not thinking of Timecop. :eek:

That "touch your young self and implode" part turned me off.

[Lanikaibabe]

No no.... no... no Timecop here (did such a beast exist?)

More like general sci fi in my head... lots of Star Trek episodes up there.

[Lanikaibabe]

ewwwwww... speaking of bad timetravel movies... did anyone ever see "Millenium?"

[Random]

No no.... no... no Timecop here (did such a beast exist?)
Yeah, one of Jean-Claude Van Damme movie.

More like general sci fi in my head... lots of Star Trek episodes up there.
Lots of contemporary Star Trek TV episodes have crappy time-travel story (all of them are from Voyager). You'll have to thank Brannon Braga for most of them.

[Random]

ewwwwww... speaking of bad timetravel movies... did anyone ever see "Millenium?"
If you're talking about a FOX TV series, that's not about time travel. More like biblical conspiracy/pre-apocalypse.

[salmoned]

As far as I can tell, they're jumping so often that actually holding down a real job for either of them is problematic - although they could become sci-fi writers...

[Lanikaibabe]

The whole holding down a job thing will probably come to fruition soon on an episode. If I disappeared that much on my job; I would be held accountable!

But this if fiction.

Last week's episode was interesting; cannot wait to see how Part 2 comes about. What I don't get is Livia's whole "you're changing history" speech. I mean; aren't they changing history as it is?? History changed with they rescued the first girl (can't remember her name) -- behind the brick wall.

I do like how he goes back in time though... like last week... he's taking a jog and he ends up literally running into a rave :D

[helen]

Being a newspaper reporter does allow him to leave the office for long periods of time without raising a lot of eyebrows. Yeah it worked for Clark Kent. I doubt it this would have work if Dan was a doing telephone tech support.

In any event I just saw this past Monday's episode, can't wait for part 2 on Monday.

[Random]

Being a newspaper reporter does allow him to leave the office for long periods of time without raising a lot of eyebrows. Yeah it worked for Clark Kent. I doubt it this would have work if Dan was a doing telephone tech support.
Perhaps, but unlike Clark Kent who supplements his income by making front-page headline-grabbing news articles -- pretty much like how Peter Parker's photos of Spidey makes the front-page much to the chagrin of J Jonah Jameson -- how can Dan Vasser writes an article about past events that will satisfy his editor and boss?

[helen]

On one hand tonight's episode seems to solve some problems. Jack knows what's going on (again) and the FBI agent who was getting close to Dan's secert got killed by Bennet.

On the other hand I was expecting Bennet to change dispostion from a person who was going to harm Katie to actually be a person to fix the plumbing.

[alohatim]

I like Journeyman because it is so much easier on the brain than a show like Heroes. Not so many characters and events to keep track of. It all get wrapped up (mostly) by the end of the show.

What I dislike is the fake San Francisco. I was hoping to see old neighborhoods and reminisce. All I get are stock aerial pans of the City. I loved shows like Streets of San Francisco and Nash Bridges which were actually shot in the City.

Oh..and Moon Bloodgood is awfully nice, too!

[helen]

According to this week's TV Guide Journeyman will air two episodes this week. The usual spot on Monday night and on Wednesday (12/21) night at 9 pm (HST).

[Random]

Hopefully by Wednesday, KHNL will have fixed their OTA transmitter. The sound sucks static tonight. :mad:

[zff]

According to what I've been reading, last night's episode was the last one.

Ever.

[kiwidiva]

According to what I've been reading, last night's episode was the last one.

Ever.


WHAT??? I really thought last night's was a good one! I can see how they can end it there but I was hoping for more... :mad:

[helen]

NBC hasn't ordered any new episodes for it but that might be due to the writer's strike and having Medium coming back to it's Monday night time slot that Journeyman was on.

As far as the episodes aired this week, Monday's episode had a twist like having a daughter instead of son due to a certain digital camera model showing up 23 years before it was on the market. And Livia's ripple effect is orange instead of Dan's blue effect.

Wednesday's episode did note about Dr. Langley's study of time travelers but it does not answer what causes them to travel or why them of the people who share their birthday.

[kiwidiva]

I didn't see Mondays episode (I forgot!) but I couldn't figure out last night why they were so surprised to find another 'traveler' - I didn't think it was so hard to believe that if it happened to Dan & Livia - then it was happening to others too!

Dan did say something about a comet coming around when they were born - maybe that would have figured in the explanation of why it's happening to them. Or maybe we'll never know...

I hope it's just the writers strike and not the end of the show forever!!

[Random]

According to what I've been reading, last night's episode was the last one.

Ever.
And I couldn't watch it. Thanks, KHNL! :mad:

[helen]

During last night's episode the audio got dropped a couple of times in the episode and this was from digital cable.

In any event the NBC website for Journeyman (http://www.nbc.com/Journeyman/) does all episodes of the series to be viewed on-line. Only drawback is watching the same commerical during the commerical breaks.

[Lanikaibabe]

I was just on NBC's message boards and apparently it's true; there's a campaign to save Journeyman going on; http://www.savejourneyman.net but I truly think it's pointless. Once a network has it's mind set to cancel a show; it will.

This is the ONE show I have stuck with all season. I truly looked forward to it. I really liked how the character development was progressing.

:( oh well. Back to my Netflix queue.

[kiwidiva]

there's a campaign to save Journeyman going on; http://www.savejourneyman.net but I truly think it's pointless

Well, you never know - fans were able to save Jericho...

[Random]

Well, you never know - fans were able to save Jericho...
Yeah, and we did that by shipping nuts to the CBS execs.

What the hell do we give to NBC? Rice-a-roni, the San Francisco Treat?

[helen]

According to Wikipedia's entry of Journeyman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journeyman_%28TV_series%29), that's what some people are doing (sending box's of Rice a Roni to NBC).

However a more relevant (and more expensive) way is to send in a pair of shoes to NBC and ask if these shoes is something a time traveler would wear (from this past Wednesday's episode and the one aired on October 29).

[Random]

According to Wikipedia's entry of Journeyman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journeyman_%28TV_series%29), that's what some people are doing (sending box's of Rice a Roni to NBC).

However a more relevant (and more expensive) way is to send in a pair of shoes to NBC and ask if these shoes is something a time traveler would wear (from this past Wednesday's episode and the one aired on October 29).
Shoes? More cheaper to send them macadamia nuts (which I did to save Jericho).

[Lanikaibabe]

hubby and I like the show so much; we're going to do the rice-a-roni thing; what the heck. I am a realist through and through; but I do have an optimistic spark in me.

Better yet; I'll send two scoops of rice :)