CONTINUUM Episode 301- MINUTE BY MINUTE
Review by David Blackwell
US AIRDATE: April 4th on SyFy
Season three brings about another major
shift in the
storyline of CONTINUUM as the actions by Alec going back in the past by one
week to prevent the death of his girlfriend.
It also brings into play Kiera having to make a choice whether she
should trust and work for the Freelancers who are discovered to be a centuries
old organization that has vowed to maintain the current status of the time
continuum whether Liber8, Kiera, or Alec likes it or not. This episode
isn’t a stand out like the
pilot episode of the season two premiere, but I think it all depends on how the
rest of the third season plays out since this first season three episode is
just the staging point for the things yet to come.
Alec’s actions creates the possibility
of two Kieras and two
Alecs existing at the same time while his actions dramatically changes what
originally happened in the last two episodes of season two which causes a reset
of sorts which only a time travel show like CONTINUUM could get away with. This
reset create yet another timeline where Kiera must balance out her choices in
whether it is right to stop Alec or continue on with her mission to get back to
the future. The Freelancers have stated that Alec has created a bigger problem
than even Kiera and Liber8 were to the Freelancers as the state of the timeline
is at stake. It will be interesting to see how the third season will play out
as creator Simon Barry has always intended to have each season of the show
through in a tidal wave that shifts the story in a way to future explore the
mythology of the series and the effects of changing the present has on the
future of 2077 and the characters in young Alec’s time.
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