X
- 2016
- TV-MA
- Showcase
- 2016
- TV-MA
- Showcase
Summary The Canadian series created by Brad Wright is set in the future where the few remaining humans can send their consciousness into the past to try save humanity from its fate. The team includes FBI Special Agent Grant MacLaren (Eric McCormack); Marcy (Mackenzie Porter); David (Patrick Gilmore); high school quarterback Trevor (Jared Paul A...
Created By: Brad Wright
- 2016
- TV-MA
- Showcase
- 2016
- TV-MA
- Showcase
Travelers
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 17, 2016
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
7.7
Where to Watch
Summary The Canadian series created by Brad Wright is set in the future where the few remaining humans can send their consciousness into the past to try save humanity from its fate. The team includes FBI Special Agent Grant MacLaren (Eric McCormack); Marcy (Mackenzie Porter); David (Patrick Gilmore); high school quarterback Trevor (Jared Paul A...
Created By: Brad Wright
Where to Watch
Top Cast
It’s possible the show could grow heavier tonally in the later episodes, but judging from what we’ve seen so far, it’s just the kind of escapist fare that we need right now during the holidays but also in the current political climate.
It’s still too early to tell how this season will fare from just the first two episodes. There appear to be too many disparate plots, some without appealing characters. But based on the promise of Vincent, and what havoc his story can wreak on the others, we’re willing to be cautiously optimistic about what’s to come. For now, we’re in.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 232 User Ratings
7.7
81% Positive
188 Ratings
188 Ratings
4% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
15% Negative
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 232 User Ratings
7.7
81% Positive
188 Ratings
188 Ratings
4% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
15% Negative
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
This is one of my favorite sci-fi series. It’s very effective even with its relatively low budget. The central idea behind the series - stopping humanity from ruining its own future - is approached in a way that allow for an intriguing mix of mission-based episodes and longer, relationship-based human stories. It’s not too late to start watching.
Report
I didn't go into this series expecting to like it. Hell, it had been popping up on Netflix again and again and eventually, I happened to catch half an episode when my better half started watching it... and somehow, I got hooked.
It has a concept that is simple enough by modern sci-fi (time travelers try to fix the future) and series standards (mostly self-contained episodes that contribute details to an expanding overarching plot - which, as the series progresses, combines more and more episodes into mini-arcs). However, it gives that sci-fi concept an interesting spin with all kinds of implications that are explored throughout the series and it mostly sticks to the rules it establishes for itself early on.
The characters are interesting and the conflicts mostly on the plausible side of the spectrum.
That may not sound like a resounding endorsement and I am indeed not sure if I would place this series among my Top 5 All-Time Favorites but it IS a solid series that is enjoyable to watch and it has an open ending that I DO count among my All-Time Favorites - satisfying open endings are hard and this series managed to pull that off, which is no mean feat.
Report
It’s hard to find a fresh take on the time-travel conceit, since it’s been around so long and has been so heavily mined lately, but Travelers has some attention-grabbing flourishes and fine acting.
I came across Travelers accidentally when I tried to find that-nibul a little known, but interesting on Netflix. The plot is used up to holes modern cinema. But here it is given originally, and, above all without any populism. About the future here nothing is said yes, speak about "Director" a little and do not explain at all as in the way travelers appear in a body of the modern person. But the history moves simply and is plain, and it selects series from the majority of S-Fi of series.
Report
The show has an interesting enough premise, and is consistent in tone and storytelling, leading one to believe based on the initial episodes that we're going to have a a light, enjoyable sci-fi experience. The strengths of the show and the main cast, however, are undermined by a thoroughly irritating supporting cast and plot and logic holes you could drive a cavalcade of trucks through. That doesn't mean that the show that the show can't be enjoyable, but rather that your suspension of disbelief button must be available to push repeatedly and your tolerance for petty stupidities needs to be high. A good premise but flaws in the execution bring it down to a mediocre show and a time-passer overall.
Report
Production Company:
- Peacock Alley Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Oct 17, 2016
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Leo Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 4 Nominations
Prix Aurora Awards
• 2 Nominations
