Comments on: Bionic Woman VS Journeyman, Round 2

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:04:20 +0000

Yeah, in last week’s episode, he made a point of telling his wife that he lost a disproportionate amount of current time compared to how long he was in the other timeline.

Which makes me think all the more that the tethering is a limitation on Dan’s part — that maybe he’s subconsciously “bookmarking” where he is before he jumps, and thinks he needs to lose time, because his brain couldn’t process the time jumps otherwise? But sometimes, his subconscious gets the math wrong.

If the show is a metaphor, then it would be interesting to find out that Dan was responsible for his own time losses and all of the indirect life dilemmas caused by them.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:49:16 +0000

And it’s not always equivalent, right? I thought I remembered that from one of the episodes?

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:22:17 +0000

Monday’s episode was very good. And, without hitting us over the head, added to the sci-fi geekery of the show. They pack an awful lot in in an hour on that show. And I really like that Dan’s life is falling apart because he can’t control the when of the time travel and that he loses equivalent(?) time in the present.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:06:32 +0000

There’s a new wrinkle!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:18:59 +0000

I get the sense that always coming back to his 2007 life is like training wheels and that eventually he’ll be untethered (whether he likes it or not?)

Monday was GOOD, I thought. Get watching! And recapping. You have to do Journeyman.

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:05:55 +0000

Michael, with the caveat that I still haven’t watched Monday’s episode yet, I’ll say that I’m equally curious about the “physics” behind Dan’s & Livia’s jumps. There’s certainly some kind of structure to it that we’re not aware of yet, and I’m really hoping that the writers know what that structure is. I can’t imagine they wouldn’t, in this day and age.

A lot depends on the nature of why and how they jump. For instance, do they really both have the potential to jump backward or forward at will, but because they’re still new to it, they’re limited by their imaginations? My guess (based on nothing but conjecture) is that Livia used to have a “tether” as well, but grew out of it. It would make for a dramatic season finale to have Dan become untethered, and for him to realize that he can no longer live up to the promise he made to his wife in the pilot that he’ll “always come back” to her.

For now, I’m happy that we’re not getting too many answers. I like having the mystery play out as slowly for us as it really would for Dan.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:15:50 +0000

And fembots?

GC, great use of “as bunnies say”!

I have a question about Journeyman. Dan is tethered to the present day in 2007. He jumps back in time (only BACK so far), but always returns to now and his family. What about Livia? She doesn’t know about present day Dan’s life, so she doesn’t exist past a certain point in time? Before she was with Dan she was jumping, and then she said it stopped for a while, and then when her plane crashed she wasn’t seen again. Is she tethered to some point prior to that? Or untethered? Will Dan be cut loose at some point? I know we don’t know, but I’m wondering about any thoughts y’all have.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:00:03 +0000

Episodes 2 & 3 of BW sit unwatched on my Tivo. I haven’t really had time to watch them, but I haven’t made time either, which probably isn’t a good sign for my long-term relationship with Jamie Sommers.

Maybe they should bring back Lindsay Wagner?