Comments on: The Legend of Dylan McCleen

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:27:06 +0000

Are you still posting? From what I read, the Journeyman may not be long for this world. Ahead of his time, maybe?

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:13:34 +0000

As for Livia … yeah, I’m not sure what the story is there. Just as Dan accepts his role as a jumper, he also seems too willing to accept that Livia will never give him full answers about anything, so he’s just given up trying. But it’s really conspicuous that she shows up during EVERY mission — so clearly, part of her job is to guide him. But who/what gave her that job, and why? And is she tied to Langley in some way?

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:09:47 +0000

My take on it is that Dan feels that this is penance for him — some kind of cosmic payback for his years spent gambling, and for “stealing” his brother’s girlfriend and marrying her. Like he accepts it out of guilt, both for himself and maybe even for his father’s actions.

What’s interesting to me is that the wife seems to forgive and tolerate Dan’s jumps, because she understands that he can’t control them … but she doesn’t quite go so far as to actually forgive HIM or to give him credit for the good that he does as a result of jumping. There’s a really strange dynamic between the two of them. It’s almost as if she dodged a bullet by not marrying the brother and becoming a “cop’s wife” … and yet she still ended up becoming a different kind of cop’s wife.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:06:43 +0000

What about Livia? She seems to have been doin’ the “magic” for quite some time. S’up wi dat?

Why doesn’t she give him a clue? Why doesn’t he ask more questions?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:59:38 +0000

Yeah, Langley seems jerky.

It seems, in the grand scheme of things, Dan is very selfless in his desire to “set things right” in the past when he could totally be selfish and make his life better in the present.

He gets these little wins that help him with his time traveling but rarely gets wins of any kind in his present life.

That may, for me, be the most fascinating part of the show for me. It’s such an interesting philosophical question. Dan has just accepted his role here. He doesn’t question it at all.

Why?