Continuum 2012

This has been on my watchlist for years and I’ve finally got around to watching it. For the most part, it was fantastic but the sheer number of plotholes is outstanding.

The first season is excellent. Second, less so, but still okay.

Third and fourth? The writers were scrambling with no plans or clue as to where anything was going and it was clear a few episodes into season 3 that they hadn’t thought this far ahead. Anything they couldn't figure out they just washed away or created an alternative timeline for.

Season 3 basically made it so they didn’t have to answer any of the pressing questions from the first two seasons and could just wipe away anything they didn’t know or understand. No more flashbacks, no acknowledgement outside of Kiera saying that she wanted to go home. The last season is where they try to tie everything back in, but it feels rushed and desperate.

The ending was the perfect mix of bittersweet and made the poor planning and odd filler episodes worth it. It was great to see that both Alec and his brother had become a better version of themselves. Keira not understanding that her son wouldn't be born was frankly baffling though - everything they had done was so that future didn't exist so how was her son and marriage supposed to? Plus, why did they have him look exactly like her son with two totally different parents?!

Key unanswered plotholes:
The CIA/NSA investigation just magically went away, even after the lead was mysterious murdered.

Did the husband know what Alec was planning? Scenes would indicate that he did, but this was never answered.

What was the deal with Alec's father? Nothing there was explained including his reasonings for everything. Same as how Alec's son escaped from the freelancers.

The big cooperative overlords that told evil Alec to slow down and were halting production... Who were they and what was their purpose?

Liberat8? Oh, we don’t need them anymore, so let’s let them just fade away and have a few turn allies. Never mind the fact that they were a nationwide (global?) organization at that point.

The freelancers were only talked about for half a second and things were never adequately explained. Plus, who was the original freelancer and why was Curtis so obsessed? Nothing about the freelancers was even slightly explained well. It had the vibe of when a show is desperately trying to create a spin-off and using the current show for momentum.

:movie_camera: Overall:

Story = 7/10
Soundtrack = 0/10
Acting = 8/10

Total = 6.5/10

Overall not a bad show and it's a nice cop/time travel/saving the world mix of genres that mesh quite well together.

Here we have another time-travelling detective series in the vain of Crime Traveller and Life on Mars from Simon Barry (Hamlet, The Art of War) who created, produced and directs this science-fiction TV crime drama. In 2077 and in a effort to avert the rise of a dictatorial and Orwellian corporate regime a group of so-called freedom fighters calling themselves 'Liber8' time travel back to 2012 in a effort to avoid execution, unwittingly bringing with them 'Keira' a CPS (City Protective Services) Law Enforcement Officer, played perfectly by Rachel Nichols (GI Joe Rise of Cobra). One of the shows strong points are the characters themselves and the writing. The basics done good in my book, it never really goes beyond the basics, leaving the characters themselves to tell the story (as it should be 'Sense8' take note), there's no overuse of CGI, except in the later seasons, but thats mainly for the opening title sequence. I actually really like this show, it's a well put together production by Reunion Pictures Inc, Boy Meets Girl Film Company and GK-TV. If you like more character based TV dramas, then I'd happily recommend this to anyone. Looking forward to 4th and sadly final season this September