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While taking liberties with what are essentially super-powers, it settles into something mellow and reasonable. It gets into a groove really quick.
I think a few episodes are enough to get a good idea of what to expect of this show.
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- 1 s01e01 – 2012-05-27 – A Stitch in Time
- 2 s01e02 – 2012-06-03 – Fast Times
- 3 s01e03 – 2012-06-10 – Wasting Time
- 4 s01e04 – 2012-06-17 – A Matter of Time
- 5 s01e05 – 2012-06-24 – A Test of Time
- 6 s01e06 – 2012-07-08 – Time’s Up
- 7 s01e07 – 2012-07-15 – The Politics of Time
- 8 s01e08 – 2012-07-22 – Playtime
- 9 s01e09 – 2012-07-29 – Family Time
- 10 s01e10 – 2012-08-05 – Endtimes
s01e01 – 2012-05-27 – A Stitch in Time ∞
Spoiler
- 0:30 — Oh, I know that actor from
- 1:30 — I get that they’re trying to be cool, but wouldn’t the weapon already be prepared before the breach?
- 2:00 — See also Fight Club – (1999 movie)
- 2:15 — Make a run for it?
- 2:30 — Six months later.
- 3:00 — Representation, free speech, assembly
- 5:00 — Good blood.
- 5:30 — Vancouver – Canada
- 6:30 — I know that actor on the right.
- 8:00 — Good impression so far.
- 10:15 — MIT = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 12:30 — This scene today would have him shot as part of continuing propaganda.
- 14:15 — Oh, I recognize that female actor from Andromeda – (2000 show), and that male actor from somewhere else that I can’t place right now.
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19:15 — That second “theory” is described badly.
- She finds a way to be shoved forward in time to a moment after having originally been sent backward. All events during her time being shoved backward had already happened before all the time travel shenanigans.
- 26:00 — I recognize that guy from Mutant X – (2001 show). I hope he can act now.
- 32:00 — I recognize that actor too, but I can’t remember from where.
- 33:30 — When did Canadian cops get assault rifles?
- 35:30 — That’s not cover.
- 35:45 — Where were shells on the side of that shotgun.
- 38:30 — I’m not going to bother counting bullets.
- 42:15 — That thing under her eye is so distracting.
s01e02 – 2012-06-03 – Fast Times ∞
Spoiler
- 0:15 — A total of 10 cops dead.
- 2:45 — Were I her, I would find any excuse to keep the suit on.
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4:00 — All the letter agencies.. so she’s been caught.
- Yep.
- 14:45 — Elevators don’t work that way.
- 15:30 — I like how they blur the logo on the steering wheel.
- 16:00 — Uh, no.. she doesn’t know traffic laws, signs, etc.
- 17:30 — That’s going to get a phone call.
- 18:00 — BC Power is likely fictional. There is a BC Hydro.
- 18:30 — Does she know what an APB is? (All-points bulletin)
- 19:15 — I’m not going to note all the things here.
- 19:45 — Wired
- 21:00 — Tor
- 24:30 — Is she his grandmother?
- 27:00 — How is he able to do any of that? So he’s a super-hacker and can magically do stuff?
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28:30 — But they’re not going home. It’s a safe assumption that they’d try to get to their original time destination.
- 31:00 — Called it.
- 31:15 — Did she not figure out who’s missing?
- 32:15 — She’s wearing body armour, they all die.
- 32:45 — He could use his sleeves or something to pick hot things up.
- 33:00 — She didn’t even shoot one of them?
- 34:15 — Finally she uses the grenade launcher.
- 36:30 — She’s tall.
- 38:45 — That mouse.
- 42:15 — She would also not want him to know where she’s staying..
- 42:30 — She recognizes the fragment? There should have been a little flashback memory thing.
s01e03 – 2012-06-10 – Wasting Time ∞
Spoiler
- 4:45 — Where did they get that tech from? They came back with nothing.
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7:15 —
- 10:00 — Bluetooth
- 10:45 — I recognize that actor.
- 13:45 — ME = Medical examiner
- 17:45 — I don’t understand, I thought he got shot or something.
- 20:30 — I recognize that actor.
- 24:00 — There’s no way in hell that stuff would just be printed out and not kept in a digital form.
- 28:45 — Rock-paper-scissors
- 30:30 — That was a poster of Mark Twain
- 39:45 — Were I him/them, I would have just moved and maybe even kept moving.
- 40:30 — The Time Machine – (1895 book), by H. G. Wells
s01e04 – 2012-06-17 – A Matter of Time ∞
Spoiler
- 4:15 — See also Alien – (1979 movie)
- 5:00 — Oh, that’s where I recognize that actor from: Stargate SG-1 – (1997-2007 show)
- 7:15 — Callisto (mythology)
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9:15 — Cannabis (drug)
- Ideology alert: This is a plant and not a drug.
- 13:30 — Looking at her would make me want to be my own grandfather.
- 15:30 — He wasn’t tested, why wouldn’t be be as confused as anyone else who wakes up in a hospital bed.
- That constant lie-detection stuff is just another bullshit superpower.
- 16:00 — Oh, I recognize her.. from something recent too. Umm.. some future alien-invaded destroyed world, where she played a corporate type?
- 16:00 — Star Trek – (1966 show)[doesn’t exist]
- 18:00 — I recognize that actor too, from Stargate SG-1 – (1997-2007 show) and also elsewhere.
- 22:30 — “RSS” ?
- 32:30 — Buddhism > temple
- 38:30 — I didn’t clue into the name.
- 39:30 — But she should abandon her happiness and family and work as a slave against the wage gap.
- 41:30 — His lips weren’t moving.
- 42:00 — Dry cleaning
s01e05 – 2012-06-24 – A Test of Time ∞
Spoiler
- 10:45 — Mark Twain
- 22:15 — The Terminator – (1984 movie)
- 24:30 — That’s not cover.
- 26:15 — I wouldn’t ever not use the CMR, because her actual phone could be traced.
- 28:30 — She learns of her pregnancy earlier than she otherwise would, aborts, paradox, roll credits.
- 32:00 — That’s not a good trade.
- 34:14 — Pro-life propaganda.
- 36:45 — First you show the girl.
- 40:45 — Bomb the boat. End episode.
- 41:30 — Yes, time travel absent of a paradox would be an alternate time line.
s01e06 – 2012-07-08 – Time’s Up ∞
Spoiler
- 3:00 — Occupy Wall Street
- 4:45 — Pawns = Useful Idiots.
- 5:15 — William Shakespeare
- 16:15 — So this is another of her magic powers.
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29:15 — 2010? Something like:
Now I worry that this show is going to go pro-terrorist.
s01e07 – 2012-07-15 – The Politics of Time ∞
Spoiler
- 15:45 — Fucking magic powers invented just for every situation.
- 27:45 — Oh good, he’s harsh.
- 39:15 — They shouldn’t have dropped the charges.
s01e08 – 2012-07-22 – Playtime ∞
Spoiler
- 2:00 — That’s all creepy as hell.
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8:00 —
- 11:45 — LARP = Live action role-playing game
- 16:00 — There is no link between pretend-violent activities and violent action.
- 32:45 — What the fuck pronunciation of ‘executables’ is that?
s01e09 – 2012-07-29 – Family Time ∞
Spoiler
s01e10 – 2012-08-05 – Endtimes ∞
Spoiler
- 2:30 — A Tale of Two Cities – (1859 book), by Charles Dickens
- 5:00 — I know that guy.
- 7:15 — I also know that guy.
- 8:45 — Why isn’t she pretending to use her phone?
- 27:00 — Wouldn’t they shoot first?
- 32:00 — I’m confused, wouldn’t he hesitate if they were there?
- 34:00 — Why would she go invisible there?
- 38:00 — Tin foil hat
- 38:15 — He’s still a dude from the future.
- 43:15 — Fucking viewer hostage-holding.
Continues with Continuum season 2 notes

