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"Journeyman": Do You Call 'Em Spoilers If The Show's Gone Forever?

Posted by Bryan Christian

We (meaning me, Remote Bryan) were never a big fan of Journeyman, NBC's 2007 time-travel sci-fi drama; we could just never get into it. It was a little mopey for our tastes, part Quantum Leap, part thirtysomething. So we called it quantumsomething, which was a joke that nobody got at first, but after hearing the explanation, they were always like "yeah."

But enough about us. Remote Ben was a fan of the show. And now the show's creator Kevin Falls is talking to Ain't It Cool News about the plans he'd made for the show, which only got to run 13 eps. Hey Ben, wanna know what would have happened if it hadn't gotten yanked?

Who or what was sending Dan on his sudden missions into the past? Was it God? Nature?
KEVIN FALLS: Let’s just say it was too specific and grand to be science or government.

Would we ever learn?
We would have led you to the water's edge and let you figure it out. The later conflict of the show was going to lie with those people who were trying to find the cadre of travelers. Would they try to manipulate them for their own self interests? [Recurring FBI agent] Richard Garrity was coming back for sure.

That's just the first couple questions! There's, like, reams and reams of info here on what would have happened to Dan and his family, whether he'd keep going back in time or change things up a bit, why he didn't just start buying IBM stock each time he went back in time, and a ton of other things that make no sense to us (meaning me). But hey, nothing goes up on the Internet that isn't important to someone, right? Maybe, like Remote Ben, it's your lucky day! Hooray for lucky days!


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Posted Aug 15 2008, 11:32 AM
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Comments

Ben Kallen said:

I did like this show, but more for the excellent acting and relationship dynamics than the "missions" to the past, which I found kind of hokey. Of course, the producers had a pretty tough job if they were trying that hard not to copy <i>Quantum Leap, The Time-Traveler's Wife</i> (a novel that I highly recommend), or even <i>Heroes</I>.

August 15, 2008 3:55 AM

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Bryan Christian has worked as a writer for Epicurious, GenArt and ID magazine; a web producer for WWD and Condé Nast; and a cameraman for his friends. He's married and lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

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