We All Saw That Coming
Connor, with help from Jiya and Jessica spends this episode sorting through the debris that Wyatt and Agent Christopher were able to salvage from Rittenhouse’s base. It looks like nothing but a burned out mess but Connor tackles his impossible task anyway. Now this is what I love about Timeless, the individual missions mirror the bigger picture. When Connor gets lucky and manages to find the needle in his haystack he admits to Jiya that he didn’t expect to find anything but you always have to keep fighting, even the losing battles. It’s this comment that makes Jiya realize that she can’t just give up and let her visions tear her and Rufus apart. She needs to keep fighting too.
As important as that realization is going forward it dims in comparison to what information Connor’s find reveals – a photo of Jessica.
It takes him a while to access the data and only Agent Christopher is around when he does but there we have it. Concrete proof that Jessica has a connection to Rittenhouse. If she’s a knowing member playing the team or an unwitting pawn in Rittenhouse’s game isn’t included in the data Connor salvaged. Agent Christopher decides it’s best to not share this information with the team until she knows exactly what it means.
One thing is for sure though, this is just the newest piece of a large and complicated puzzle.
Here’s hoping that puzzle shows Rittenhouse’s demise for good and a happy Lyatt!
Grace Humiston
One of my favourite things about Timeless has been a constant since season 1, and that is Lucy’s awe every time she meets one of her historical idols. Her reactions to everyone she meets normally mirror what mine would be. Grace Humiston is no exception. I felt Lucy’s disappointed when Grace wasn’t exactly what she had imagined. It was crushing to see Grace unwilling to help her fellow women despite knowing what a struggle it is for a woman to break into “the old boys club”. Lucy calling Grace out on it was just one of many Lucy highlights this episode and it was the push Grace needed to see her complacency made her part of the group keeping women down. If not for that push, Grace likely would never have given the speech that changed the President’s mind and saved the 19th Amendment.
And what a speech it was.
Timeless is brilliant in how it can take moments in history and make them relevant to the world today.
This episode is a reminder of just how far we’ve come but also of how much farther there is to go. Lucy’s words to Grace are still true today. There will come a time when everyone will be faced with the same choice Grace was – stay silent and be part of the problem or rise up and use your voice for change.
That’s a Bit of a Stretch
I do have one small complaint about this episode and that is Alice Paul. This is actually something that has bothered me since season one with Benedict Arnold, but Alice was my breaking point. Anyone with any knowledge of the Women’s Suffrage and Women’s Rights movements knows the name Alice Paul. She was a driving force in both. Alice does make an appearance in this episode but it’s a brief one as she is killed by the Rittenhouse sleeper. I get that Grace stepping up to fill her role is supposed to be what keeps history the same but taking Alice Paul out of history should have changed something. She’s too important to be able to be erased without it affecting something. This is television and we except it to take some liberties but this one just didn’t sit well with me.
One Last Thing
We are in the final lap of this season with just 3 episodes left and a renewal is still up in the air. Now more than ever it’s important to make sure the network hears your voice. Watch live if you can, if you can’t, watch within 3 days of the original airing to help kick the ratings up. If you watch live considering watching again in that 3 day period as well. Live Tweet the episode. Get your friends, family, co-workers, and strangers on the street watching. Timeless is too good of a show to let go. It deserves a season 3.
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