It's Official

[wendelah1]

NBC just cancelled Timeless.

‘Timeless’ Canceled By NBC After 2 Seasons, May Get Series Finale Movie (Deadline.com)

Not a surprise, since the ratings have been abysmal. If you want to contact NBC, to complain about the cancellation and/or beg for the movie, this is the place: Contact Us.

Given how I felt about season two overall, I am not thrilled by the prospect of a two hour wrap-up movie. I didn't like the ridiculous "sleeper agent" plot. I hated the way they wrote Jessica Logan. I despise all romantic triangles. I didn't like the way they got Lucy and Wyatt together just to break them up in the same damned episode. After the way Wyatt behaved toward Lucy and the rest of the team, I can hardly look at the man's face, let alone ship him with Lucy. Endgame Wyatt and Lucy? After everything he's done? No, thank you. The very idea of it makes me feel queasy. You would need to rehabilitate his character completely to make me feel okay about that ship. I don't see that happening in two hours, minus the commercial breaks.

Unless Flynn desperately wants his wife and kid back, his actions in season one are entirely unjustified, turning him back into a villain. This makes no sense given his season two character arc, so matter how much I love Goran, I won't ship Flynn with Lucy either (honestly, Dr. Noah is looking better all of the time). But that's not the problem because shipping is not my thing anyway. What I loved about Timeless was the team dynamic: Lucy, Rufus and Wyatt traveling through time together and trying to save the world. Once Flynn joined their team, that was gone for good.

AND THEN THOSE ASSHATS KILLED RUFUS.

I don't see how a two-hour movie, written by these same idiots people, can fix the mess they've made.

Your thoughts?

Comments

[earthspirits]

NOT pleased with the cancellation, although not at all surprised.

For the 2nd season, they placed the series super late on Sunday night (never good), which also helped kill the show, and against series that were more popular - this, along with all the other reasons you mentioned which did the show and characters no favors.

Like you, I don't like triangles, seems a tired sort of trope. And while I do ship Lucy and Flynn, and I liked that Flynn become part of the team, I HATED that the writers killed Rufus - and I also detested the way they made Wyatt treat Lucy post the "Hollywood" episode. Nor did I care for the way they wrote him with Jessica, or what they did with Jessica's character. Meh. If Lucy and Flynn were actually end game (and despite my love for the pair, I'm not convinced that's what the writers had in mind for the long haul), then they should have kept Wyatt and Lucy as just being "interested" in each other, but nothing more. The way they wrote things just helped to create "shipping wars", which I also don't like.

With that in mind, not convinced that the writers can pull off a decent "wrap up" two hour film, especially with that inane ending of the finale.

[wendelah1]

The show had low ratings and NBC did nothing to improve them--they waited until the end of spring to air it and yes, they put the series opposite a very popular show and in a time zone where it couldn't hold onto the audience it started with, let alone grow.

They dumped the episodes.

The finale was mediocre. The more I think about it, the less I like it.

[tinny]

agreed on all points.

[wendelah1]

I was enjoying all of the ships--until the writers ruined Wyatt's character. But I think what I'm most bummed about is that they ruined my crack!fic romance plot. I'll have to set it aside for now until I figure out a reset and maybe create an AU to put it in. Dump the ending of season one, get rid of season two, as well.