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♪♫ Reunited, and it feels so good ♫♪. If you enjoyed Doug and Karen from ‘Chester’s Mill Gazette,’ you’ll love them here! And Timeless is WAY less painless to watch. Ever since Under the Dome ended, they’ve been discussing working together again, so when GSM listeners requested a podcast about the new NBC show, Timeless, they jumped on the opportunity.
Now that that’s out of the way, we’ll talk a little bit about Timeless. Here’s the info from the Press Release:
Premieres Monday, October 3 – 10/9c
From Eric Kripke (Revolution, Supernatural), Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Terriers, The Unit) and the producers of “The Blacklist” comes this thrilling action-adventure series in which a mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, soldier and history professor who must use the machine’s prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. Can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it’s too late?
The Pilot is directed by Charles Beeson (Revolution, Fringe, Person of Interest), and Neil Marshall (Hannibal, Constantine, GoT)
The cast includes Abigail Spencer (Suits, True Detective, Burning Love), Matt Lanter (Heroes, Astronaut Wives Club, and Prolific Voice work), Malcolm Barrett (Better Off Ted), Goran Visnjic (E.R., Extant, Pan Am), Matt Frewer (Max Headroom, Falling Skies, Orphan Black), Paterson Joseph (The Leftovers, Neverwhere), Sakina Jaffrey (Mr. Robot, Sleepy Hollow, House of Cards), and Claudia Doumit (How to be a Vampire, Scandal).
Malcolm Barrett as Rufus Carlin, Matt Lanter as Wyatt Logan, Abigail Spencer as Lucy Preston
Some other actors of note in the pilot and announced for later on:
- Hiro Kanagawa (Heroes Reborn, iZombie)
- Chad Rook (The Flash, Cult, Supernatural)
- Rowan Longworth (X-Files Reboot, The Killing, and he played the child observer in Fringe)
- His younger brother, Aiden Longworth is also in the episode (the upcoming Dirk Gently, X-Files Reboot, Hector and the Search for Happiness)
- Sean Maguire (Once Upon a Time) will guest-star on NBC’s time travel drama Timeless as James Bond author Ian Fleming, EW.com reports. The episode will showcase the future novelist during his time as an undercover British agent in Nazi Germany.
The Music Producer is Robert Duncan, from Castle, Terriers, Lie to Me, The Unit, Tru Calling, Buffy, and many other shows.
The Costume Designer is Wendy Partridge, who has been nominated for 9 awards and has won 3. (Thor: The Dark World (nom), Hellboy (nom)) (1 prime-time Emmy nom) She’ll have her work cut out for her here, since the show will be set in many time periods.
Along with the background of the show itself, we also discuss the sudden influx of time-travel shows. We mention an article discussing this topic from cheatsheet.com.
Matt Lanter, Abigail Spencer, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Visnjic
And inverse.com talks to the cast about the rules of time-travel in regards to Timeless and some of the backgrounds of the main characters, including the villain.
So, join Doug and Karen each week as they fill you in on the secrets behind the scenes and do a fun recap of the show as it airs. It’ll be a fun ride!