Timeless Season 1

Timeless Season 1 is currently streaming on and , and it earns its premise rather than just borrowing genre trappings. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 800 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Abigail Spencer anchors it with a performance that grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Timeless Season 1 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The world-building is meticulous, but it is the characters who carry Timeless Season 1 through its more ambitious moments. A trio Rufus, a scientist; Wyatt, a soldier; and Lucy, a history professor travel through time to battle a master criminal out to alter human history in an attempt to prevent the destruction of the world as we all know it. Abigail Spencer and Matt Lanter lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2016. The rules of Timeless Season 1's world are consistent enough that the big swings never feel like cheating. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Timeless Season 1 is satisfying on multiple levels — something to watch and something to think about after. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Abigail Spencer anchors it with a performance that makes the more abstract moments feel personal. If you have been burned by ambitious sci-fi before, this is the exception.

🎬 Timeless Season 1 — Episode Guide

Pilot

2016-10-03

A history professor's life is turned upside down when she's tapped to join an unlikely team tasked with stopping a man bent on changing the past - and possibly destroying the future.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

2016-10-10

The team travels back to the assassination of Lincoln to stop Flynn from making that night an even bigger tragedy.

Atomic City

2016-10-17

In Rat Pack-era Vegas, the team is hot on Flynn’s heels with the era’s most infamous mistress in toe.

Party at Castle Varlar

2016-10-24

The trio teams up with one of literature's most popular figures, James Bond creator Ian Fleming, to defeat Flynn's sinister plot in Nazi Germany.

The Alamo

2016-10-31

The team races to stop Flynn before the bloody Battle of the Alamo ensues, but will it be victory or death for our time-traveling trio?

The Watergate Tape

2016-11-14

The trio races to catch Flynn in 1972 before he can steal the mysterious missing minutes of the Watergate tape, but personal secrets threaten to tear the team apart.

Stranded

2016-11-21

The team must battle the French, Indians and Mother Nature after Flynn sabotages the Lifeboat and traps them back in Western Pennsylvania circa 1754.

Space Race

2016-11-28

Back in 1969, the team goes undercover at NASA to stop Flynn from sabotaging the moon landing and killing the crew of Apollo 11.

Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde

2016-12-05

On the run with the bank-robbing Barrow gang, the team needs to gain the trust of ill-fated lovers Bonnie and Clyde in order to find out Flynn's target in the Depression-era South. While Agent Christopher tracks down a lead in present day, Lucy, Rufus, and Wyatt risk getting caught in the crossfire,...

E10

The Capture of Benedict Arnold

2016-12-12

A stunning turn during the American Revolution prompts Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus to question whether they've been fighting on the wrong side this whole time. While Agent Christopher prepares for the worst back in present day, the team encounters the Father of the Country, makes a dubious pact, and conf...

E11

The World's Columbian Exposition

2017-01-16

Lucy's situation grows desperate after she's taken captive by Flynn and brought to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In their dogged pursuit of Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus fall into a sinister trap.

E12

The Murder of Jesse James

2017-01-23

Flynn teams up with legendary outlaw, Jesse James. Together they cut a bloody swath across the American frontier. Hot on Flynn's trail, Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus enlist the help of an iconic Marshal to help bring the fugitives to justice.

E13

Karma Chameleon

2017-01-30

Wyatt convinces Rufus to steal the Lifeboat for an unauthorized mission to prevent Wyatt's wife's killer from ever being born. Lucy must cover for them in the present, as Agent Christopher discovers the ship is missing and Anthony Bruhl makes an alarming confession.

E14

The Lost Generation

2017-02-06

As Lucy grapples with her newfound identity, Flynn disappears to 1927 France on the day that Charles Lindbergh completes his transatlantic flight. Now, Rufus, Lucy and their new soldier scramble through the City of Lights and team with young reporter, Ernest Hemingway, to keep history intact.

E15

Public Enemy No. 1

2017-02-13

Flynn travels to 1931 Chicago to partner with gangster Al Capone. Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus, meanwhile, team up with the only man who can bring Capone down: federal law-enforcement agent Eliot Ness.

E16

The Red Scare

2017-02-20

With one of our heroes' lives on the line, the team chases Flynn to 1954 through the paranoid corridors of Joe McCarthy's Washington D.C., en route to a secret, once-a-generation meeting of Rittenhouse leaders. While there, Lucy must wager the ultimate sacrifice to save history as we know it.

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