By Jennifer Larson
What could be worse than having to track a former soldier accused of stealing a large amount of money … being sucked through the vortex of time while you’re out in public with your small child. I suppose it had to happen, I mean Dan (Kevin McKidd) can’t avoid his own son. Although after what happens tonight, I’m sure his wife will want him to. And katie (Gretchen Egolf) is in a bad enough mood, what with finding out Dan is meeting up with his former flame on his time traveling trips and being stood up by her husband right before the big gala event she put together. Oh yeah, and just to add insult to injury there was a robbery during said event a few blocks away, and now the police want to question katie about what she may or may not have seen. But there are bigger problems in the world, and apparently Dan is being put in charge of fixing some of them. However, being put in charge by whom is still the nagging question. We have a little more insight, after Dan contacted that scientist who just happened to know Dan’s father and managed to call him during one of his trips back to the 1980s.
I’ve said it before, there may be just a smidge too much intrique and mystery at this point in the series. It’s all getting a bit too complicated, albeit entertaining. I just hope the writers start to pull back a little before this show goes the way of other Sci-Fi dramas that tried too hard to be facinating and original. But, the fact that JOURNEYMAN is still on the air speaks volumnes. I mean we have all seen how quickly the networks yank a new show if they don’t feel it’s performing up to their standards. Fox pulled NASHVILLE after just two episodes, so I guess NBC has a lot of faith in this newcomer. Even with all the complicated twists and turns, I like it too, so I’m glad to see it hanging on. And it does look like they are going to answer some of the most plaguing questions before the season is through, so I will withhold final judgement till then. Meanwhile, back to that former soldier and why he needs the help of our guy Dan.
When Dan first encounters the soldier from the past, it isn’t very pretty. Besides the fact that his pull to the past left his young son unattended, he ended up in the middle of the soldier’s get away. And it was a strange get away at that, considering the soldier was hanging from a tree while stuck in his parachute. But the question remains, is Dan traveling back in time to save this guy, or return the money? Because as we all know, this guy may just be the catalyst of another event Dan is there to prevent. But that’s the fun of the show; I mean you never know how one person can affect so many others. Sometimes undoing the mistakes of the past starts with the first link in the chain. And apparently this link is well-known, or should I say legendary, guy. It’s a take on the story of the guy who parachuted out of a plane with an ungodly amount of money. You know the one I’m talking about. Legend has it he survived the jump and got away with the whole shebang.
The whole thing actually has Dan all a twitter with excitement. Too bad this saving people from the past means his son won’t get anymore bonding time with daddy. How do you explain to a 6-year-old why you can’t take him to anymore ball games? That’s a tough one, but hardly Dan’s fault since he doesn’t have any control over the situation. In fact, according to the scientist Dan has been in touch with, this may be all God’s doing. I have a feeling that guy knows a lot more about what’s going on than he’s letting on.
It turns out our soldier isn’t such a bad guy after all. He stole that money to help a Vietnamese family that took care of him when he got injured during the war. So, Dan was there to help the soldier find the family to give them what he risked his life for. That’s what I like, a feel good ending. Let’s just hope Dan ends up with one.