Timeless

Timeless

Protect the past. Save the future.

Created by Eric Kripke, Shawn Ryan

On NBC

2016–20182 seasons26 episodes43 min7.2 / 10

A high-stakes time-travel procedural where a handpicked team races to prevent a criminal from rewriting American history, balancing action-adventure momentum with the intellectual puzzle of temporal causality.

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, a soldier and a 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. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

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  • Is Timeless violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of series.

  • Is Timeless sad? Not especially. Less sad than 68% of series.

  • Is Timeless scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 66% of series.

  • Is Timeless easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Timeless leave you hopeful? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity77

How unlike any other series this one feels

Surprise41

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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