Time After Time

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 5, 2017
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 37
  3. Negative: 13 out of 37
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  1. Ripandread
    Mar 6, 2017
    3
    Programs dealing with time travel seems to be the "thing" on TV this season, along with super heroes. This show (and I am dating myself) reminds me a bit of the 1960s program called "The Time Tunnel" and most recently "Timeless". There can be just so many of the same formats on TV before the viewing audience gets bored.
  2. gmonster320
    Mar 19, 2017
    3
    "Time After Time" is TV's newest time traveling series. It joins the ranks of NetFlix's "Travelers", SyFy's "12 Monkeys", CW's "Legends Of Tomorrow" and NBC's "Timeless" (to name only a few). I'm a BIG fan of all things time travel so I gave Sunday's two hour premiere a look.

    HG Wells is having a dinner party in 1890's London. Little does he know that his guest (and BFF) Dr John    "Time After Time" is TV's newest time traveling series. It joins the ranks of NetFlix's "Travelers", SyFy's "12 Monkeys", CW's "Legends Of Tomorrow" and NBC's "Timeless" (to name only a few). I'm a BIG fan of all things time travel so I gave Sunday's two hour premiere a look.

    HG Wells is having a dinner party in 1890's London. Little does he know that his guest (and BFF) Dr John Stevenson is actually Jack The Ripper. The police arrive. Jack escapes using the time machine and ends up in modern day New York. HG follows. There's the usual hijinx involving the differences in time periods. I must say Jack acclimates amazingly fast. Based on society's current violent tendencies, the Ripper calls himself an "amateur". HG attempts to stop Jack before he kills again. Wells is joined by museum curator/possible love interest Jane Walker. She's predictably quickly kidnapped. HG also meets his great great granddaughter Vanessa Anders. She seems a bit shady. Me thinks she has another agency besides geneology.

    Pilot episodes have a lot of heavy lifting to do. They must almost immediately immerse the viewer in the story's universe. They must be fast paced enough to keep us interested. They must present characters we have some sort of emotional connection with (be it love, hate, lust, whatever). Unfortunately "Time After Time" doesn't do any of these things. I'm not particularly rooting for (or hating on) any of the characters. That's a bad sign when one is Jack The Ripper (one of the history's most dangerous dudes). Time to move on.    … Expand

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    Mar 6, 2017
    50
    The original movie worked because Wells was played as a man out of time and Steenburgen’s character longed for a gentleman while still wanting to be a modern woman. The new series doesn’t let that relationship ripen enough; so it ends up diving too quickly into violence and sci-fi fantasy to get its grounding.
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  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Mar 6, 2017
    70
    With Time After Time he’s struck a balance between honest emotional resonance and salacious violence. Strangely enough, this combination makes this midseason series more charming and enjoyable than one would expect.
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  3. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Mar 6, 2017
    50
    It’s based on the 1979 novel and movie and is more romantic fluff than thriller.
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