13 Reasons Timeless Needs a Season 3
Timeless is on the bubble for a third season. Its fate is stuck in a time-bending vortex.
NBC has hinted that the number for the two-hour season finale will be the make it or break it factor.
While we wait for the decision whether or not the network will #RenewTimeless, here are 13 reasons Timeless needs a Season 3!
1. Hero In A Hoodie
Malcolm Barrett as Rufus Carlin on Timeless has given us a character with a nerd-casual style and a heroic heart. Especially in Season 1, Rufus is the moral anchor of the Time Team, reminding everyone how weighty the decision to take a life is.
Rufus is a black man who consistently wears a blue hoodie, when not in a different time. From this gathering of traits, a black man who is a huge nerd and a consistent hero, we get the trend #HeroInAHoodie.
We need another season of Timeless, so we can continue to see this meaningful representation of heroism on our screens.
2. I Love Lucy
Lucy Preston is the protagonist of Timeless. Her story is one of empowerment, resilience, integrity, and joy.
We see her fangirl over people she has studied, and we also see her respect deeply the struggles other families face to stay together. We see her struggle to find a way to use her own voice as she has spent her life learning about others, not being in the limelight herself.
Watch out because she can also knock a Rittenhouse agent out with a bedpan.
She is a fun, loyal, hilarious, intelligent, gifted, humble, and brave woman.
We need to see more characters like her leading a series. Timeless needs a Season 3 because we need more Lucy.
3. Jiya
Jiya has become an even more integral member of the Time Team on Timeless Season 2.
Jiya, like all the other characters on the Time Team needs a last name. She is a whole character who deserves equal development to the other people in the Time Team.
Along with discovering her last name, we can learn more of Jiya’s backstory and personality on a Season 3 of Timeless. We learned a bit about Jiya’s father’s sudden death, but we still don’t know much more about how Jiya grew up.
Another season will allow us to see Jiya develop as a character, with a full backstory and complicated future.
4. Riya
Rufus and Jiya have faced some large obstacles on Timeless Season 2. Not only do they have a disagreement about the existence of God, they also face a deeply unsettling question of how to handle knowing about the death of yourself or the person you love.
The ship has knotty and gritty issues to face, and I love it. They are not just given a pithy, surface level romance.
Rufus and Jiya are a ship with two people of color, which makes their layered and complex relationship all the more meaningful.
We need a Timeless Season 3, so we can sail more with this ship.
5. Representation of Women
On Timeless Season 2 Episode The Day Reagan Was Shot we see that women are funny, brave, heroic people who can be trusted to save the day.
It is an incredible episode that shows women writers can write high-action, comedic, and tender-hearted episodes.
On Timeless Season 1 Episode “Mrs. Sherlock Holmes,” we learn about key white women in the suffragette movement in the United States.
The episode features Emma’s backstory and how the right to vote is directly linked to her ability to find safety from an abusive father, thereby allowing her to pursue her academic goals. It is a smart tie-in to the present.
On the excellent, written by Lana Cho, Timeless Season 2 Episode 5, “The Kennedy Curse,”we see another example of the show representing women.
The episode features the best fight sequence of the entire series, the birth of Bunker Mom/Momma Bear Agent Christopher, and a non-toxic approach to a love triangle.
It is a morally complex, funny, and overall high-quality episode. For me, it is the best episode of the series. It highlights the women on the Time Team and how they are every bit as tough and smart as the boys.
Timeless needs a Season 3, so it can continue to connect women’s fights of the past to our fights of the present.
6. Representation of People of Color
Kamahl Naiqui plays blues musician Robert Johnson on Timeless Season 2 Episode 6, “The King of the Delta Blues.” The portrayal is haunting and brings us a keen example of what Timeless does so well: cast diverse guest stars.
Timeless‘s decision to tell the story of Johnson means that we hear about an overlooked person of color from history who doesn’t get the credit he deserves.
Likewise, Reina Hardesty is a woman of color who plays Kayla on “The Kennedy Curse.” Her excellent acting presents another example of how Timeless needs another season so we can continue to find diverse actors to support.
Joseph Lee Anderson as Wendell Scott also delivers incredible representation. Anderson’s turn as race car driver Wendell Scott is exciting, fun, and rich. He has incredible chemistry with all of the Time Team, especially Rufus and Wyatt.
Rufus and Wendell’s conversation about “the nod” is one of my favorites of the entire series.
Timeless continues to excel at providing representation of people of color. We need a Season 3 so we have another season of diverse characters!
7. Latinx Stories by Latinx People
Timeless highlights important people and events from the past that have been greatly overlooked. This is perhaps the show’s greatest strength: it educates about the marginalized while entertaining masterfully.
A Season 3 will allow Timeless to expand its storytelling to include Latinx communities. Timeless needs a Season 3 so it can feature Latinx stories and creators.
Timeless always does an excellent job of providing well-researched stories, portrayed by incredible actors. So we are confident and excited to see how the show approaches Latinx stories!
Janelle Ureta
Janelle Ureta is equal parts Veronica Mars, Raven Reyes, and Rebecca Bunch, but she aspires to add some Tammy Taylor to the mix. An attorney turned teacher, Janelle believes in the power of a well-told story. She is currently exploring how to tell short stories, 140 characters or less, on twitter. She loves to talk about TV, and right now she can't shut up about Timeless, Dear White People, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The 100, or Younger.
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Timeless us 100% great entertainment, plain and simple. The writers keep us in suspense while at the same time, reminding us of historical events that have helped shape us to be who and where we are today. The show is absolutely my favorite because of how well the plot is written and it keeps me coming back for more! Please renew!!!
I wonder if Netflix would be a good choice for Timeless if NBC doesn’t pick it up? I too am left in suspense after each episode, so it would be a blast to be able to binge!
Great writing with numerous plot twists to keep viewers guessing along with historical content. Viewers get action, suspense, thriller, science fiction, education, romance and unpredictability which 90% of television scripts can’t even come close to establishing. Find Timeless a better time slot and promote the series and the viewers will grow.
I completely agree! Students who want to watch likely have bedtimes before 10 PM! The show has it all, and a quirky, tender sense of humor too. It is a gem worth fighting to keep.
I’m sorry, but I’m not a “Lyatt” fan anymore. Season 2 has killed it for me. I also realized that Abigail Spencer has better chemistry with Goran Višnjić anyway. Spencer and Matt Lanter were okay when their characters were barely aware of their feelings for each other. But between the “Hollywoodland” make-out, which I found rather awkward, more scenes between Lucy and Flynn, and along with Jessica Logan’s return . . . it just ended for me.
By the way, the series needs to step up its game in regard to historical background. I just recently re-watched the Season 1 episode about Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. I found a few historical errors in that episode. And Season 2’s “Hollywoodland” had Hedy Lamarr working at Paramount Studios. She was a contract player for MGM in 1941. Nor was she ever loaned out to Paramount during that year.
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