That ’s sure what it expect like , in this highly comical clip from last night ’s installment . And to be fair , there are some flaws in Looper ’s time travel rules — but the same could be read of Continuum , from what we ’ve hear thus far . And yet , like Looper , Continuum is rapidly becoming one of the groovy clip - travel stories .
Spoilers ahead …
To be fair , Continuum has n’t yet spell out the “ rules ” of fourth dimension travel . But thus far , the show looks like in the howling custom of Star Trek , Doctor Who and other serial publication that made up the rule on a guinea pig - by - event fundament , as they go along . We ’re already seeing plenty of apparent contradictions in the way time travelling seems to “ work . ”
The most tongue - in - cheek part of the above clip is where Emily cite the Novikov Self - Consistency Principle , which basically claims that it ’s impossible to create any time paradoxes — and thus , for all intents and purpose , you ca n’t interchange the past in any meaningful way . Alex sort of shrugs and says that most of the time , you ca n’t create paradox , but sometimes you’re able to .
What ’s particularly funny about that is , the sleep of this instalment is basically proving that , in the Continuum universe , you could change the past . you may change it plenty .
The chief plot of this episode has to do with a in series killer , know as the Ouroboros killer whale , who remains a famous unsolved case in the hereafter Kiera come from . This killer is active once again in Vancouver — the murder capital of Canada fit in to Continuum — and Kiera is compulsive to break the case . Novikov would say that Kiera is doomed to die , because she think this case being unsolved .
But instead , Kiera really does crack the case , save 30 paedophile from being viciously bump off , with the eyelid removal and the doll gag and stuff . She pretty much proves , if any doubt stay , that time traveler can change the yesteryear . What ’s more , it seems as though she still remembers the compositor’s case having been unsolved in 2077 , after she solves it . ( Perhaps there ’s a reaction time period , or perhaps she will always recollect the timeline she comes from . I ’d prefer the latter , but who have intercourse . )
And meanwhile , in one of the episode ’s subplots , Kellog attempt to invest in a cat who will revolutionise the world with his raw microbic setback electrolysis method , which generates electrical energy and clean body of water simultaneously . You get the sense that in the “ original ” timeline , this inventor grind in obscurity for years before finally making it big , but Kellog wants to hose him with cash now . Except that Escher , the clock time - traveling kingpin behind Piron Corp. , dumbfound him to it .
So take you’re able to transfer the past , then we ’re a lot close to the storyline promise in the show ’s opening credit , one in which terrorists and crooks from 2077 are trying to “ corrupt or moderate the present tense in rules of order to manipulate the future tense . ” Which is a premise that only work if you could change history , after all .
This instalment could have been a really boring makeweight episode — a stock “ catch a serial Orcinus orca ” story with a bit of time - traveling jiggery - pokery stuck on to it . Instead , it ’s really fairly great — the nonparallel grampus poppycock is tight - moving , and more entertaining than last year ’s episode about the murder of the scientist who was develop clear energy . But also , this turns out to be a very significant turning decimal point for a identification number of the show ’s storylines , in a way that proves Continuum is n’t afraid to keep actuate the ball frontward .
First of all , it ’s now more or less official — Kiera has given up on trying to preserve the timeline she comes from , at all costs . She ’s still dire to keep her future tense more or less intact , but she ’s not willing to be entirely ruthless about it . She does n’t even hesitate , this time around , to stop the serial killer(s ) and save those 30 paedophile from a grisly lot — even though , as she tells Carlos at the end , she ’s establish major changes to the timeline just by herself , even apart from what the other traveller are doing .
2d of all , of class , the “ Kiera is lying to her fellow copper ” plot line moves forward in a number of means . Most notably , Carlos finally stops being a patsy and swallowing Kiera ’s “ intuitions ” about poppycock — and she ’s wedge to tell him the truth , which he eventually resolve to believe after fall on Occam ’s Razor . ( And with this sequence , Carlos regains a modicum of respectability once again , and becomes a character you ’re not embarrassed to root for . )
But also , nobody in the Vancouver PD is really trust Kiera any more , and her newfangled boss quite aright observe that all of Kiera ’s solves turn out to be prosperous break .
Then there ’s the fact that Kiera finally meets Escher — who we were previously distinguish was impossible to find , but apparently just hang out in the Piron offices , taking meetings with Kiera ’s x - boss Dillon and making cryptic utterances . The scene between Kiera and Escher is the most frustrating part of the episode , since it ’s in the lofty tradition of “ conversations where nobody will answer a uncomplicated question . ” This scene reminded me of some of the Olivia - William Bell scenes ahead of time in Fringe season two , where Olivia has pass over universes to get some response and Belly just serve up riddle , because the show ’s writers do n’t need to give away the whole game too ahead of time .
In any case , it seems reasonably clear that Escher is working against Kellog , and mayhap against the Liber8 crew in cosmopolitan . He either sympathize with Kiera ’s state aim of preserving the timeline , or sees her as a utilitarian pawn , or both .
And then meanwhile , Alec ’s dating the perfect lady friend ( Magda Apanowicz , reprising her “ dweeb love pastime ” role from Kyle XY ) who not only like to geek out about time travel but also pose up with his painful instant of dorkiness like announcing “ I ’m upload this to my hard drive . ” She kind of manipulates him into taking her to the super secret lab that Kellog do up for him , which lead to Kellog get going apeshit — and Kellog turn out to be right , because she ’s apparently bring for someone .
So we ’re close to at the halfway spot of season two , and it ’s already clear that this is a way good show than it was in season one . There has n’t been a single instalment as washy as some of the middle episodes of the first time of year , when the show seemed to be spinning its wheels somewhat . passably much every episode of season two , thus far , has been either good or smashing , which is extremely encouraging . Even if this show end up being every flake as waterlogged about its meter travel as Looper , it ’s render every house of telling a rattling story along the way .
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