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Breaking Point

  • Episode aired Feb 18, 2000
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
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A scientist is fired because his employers don't believe in his time travel theories. He uses his time machine to prove them wrong, only to arrive to see his wife die two days into the futur... Read allA scientist is fired because his employers don't believe in his time travel theories. He uses his time machine to prove them wrong, only to arrive to see his wife die two days into the future and see himself drive away.A scientist is fired because his employers don't believe in his time travel theories. He uses his time machine to prove them wrong, only to arrive to see his wife die two days into the future and see himself drive away.

  • Director
    • Neill Fearnley
  • Writers
    • Grant Rosenberg
    • Leslie Stevens
  • Stars
    • Rick Roberts
    • Laurie Holden
    • Patricia Harras
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    246
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    • Director
      • Neill Fearnley
    • Writers
      • Grant Rosenberg
      • Leslie Stevens
    • Stars
      • Rick Roberts
      • Laurie Holden
      • Patricia Harras
    • 4User reviews
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    Rick Roberts
    Rick Roberts
    • Andrew McLaren
    Laurie Holden
    Laurie Holden
    • Susan McLaren
    Patricia Harras
    Patricia Harras
    • Amy
    William deVry
    William deVry
    • Craig Swenson
    Derek de Lint
    Derek de Lint
    • Carl van der Meer
    Scott Owen
    • Collins
    Joe Costa
    • Jailor
    • (as Carlos Joe Costa)
    Kwesi Ameyaw
    Kwesi Ameyaw
    • Policeman #1
    Bill Mackenzie
    Bill Mackenzie
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    Kevin Conway
    Kevin Conway
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      • Neill Fearnley
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      • Grant Rosenberg
      • Leslie Stevens
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    9bgaiv

    Great acting by the lead

    This isn't the most original plot (even for OL) but it does play out well. Rick Roberts really nailed his character arc from normal to crazed screaming man.

    I stopped sweating the details of time travel plots long ago but I think this one pretty well makes sense.
    8Hitchcoc

    Time Travel Travails

    I'd swear that some of the people who produced this show are about as cynical as it is possible to be. This is probably the fifth or sixth episode where a scientist who has made amazing discoveries is about to get the financial plug pulled. He has been working on time travel and is not being allowed to continue, even though he believes that he is on the brink of something great. Well, we know what's going to happen. He hops in the device and finds himself a couple days ahead of the date he entered. He goes home to his wife (an edgy, somewhat combative woman, quite beautiful) and finds her dead on the living room floor with a bullet hole in her chest. He doesn't know the cause but is afraid he may have been responsible. He hustles back to the machine and returns to the time he left. Now he has knowledge of the death and has decided to try to intervene. Of course, his wife thinks he is nuts. Since he has been fired, this adds to his image of instability. It is also obvious that their marriage is on the rocks and he frightens her. The fact is he has not been there for her and she is tired of it. She even calls his co-worker, who, of course, quotes the company line on the project. One other kicker is that our boy is incredibly jealous. One little problem is the awful security at the plant. Any dodo could break into the facility. Anyway, I won't inject any spoilers but wait for the finish and then look up the word "kismet."

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      Control Voice: We have always struggled to control our destiny, but even when we think we've succeeded, fate may have the final word.

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      • February 18, 2000 (Canada)
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