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Paradox

  • Episode aired Apr 3, 2015
  • TV-14
  • 42m
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With Cole dying from the effects of time-travel, Railly must find the one person who can save him.With Cole dying from the effects of time-travel, Railly must find the one person who can save him.With Cole dying from the effects of time-travel, Railly must find the one person who can save him.

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    • Dennie Gordon
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    • Terry Matalas
    • Travis Fickett
    • Richard Robbins
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    • Amanda Schull
    • Kirk Acevedo
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    • Director
      • Dennie Gordon
    • Writers
      • Terry Matalas
      • Travis Fickett
      • Richard Robbins
    • Stars
      • Aaron Stanford
      • Amanda Schull
      • Kirk Acevedo
    • 3User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Aaron Stanford
    Aaron Stanford
    • James Cole
    Amanda Schull
    Amanda Schull
    • Dr. Cassandra Railly
    Kirk Acevedo
    Kirk Acevedo
    • José Ramse
    Noah Bean
    Noah Bean
    • Aaron Marker
    Barbara Sukowa
    Barbara Sukowa
    • Katarina Jones
    Emily Hampshire
    Emily Hampshire
    • Jennifer Goines
    Todd Stashwick
    Todd Stashwick
    • Deacon
    Mark Margolis
    Mark Margolis
    • Mr. Werner
    Patrick Garrow
    Patrick Garrow
    • Matthew Cole
    Demore Barnes
    Demore Barnes
    • Whitley
    Alisen Richmond-Peck
    Alisen Richmond-Peck
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    Tom Noonan
    Tom Noonan
    • Pallid Man
    Andrew Gillies
    Andrew Gillies
    • Dr. Julian Adler
    Jack Fulton
    Jack Fulton
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    Richard Waugh
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    Jordan Claire Robbins
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    I have splintered here before.

    I have splintered here before. Its a beautiful series. All the cycles must close. So i am closing mine here. The character development is amazing . The story telling, all the beautiful way that it lets us experience the beauty of time. Definitely recommend it. But it was slow at some point, so one should be patient to watch it through the end. This show reminded me of dark at some points. So i tried to predict the story so many of a times, yet i failed. Beautifully written it keeps us on the edge and asking questions about the monkeys, the primaries , the witness .

    And at last its a good love story.

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    • Trivia
      Actress Barbara Sukowa was digitally de-aged to appear as a 28 year younger version of Jones.
    • Goofs
      Paradoxes depend on the same matter interacting. When Cole injects his younger self's blood it causes a paradox however the matter of the human body is replaced every 7 years, blood even more frequently. As such there would be no matter in common between the young and old Cole's blood.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Julian Adler: [in 2043] Mr. Cole barely made it alive to 1987. You saw what condition he was in, and that was before the splinter to 2015. God knows what further damage that did.

      Katarina Jones: He survived. But he won't come back.

      Dr. Julian Adler: So, that's all? We just... abandon him, then?

      Katarina Jones: I'm afraid it is we who are abandoned, Dr. Adler. Mr. Cole is just... a memory now - as the past was intended to be. This morning, yesterday, or thirty years, it's all just a million firing neurons. Given meaning by the human mind. We'll all be there, eventually.

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      Children of My Hometown
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      Performed by Kelsy Karter

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