The Day Reagan Was Shot

What Timeless has done so well this season, in particular focusing on underrepresented historical figures of women and people of color, was even better in The Day Reagan Was Shot. This episode focused on Agent Denise Christopher, played in the present timeline by Sakina Jeffrey, and in the past by Karen David. Christopher is of Indian descent and has a wife and two children. Her backstory was brilliantly told, while not falling into typical TV writing about LGBT characters. The writers have done a wonderful job telling important stories this season! I just wish we had more than the 2 hour season finale left.

I am a fan of this show and have enjoyed some high quality episodes in the 'past'.

However I feel this has been the weakest episode in the show's history. The strength of the show is the great historic events the team travel to and the internal conflicts they face. Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus are very likeable trio who are interesting and fun to watch. Even Jiya and sometimes Connor hit a few home runs but they and agent Christopher are sideline characters. It's fine to have them come along for the ride but the episode should be about history and the beloved trio. They did this right with Connor coming along for the ride with the blues singer episode but it was not all about Connor. I can see the need to involve the sideliners more but the mistake was to make the episode all about the agent and history took a back seat. It should have been more about the historic event. This is where the show shines.

Not a great episode and kind of weak for such a great show.

6/10

Some things just hurt. Bullet in body of not that young president (regardless from how good president he was) body hurt fur sure. But writers did not care about it, title is actually just a bait. Episode was about something else. Basically some kind of self defense. I guess it's easier to go on scene in last minute, instead let's say half hour earlier - sure, where would be action then. So, we seen some really forced making of influence. We seen some commercial too, of unpaid type. Or maybe someone pays such ones ? And so on ... until predictable, lame ending. Episode was just pointless. Nothing from history here, except title. So, I was dreaming about what they could take as theme instead. McCarthy era ? Suppression of free speech ? Changes in negative direction on some Internet portal ? Censorship what deletes clearly not narcotic-pro writings, violence-pro ... Yes, it hurts a lot when you realize that 'Rittenhaus' is now everywhere, and what matters is not idea, but power (money) behind it. Time machineless.

I see people losing it because the episode focuses on the character of Denise. Sure, "The Day Regan Was Shot" suggests that he would be the focus of the episode. But, Regan wasn't the only important person on earth that day. As they clearly refer to, Denise is Rittenhouse's enemy number 1 since she created the team against them. What better time to take her out than at a political assassination attempt she was at and then they could blame John Hinkley and all of their work would be successful. The important character here was Denise, not Regan. It just happened to be set on the same day.

As for having to explain gay people to your kids, it's pretty easy. Some people are different and love someone much like them. Believe it or not, kids will just say, "Okay" and keep doing what they were doing.

Just like so many recent series that have so much potential but losing it, this one is losing me.

I have the series rated "7", but might reduce it after this vapid episode.

I'm imagining the writers agreeing on a social agenda issue, then writing the script around that. That's all this episode was, nothing to do with the main plot.

Hollywood writers - can you give us a break, already?! Every day, almost every Hollywood series!

---> Just give us entertainment without your social messages! <---