Almost 1 year ago, I wrote a post about this show I’d stumbled upon: The Lazarus Project. It was this weird Groundhog Day meets time travel meets What If about a secret group of people who have the ability to reset the world back 1 year. Which is right in line with my own science fiction novel, The Echo Effect (available on Amazon here). These characters were dealing with Apocolyptic Events for the Earth, using their Reset as a last resort. But when they pulled the trigger you might have to relive the last 12 months of your life with full knowledge of what occurred in the last timeline. Which can be somewhat maddening (for some characters).
After the ups and downs for George in the first season, I wondered how they’d top it. And given some of the terrible things which he had to do in the first season… well, how do you deal with someone who is going to come back to life with the rest of you everytime you reset?
Due to the event of Season One, the world finds itself caught in a true time loop of only 3 weeks. An endless void of time where no matter what you think of your friends and enemies, no one wants to be trapped forever.
But if that would have been all we did through 8 episodes, it wouldn’t have been quite enough. And since it turns out the development of Time Travel (HG Wells style) is what caused this tear in space/time… Time Travel is the only way to solve it.
This change opens up so much more things within the show. Characters who we only got to meet for a very short stint in Season One are suddenly alive again. What happens when you meet your doppleganger? Would you trust the “future” you to have your best interests in mind? Are you willing to go to that dark place again, George, in order to do what must be done?
I don’t want to give any too much more than that but for another 8 episodes I was captivated week in and week out wondering exactly where they were going to go. Surprised at some of the outcomes and nailing the predictions on a couple of others.
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Now, as I was looking up something on the show, I just saw it was not renewed for a Season Three, which is a bummer. But don’t let that dissuade you from checking the show out. Yes, overally we do end on a cliffhanger, and I will forever want to know what happens next, the Season Two arc was solved by the end. So it is a bit of you get a partial resolution, just not a complete one.
I still think it is a show well worth the watch.
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John McGuire is the writer of the sci-fi novel: The Echo Effect.
He is also the creator/author of the steampunk comic The Gilded Age. If you would like to purchase a copy, go here!
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