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    6 hours ago

    Oh I didn’t know that, thanks for the info. Yeah they wrapped up the story I just didn’t like the lack of closure, so I assumed it was a rush job. All I did was look up Travelers and saw it was canceled at some point. I understand what they were trying to do but it just didn’t sit right with me at all.

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    For example, Marcy and David ending up back with each other at the end. It was a cute sentiment on surface level but that’s not the Marcy we knew, nor the Marcy he fell in love with. I’d rather he just continue as the amazing social worker he is, and them show the impacted lives he made up to that point.

    Mac totally changes the course of Kat’s life by making sure she never ended up with him. Hell, she probably ended up in an emotionally neglectful relationship, one she was obviously looking for a way out of when she met him. I guess it’s better than being manipulated by a traveler the rest of her life, but it was just an unfulfilling way to leave her.

    And the rest of the cast get nothing at all. I truly do get the message, fucking with time did not help anyone and allowing the timeline to unfold naturally is a better solution than the intervention of the travelers. Its supposed to be a bit somber and sad, with a cool little twist that the director starts loading it’s contingency plan.

    And Mac being able to travel before the most recent traveler felt like a huge Deus Ex Machina. This is one of the biggest things that separated Travelers apart from other time travel series, by limiting their capabilities to time travel. But suddenly we find out it has been possible the entire time? Rubbed me the wrong way and made it feel very similar to the ending of other time travel shows I’ve seen.

    Of course, this is personal opinion, and I hope not to offend you in any way if you enjoyed the ending. But for me personally, they missed the mark on what could have been an emotionally wrenching finale.

    • sik0fewl@piefed.ca
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      4 hours ago

      No offence taken. I knew the situation going in, so I was happy that there was at least some sort of closure — in fact, I think the only reason I watched it is because I had read that it didn’t end on a cliffhanger and had a “proper” ending.

      I did really enjoy the show and will probably watch it again.