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Sarn · 22-04-2013 7:24pm

Good episode. A few more tidbits to keep us going, although I did find myself trying to remember how last season ended as it feels like they've made a bit of a jump with Kiera and her relationship with the police and Alec. Might be worth watching the end of the last season finale again.

After the opening scene I'm wondering if there might be a Total Recall element to Kiera. It would certainly make her loss of the future all the easier.

Mr E · 22-04-2013 9:20pm

I was really looking forward to this, but it fell a bit flat for me. Maybe I need to warm up to it again. I liked the ending, though.

VinLieger · 22-04-2013 9:29pm

Mr E wrote: »

I was really looking forward to this, but it fell a bit flat for me. Maybe I need to warm up to it again. I liked the ending, though.

Yeah enjoyed the ending, was maybe hoping for a bigger revelation but the rest of it was very meh...

DeWitt · 22-04-2013 10:46pm

Watching it right now. Dang, should've done a mini marathon. I need a refresher.

expectationlost · 23-04-2013 1:38am

had she not been having doubts about the make up of the future? i suppose they will come back to that.

yeah i didn't really know what was going on in that ep either

FreudianSlippers · 23-04-2013 10:07am

Glad it is back, thought the opener was a little flat too, but interested to see where they're going with this season. I only got 1 episode too, did anyone get the second one?

Mr E · 23-04-2013 10:26am

There was only one this week.

don ramo · 23-04-2013 11:25am

good opener, nice to see that old alec wants to change the future, he must have done some bad things to get to where he is, and also it was funny when kiera woke in the future on about her EMR (i think thats what its called) glitching on an upload, and her husband kind of looked at her in a way that seemed like she didnt have an EMR, so it could be that the future may have changed slightly, but is still the same,

i liked the way they tore back the landscape and built up the city, looked pretty good,

its gonna be interesting to see what liber8 will do now, their going political, but yerman in prison wont be happy when he gets out and will try and stop them, id say liber8 were sent back by alec with specific instructions to change key points in history, so that the corporations dont take over the world,

Mr E · 23-04-2013 1:53pm

Based on the ending scene from the future, Alec could start helping Liber8. Could be a great story arc.

activityyup · 23-04-2013 4:58pm

don ramo wrote: »

good opener, nice to see that old alec wants to change the future, he must have done some bad things to get to where he is, and also it was funny when kiera woke in the future on about her EMR (i think thats what its called) glitching on an upload, and her husband kind of looked at her in a way that seemed like she didnt have an EMR, so it could be that the future may have changed slightly, but is still the same,

I think the point of the scene was the Alec in his tower. He could see into her apartment and maybe putting instructions or images in her head ? When Kieras husband looked out the window there was something there.

FreudianSlippers · 23-04-2013 7:52pm

What if she doesn't actually have a husband or a child; the 'dream' of her in the box and seeing whatever was off camera is reality. The husband/child thing is for some reason implanted into her. This is one of the many 'bad' things Alec has done and he wants to right it by sending her back. It would make more sense with the 21st century love interest.

Sarn · 23-04-2013 9:42pm

That's why I think it will be Total Recallesque. You'll find out Kiera was a political activist/criminal, had a memory wipe, reconditioned, got given a fake family, all ready to be used by old Alec. It would also explain the slightly off actions of her husband.

Old Alec may need to play both sides off against each other to get the desired future which is why he needs young Alec and Kiera to fine tune things.

dogski · 24-04-2013 12:27pm

I have to say I only found continuum on friday last week and got addicted straight away, and ended up watching all of the episodes by sunday and look the show up to see if there was a season 2 coming out soon. To my surprise it was to be released on the day i finished the first season, the first episode of season 2 was good, but it wasn't great. Hoping the season will pick up and be as good as the first.

stevenmu · 24-04-2013 12:56pm

activityyup wrote: »

I think the point of the scene was the Alec in his tower. He could see into her apartment and maybe putting instructions or images in her head ? When Kieras husband looked out the window there was something there.

It looked to me like he implanted the message for young Alec in her chip, and that was what made her wake with a headache thinking it was malfunctioning.

The bit of the message that we have seen is very light on details, but I presume there was a lot more to it and that will be revealed over the course of the season.

Mr E · 30-04-2013 7:11pm

Aaaah, that was a big improvement.

Liber8 fractured, Alec going to the dark side, time travel mentioned to Carlos, and some great action scenes throughout.

Back on track, I think.

preytec · 19-05-2013 8:03am

it's a bit messed up if you think about it,
on the one hand you have CPS that took over the government and enslaved mankind, and on the other you have liberty fighters killing anyone that stands in their way.
with a show like this your meant to be rooting for the main character
but who are you rooting for?
anyone want liber8 to win?

don ramo · 19-05-2013 11:05am

preytec wrote: »

it's a bit messed up if you think about it,
on the one hand you have CPS that took over the government and enslaved mankind, and on the other you have liberty fighters killing anyone that stands in their way.
with a show like this your meant to be rooting for the main character
but who are you rooting for?
anyone want liber8 to win?

thats the thing liber8 are meant to come back and help change the future, by stopping all the corporations, but in doing so they will most likely start the corporation fight back which gets them into power in the first place, thus making things play out exactly the same,

kiera isnt doing much this season, shes been pinning to go home more and more as each episode passes, and i think she might even sacrifice the lives of people to do it at this stage, and i think thats what their going for, shes only looking out for her best interest, but she has to play the game to get what she wants, or else she'll end up like her friend who died and be trapped back in time,

ixoy · 19-05-2013 8:29pm

preytec wrote: »

e main character
but who are you rooting for?
anyone want liber8 to win?

Well if you're unsure, then you're doing exactly as the creator Simon Barry wanted - he was looking for these shades of grey and I think it works well. It's probably why we spend a lot of time with the Liber8 members too as, on many levels, we can agree with their goals but just not the methods. Whereas often with Kiera we like the methods but question her goals (and also Alex's). We don't often get both sides of such matters in sci-fi and it's refreshing (and that's before we throw in the ambiguous Kellogg).

preytec · 19-05-2013 10:03pm

i h8 Simon Barry
i love Simon Barry
i think i'm hooked, i can't stop watching, it's a great story well told.
i feel like i am simon barry's pawn.

miralize · 27-05-2013 6:49pm

The last episode was very well done.

expectationlost · 28-05-2013 1:46am

virtual shrink said she assaulted a fellow officer, did he confirm he's an future corp guy?

FreudianSlippers · 28-05-2013 1:19pm

Great episode this week. What is Kellogg up to standing ominously in the background. I feel like a gamechanger is coming!

MOH · 28-05-2013 1:38pm

Bit confused by something. Always thought Kiera's made up "Section 6" was supposed to be Canadian, yet now it's "an organisation backed by the US government". Which does stretch credulity a bit far that she uses that as a basis for working for a local PD in a different country?

FreudianSlippers · 28-05-2013 3:23pm

MOH wrote: »

Bit confused by something. Always thought Kiera's made up "Section 6" was supposed to be Canadian, yet now it's "an organisation backed by the US government". Which does stretch credulity a bit far that she uses that as a basis for working for a local PD in a different country?

Was thinking the same thing. Was positive that it was a classified Canadian version of the SIS/CIA

MOH · 29-05-2013 1:45am

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Was thinking the same thing. Was positive that it was a classified Canadian version of the SIS/CIA

That's actually the CSIS that Gardiner works for. But yeah, was sure it was implied in season one it was Canadian.

Dymo · 29-05-2013 10:42am

I thought episode 4 was the best in the season so far, by all of the episodes haven't been too bad and progressed the story nicely. But all I can see is it's going to be building up to a huge cliff hanger at the end of the season.

don ramo · 29-05-2013 12:22pm

well i assume section 6 would be set up as some kind of borderless organization to combat terrorism, but yeah they do seem to be fairly vauge about why its accepted and american uber secret organization has an officer working with a local canadian police force,

season 2 has been pretty good so far, its gonna be interesting to see how alec and kellogs partnership works out, and i dont know why jason suddenly wants to work with alec, and neither seemed in anyway odd about their arrangement even though jason is alecs father,

Dempsey · 29-05-2013 12:31pm

If Section 6 is suppose to be paying her wages, where is she getting money to buy stuff?

MOH · 29-05-2013 12:42pm

Dempsey wrote: »

If Section 6 is suppose to be paying her wages, where is she getting money to buy stuff?

She got a fair bit off Kellogg, didn't she?

FreudianSlippers · 29-05-2013 1:30pm

don ramo wrote: »

even though jason is alecs father,

Wait. Really? When did we find that out? I thought Jason was from the future?

don ramo · 29-05-2013 1:44pm

expectationlost wrote: »

virtual shrink said she assaulted a fellow officer, did he confirm he's an future corp guy?

maybe it because she knew hes an officer, maybe it doesnt have to be someone from the future, maybe just someone that is an authority figure like herself, she was having a bit of a breakdown, and her subconscious knows hes an actual government agent, and shes just a bluffer, or maybe he is from the future and is working for the others that came back and trying to silence kiera,

Dempsey wrote: »

If Section 6 is suppose to be paying her wages, where is she getting money to buy stuff?

she approached kellog for a fair bit of cash at one point, cant remember which episode,

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Wait. Really? When did we find that out? I thought Jason was from the future?

in episode 3 when alec took the flash drug, he saw his father leaving and it was jason, he is from the future, their ripping off terminator :P:P

MOH · 29-05-2013 4:12pm

don ramo wrote: »

in episode 3 when alec took the flash drug, he saw his father leaving and it was jason, he is from the future, their ripping off terminator :P:P

It's still ambivalent though - it was also stated that the memories the drug brought back might not be accurate.

Could turn out that Jason's his son, and also his father .... :P

CastorTroy · 30-05-2013 2:08pm

don ramo wrote: »

jason is alecs father,

Thank you! I was trying last night to remember what was revealed about Jason recently but couldn't remember. I remember the flashback now.

So was he and the other "freelancers" in the same room as Ciara and dispersed throughout time like her partner or did they go through at different points in the future?

And the fact Jason has the blueprints for the timetravel device, does that mean he invented the one that sent them back?

CastorTroy · 30-05-2013 2:09pm

MOH wrote: »

It's still ambivalent though - it was also stated that the memories the drug brought back might not be accurate.

Could turn out that Jason's his son, and also his father .... :P

So that means he....with his gran.... :eek:

Richard Dower · 30-05-2013 2:21pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

So that means he....with his gran.... :eek:

What.The.Frack :eek:

MOH · 30-05-2013 3:19pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

So that means he....with his gran.... :eek:

Didn't that happen to Fry in Futurama?

CastorTroy · 30-05-2013 3:59pm

Yeah was just thinking of that. I believe it's called the grandfather paradox. And I believe in Red Dwarf

Lister is his own father

FreudianSlippers · 03-06-2013 1:25pm

Really good episode this week, slightly surprised that they did the reveal with Carlos this early, but could make for interesting episodes.

Corkfeen · 03-06-2013 2:58pm

It was like a futuristic version of Criminal Minds this week... :eek:

DubTony · 03-06-2013 7:55pm

Filler episode. In that Carlos could be filled in

TBH I was wondering where it was going until about half way through, when it became obvious.

don ramo · 04-06-2013 1:06am

i knew yerone was playing alec when she said lets go to your secret lab, wonder if shes a spy for esher or someone from liber8,

its good that theyve finally let carlos know about kiera, you knew it was coming as soon when they done the physc review last week and the way kiera is losing it, she only a normal law enforcement officer, shes not trained or capable of doing what shes doing by herself,

this season seems to be more about kiera having a break down and coming to terms with her situation, and maybe in season 3 she will just accept there is no going home and she will just have to deal with it, even with jasons design there is still a 30 of not 50 years of technological advancement yet to made to build it,

expectationlost · 04-06-2013 1:19am

hot girl wants into your lab and your pants and your not even a little bit suspicious

ixoy · 04-06-2013 9:08pm

Another enjoyable episode and it's good to finally let Carlos in on the secret. We've seen him getting frustrated with her (thankfully, rather than just accepting her "hunches" without issue) and she's got someone to confide in.

Escher is an interesting development too - someone swiping Kellogg's investments away from him. Wonder who he is in the future?

As to Alec and the girl? Well it was very obvious she was suspicious but, as has happened before in the show, the writers seem to know it's obvious and do the reveal by the end of the episode.

hot girl wants into your lab and your pants and your not even a little bit suspicious

Precisely because she's a hot girl who appears to want into his pants, he's not even bothered wondering about whether it's suspicious. Kellogg no doubt is though.

Richard Dower · 05-06-2013 5:42pm

Renewed for a 3rd season: http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/06/continuum-renewed-for-3rd-season.html

miralize · 05-06-2013 5:45pm

Definitely deserves it. Its been great this season, better than most of the s**t on US Network TV

CastorTroy · 05-06-2013 9:43pm

Hot girl is really a spy for the cylons. Just saw in her imdb that she was the one from Caprica.

I was beginning to think it was turning into predestined time travel type thing but the fact they caught the killer means she won't be investigating the case in the future.

Glad Carlos knows. Means he can cover for her now and she can use him for exposition.

expectationlost · 05-06-2013 9:51pm

i don't why she didn't show him her tech gun and suit rather then try to verbably explain it to him twice

MOH · 12-06-2013 4:00pm

Just caught up with this week. I'm liking the way some things are obvious, while others are even more obvious until it turns out they're actually not.

Was completely expecting Alec's girlfriend to be a Liberate plant to fake her kidnapping and force him to testify in favour of his brother, right up until she kicked the crap out of that guy. And the hostage rescue seemed a bit too easy, especially given they asked the office mole for help (although I've forgotten which faction she's working for), but then it was supposed to be.

It's getting a little bit messy though. There's more angles being thrown in every week. We've got about six factions on the go now - two Liberate splinters, Escher, Gardiner, Kellog, and Kiera herself, plus whatever future Alec is up to.
Oh and crazy future guy too with the time travel schematics.

I really hope there's an overall plan that will tie everything together, but it's nearly getting as convoluted as Lost already.

Still, third season renewal is cause for hope.

Lockedout · 12-06-2013 9:12pm

Im trying to avoid too much of this thread as Im only on Episode 6 (season 1). A good show. Its on Skyfy Thursday Season 2, Great show so far .. a little bit too neat in places (Food ration Riots lead our heroine to question things). She is some babe though.

CastorTroy · 13-06-2013 1:37am

Well Emily was looking perky coming down those stairs.

So is she working for the guy kinda helping Keira? And if so, who was the guy that came looking for Alec?

Was just thinking, Gardiner had better not meet future Alec at any point, since I don't think things usually work out too well when they're together.

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