Written by John Edward Betancourt It’s becoming inherently clear to me that this final run of episodes in season one of Timeless are focused heavily on something incredibly important; seeing the Time Team finally accept their roles and responsibility as heroes and well, this is making for some great storytelling. Because we are being treated to tales that see these beloved characters go through the ringer, only to come out of the other side stronger and better people and while Wyatt and Rufus have in essence, completed their transition to heroism over the past couple of tales, only one member has yet to finish that journey, Lucy. Which is why ‘Public Enemy No. 1.’ is such an important episode when it comes to this series, because this is the episode where Lucy finally made the choice to become more, to be the champion of good we’ve always known she would be. But her steps toward this role weren’t easy to take, because in order to become a hero she had to make quite the difficult decision. Because with the Lifeboat free from Rittenhouse’s mittens, the idea was put forth by Wyatt that the time had come to travel back in time to ensure that Lucy’s parents properly meet so that her sister Amy can return to the time stream. But before that could happen, the decision in question came into play since Flynn jumped back to 1931 Chicago. Because Lucy either had to surrender her last, best shot at saving her sister from whatever time related purgatory she had been relegated to, in the hopes of stopping her nemesis, or…let Flynn continue to dismantle history in order to get what she so desired. And in the end, she chose the selfless route and ventured back to Chicago with the rest of the Time Team to fix the mess that Flynn left for them, since he more or less left Al Capone unleashed upon the world. But I mentioned that there was real heroism evident from Lucy in this episode, and all of that came about from her unique decision to visit Al’s brother and persuade him to help her and the team confront Capone about Flynn and more importantly, bring down the kingpin as history intended. Which quite frankly was incredible to watch. Because Lucy truly knows how to inspire the good in people, and she was able to break down any walls that Capone’s brother had put up. But her victory here came at a bit of a price, since Rufus was badly injured in a fire fight at Capone’s penthouse and well, the episode ended on quite the cliffhanger, with Rufus passing out at the helm of the Lifeboat, leaving us unsure as to whether or not the Time Team will be returning to present day or not. Yet, what was equally awesome about this particular tale, is that there was great heroism present from others in this tale as well since Jiya stepped up to the plate at Mason Industries and did her part in protecting the team from Rittenhouse and quite frankly it was just cool to see so many working to topple this awful organization. Yet, what matters most about this particular episode, is that our heroes are finally ready. They’ve completed their respective journeys, they know the fate of countless lives hang in the balance and they’re the only ones who can keep Rittenhouse from influencing or tampering with said lives. Which means I have no doubt that we are in for the quite the showdown in the season one finale, wherein our heroes return home in one piece before doing some incredible things to make Rittenhouse pay for their crimes and well, with that in mind, there’s no time left to waste on my part. The time has come to watch one last classic episode of this show, before we all bid it farewell on Thursday night by way of the series finale, so, if you’ll excuse me, it’s time to finish season one…until next time…
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