Written by John Edward Betancourt  You know a television show is darn good, when it manages to completely veer clear off of the main plot, without the audience even knowing, and that’s on my mind today, because it is a feat that Timeless pulled off in the smoothest of fashion. For in reality, the last two episodes, which I and many fans thoroughly enjoyed, basically abandoned the primary plot of this story. Sure, Rittenhouse was present and doing their thing. But the push to uncover their real plan and stop that more or less went the wayside and honestly, I didn’t even notice. I just ate those past two stories up because they were just that great.
In fact, it wasn’t until I settled in to watch the next episode in this saga, ‘Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde’ that it even dawned upon me that this happened, but thanks to a trip back to the 1930's, wherein the Time Team came face to face with two of America’s most infamous bank robbers, it finally hit me that we had strayed, but that’s not a bad thing, because this particular tale put everything back on track. Because Bonnie Parker, had a peculiar necklace on her person that was discovered after she was captured by the authorities and clues from Flynn’s warehouse tipped Agent Christopher off that Rittenhouse wanted it, and their desire to obtain it is precisely why the Time Trio ventured back to this era and well, their quest to get this necklace, first, produced some interesting moments. Case in point, the fact that Wyatt and Lucy were forced to in essence, team up with this dynamic duo of thieves since Flynn used his knowledge of the past to change things up a little bit and it was quite neat to see this pair cut loose, if only for a moment and get lost in the adventure by treating Bonnie and Clyde like old friends and in doing this, well…they laid the foundation for the relationship we’ve all been waiting for them to take part in since they shared a kiss at last, one that clearly awakened their feelings for one another. But despite the wonderful distraction that little twist provided, make no mistake about it, this episode ended up being bleaker than I expected it to be, simply because, the bad guys won in this one. After all, Flynn did get his hands on the necklace, and was able to use the key attached to it to obtain a secretive document and to make matters worse, Rittenhouse made life supremely difficult for Agent Christopher in this episode as well since she was forced to spy on Mason and dive into his dealings with this mysterious agency, to the point where she finally had to confront Rufus about what he knows and well, I love the fact that this story didn’t end in sunshine and rainbows because sometimes the good guys just don’t win and more importantly, I love that this particular story did such a fine job of refocusing the plot on Rittenhouse and their evil machinations. Because nothing good can come from a key that implies it has the ability to unlock both the beginning and the end and I am quite curious to see what is in the document this ‘Alpha and Omega’ key unlocked. Thankfully though, I’m sure I will find out soon, since this series always makes a point of revealing its wondrous secrets. But in the meantime, this really was another fine episode, for this was filled to the brim with compelling and beautiful moments, and my favorite by far was Wyatt’s re-telling about how he proposed to Jessica. But, all of those important moments aside, things are clearly heating up. For Agent Christopher is closing in on Rittenhouse and they will likely make their presence widely known soon, since they have their hands on all that important key and the secrets it unlocked…until next time…
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