The final cruel blow. Hopefully some small good was done, in keeping up fan interest enough to pressure them to release the unaired ones later!

This had a welcome and funny subversion of the "all Christianity is Catholic" trope - William Sadler confidently advocating the superiority of Protestant prayer after Jaye tells her them she's consulting with a nun is another great moment for him.

"Remember how much you like me when I'm doing good things?" GREAT line :)

Buh-buh-buh-brutal.

I mean, the TV film isn't even the same show. If you're mentally putting that together with the rest of "the end" that's not even fair! But season 2 was probably a step down from 1, true.

It's just laughable when people act like you can only pick one thing to care/complain about. "How can you spend time thinking about anything other than THE CHILDREN DYING IN SYRIA???" Get over yourself! Your brain has space for both!

Hm, I just came back to this page while engaging in some Rectify nostalgia. Having reread the beginnings of some of the threads above that I was complaining about, I think I and others were too hard on you. I mean, I stand by my observation literally - it's hard not to notice when multiple threads end in alternating…

Shame Shannon didn't have the spine to acknowledge he didn't like it.

What is it about time travel, clock-makers, and controlling the universe?

This is not an issue based on the time travel rules since episode 1 (not to mention earlier comments). After all, if Lucy never had a sister, how could she remember one?

I don't know about everyone else but when I tried to follow that from the strays I got a "please subscribe/sign up for free trial" link for the Merriam-Webster site. I suspect that people usually only link such things for mass audiences when they themselves have the subscription and don't realize it's paywalled. So,…

Honestly that doesn't really say anything one way or another about his propensities. Remember, eugenics was a mainstream belief not too long ago.

As @sg_17:disqus points out the writers have done a decent job immunizing themselves against those headaches by making the travelers immune to timeline changes. Back to the Future and other productions operate under a different time travel "model" which is why Marty can erase himself from history.

That seems like a rule the team will break when it becomes convenient. With MORE SCIENCE!

[Donald Sutherland voice] It's a distinct possibility :)

Rufus seems to be going for broke here. He's banking on there not being any Rittenhouse to even ask about the recorder when he gets back.

Cancellation Bear gives it 3/5 stars, meaning approximately a tossup. I'm neither expert nor interested enough to go behind the scenes on how that figure is arrived at so I'm taking it at face value :)

So far they have made minor changes which create a fun, recognizable-but-not-too-impactful alternate history. I mean you can imagine how weird you'd feel if suddenly nobody knew what you were talking about when you said "Hindenburg", even though it doesn't affect your life. But they have kept history convergent…

Yeah that was one of the worst scenes in the series.
"Hello child, explain the evil plan!"
"Ah, I am happy to explain to you, a total stranger who just burst into my house in the middle of the night, my father's obviously controversial manifesto! But I will do so while pretending we are having a totally natural…

That's the season 2 finale :P