Not having seen the film Frequency I cannot make comparisons in that sphere. While some label the show as "science fiction" I consider it fantasy. Science fiction contains actual science, but the proposition that someone can communicate with anyone in the past (who has died in the meantime) by whatever means is ludicrous. So, to enjoy the show the viewer must simply accept the premise as fantasy and move on. There were a few things that bothered me at the outset.
We are introduced to two NYPD detectives, Satch Rayna (Mekhi Phifer) and Raimy Sullivan (Peyton List). I wonder if there was any intentional alliteration with the two "R" names. The introduction could appear to be typical television casting with a black superior and white female subordinate. One might wonder whether the show producers are really focused on satisfying the values of Hollywood leftists. Well, it's one thing to adhere to a PC agenda, another for the actors chosen to deliver the goods. In this case the actors did an excellent job with the material they were given.
Anyway, my first thought on seeing Raimy was that she looked too young to be an experienced NYPD detective. Rayna is not treated as a rookie. Then we meet Raimy's mother, Julie Sullivan (Devin Kelley), who looked like she could have been Raimy's sister. I checked IMDb and discovered that List and Kelley were born the same year. Some gray was added to Kelley's hair, but the makeup people failed at making her look old enough to be Raimy's mother. So, why didn't they cast someone who would have been the right age? (age discrimination?) No doubt it was so that Kelley could play the younger version of the mother.
The episode presents the consequences of Raimy managing to save her father's life in the past, the so-called butterfly effect. For the sake of the plot the writer kept the effect simple but especially tragic. What is not considered is the assumption that if the mother died Raimy would continue on to grow up to be an NYPD detective. Taking the mother out of the child's life would not only effect the home life, but every other life with whom the mother had contact. In this respect the plot is simplistic and like "time travel" plots does not adequately address the complexities of "communication travel."
We are introduced to two NYPD detectives, Satch Rayna (Mekhi Phifer) and Raimy Sullivan (Peyton List). I wonder if there was any intentional alliteration with the two "R" names. The introduction could appear to be typical television casting with a black superior and white female subordinate. One might wonder whether the show producers are really focused on satisfying the values of Hollywood leftists. Well, it's one thing to adhere to a PC agenda, another for the actors chosen to deliver the goods. In this case the actors did an excellent job with the material they were given.
Anyway, my first thought on seeing Raimy was that she looked too young to be an experienced NYPD detective. Rayna is not treated as a rookie. Then we meet Raimy's mother, Julie Sullivan (Devin Kelley), who looked like she could have been Raimy's sister. I checked IMDb and discovered that List and Kelley were born the same year. Some gray was added to Kelley's hair, but the makeup people failed at making her look old enough to be Raimy's mother. So, why didn't they cast someone who would have been the right age? (age discrimination?) No doubt it was so that Kelley could play the younger version of the mother.
The episode presents the consequences of Raimy managing to save her father's life in the past, the so-called butterfly effect. For the sake of the plot the writer kept the effect simple but especially tragic. What is not considered is the assumption that if the mother died Raimy would continue on to grow up to be an NYPD detective. Taking the mother out of the child's life would not only effect the home life, but every other life with whom the mother had contact. In this respect the plot is simplistic and like "time travel" plots does not adequately address the complexities of "communication travel."