The series isn't perfect. It has some plot holes, some characters that could've been stronger, some story arcs that were weak... But overall it was clever enough to hold my interest as a good sci-fi time travel miniseries.
What the series did right:
Threaded together 4 different time lines and tightened the stories with every episode where you start to see how these stories fit together, and where the past ties to the future.
Easy to binge.
What the series could have done better:
Some characters were simply not flushed out enough, or the actors were not given adequate space to let the audience have any emotional ties to them, which is essential for us to care about everything that is going on. Also, all our protagonists in the series are working towards a devastating historical event. Yet in actuality, only one single character talks about any emotional pain from the devastating event that they are trying to prevent. We don't actually see any kind of lingering devastation, or any other characters that have directly suffered from this event they are trying to prevent. It leaves you a little bit emotionally detached and you don't feel the panic or the urgency that we should feel in a story where the whole point is trying to prevent something much worse than 9/11.
Also, I didn't feel our villain was either villainous enough or sympathetic enough. And yet I feel that the series is trying to make us feel both. He just felt a little bit milquetoast.
There were also some plot holes and weak points, as to how our villain was able to control a domino effect of events across more than 100 years of time. It's simply not entirely explained.
All that said, I still feel this miniseries is unique enough and entertaining enough to be worth watching the entire series and appreciate it for what it is.
What the series did right:
Threaded together 4 different time lines and tightened the stories with every episode where you start to see how these stories fit together, and where the past ties to the future.
Easy to binge.
What the series could have done better:
Some characters were simply not flushed out enough, or the actors were not given adequate space to let the audience have any emotional ties to them, which is essential for us to care about everything that is going on. Also, all our protagonists in the series are working towards a devastating historical event. Yet in actuality, only one single character talks about any emotional pain from the devastating event that they are trying to prevent. We don't actually see any kind of lingering devastation, or any other characters that have directly suffered from this event they are trying to prevent. It leaves you a little bit emotionally detached and you don't feel the panic or the urgency that we should feel in a story where the whole point is trying to prevent something much worse than 9/11.
Also, I didn't feel our villain was either villainous enough or sympathetic enough. And yet I feel that the series is trying to make us feel both. He just felt a little bit milquetoast.
There were also some plot holes and weak points, as to how our villain was able to control a domino effect of events across more than 100 years of time. It's simply not entirely explained.
All that said, I still feel this miniseries is unique enough and entertaining enough to be worth watching the entire series and appreciate it for what it is.