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The last gift I received in 2024 was the UK DVD release of NBC's Journeyman, starring Kevin McKidd and Moon Bloodgood. This show was an incredibly formative experience for me.

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What Would’ve happened with Kevin Falls’ Journeyman (2007-2008):

AOL.com GREY’S ANATOMY INTERVIEW (circa 2010):

AOL: 'Journeyman' fans were so disappointed the show was cancelled. Can you tell us what would've happened? McKidd: [The creator] Kevin Falls told me ... that each episode was a procedural story where [my character, Dan Vassar] would help that person and get them back on track. All those people that he helps ... have to be in that position that Dan gets them into for his son. It's not about Dan. This is about Zack, Dan's son, who has some kind of special power. Whatever it is that's controlling this needs all of these people to be in a certain position or alignment for Zack, [so that] when he comes of age, his power erupts ... It was all about getting his son to the place that these people could help him achieve this power and help the world. [x]

SCREEN RANT (ABRIDGED AICN INTERVIEW, AUGUST 2008):

Katie and Dan were going to split up for a while. Jack (Dan’s brother) and Dan were going to live together and then Dan and Katie would get back together.

Livia (Dan’s time traveling ex-fiancée from 1948) was going to die in episode 20. Dan was going to save her in 21. And in episode 22, Dan would come back to his house in the present and find someone else would be living there. Katie (his wife) and Zack (his son) would be gone and this time Dan would have no idea how to get his family back.

Through it all, there was something bigger than the government that was tossing Dan and the other travelers around time. The underlying reasons for the time travel leaned towards a good purpose.

Livia’s original travel purpose was to get Katie and Dan together, but then the writers felt that Livia was keeping some secret from Dan that was huge and tragic.

Livia only went forward in time and Dan backward because they each had a specific and separate purpose. One of the side affects was the tragi-romantic notion of Dan and Livia never being able to live in the same time.

Sooner or later in 2008, Dan would have encountered an elderly Livia. [x], [x]

I will be old and gray, and still going on about how NBC shouldn't have cancelled this show.

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