Odyssey 5
To be honest, I didn't expect much from this show when I asked for the DVDs for Christmas. I only wanted it because it has Sebastian Roché in a leading role and I figured that even if it turned out to be a rather trashy scifi show it would probably still be entertaining.
Five episodes into the show, it turns out that, despite the rather ridiculous initial set-up and the not too great special effects, the show is actually pretty good. It has episodic storylines, that always add something to the big arc, it has interesting characters that struggle with this weird situation they're thrown into, the weight on their shoulders and their relationships with each other. It's a group of very different characters, thrown together by the cause of events. They have their differences, but they learn to trust each other and become a team.
Odyssey 5 starts with five people on the space shuttle Odyssey watching in horror as the Earth explodes right in front of their eyes, leaving them, the last of human kind, flooding through empty space without hope and with oxygen running low. When everything seems lost, they are saved by a mysterious being, calling himself The Seeker, who claims that the Earth shares its fate with 50 other planets and that he can send their consciousnesses back in time to give them a chance ot save their planet.
The five time travelers find themselves five years in the past, with an Earth to save, and no idea where to start, the only clue being one word: "Leviathan". Soon they have to realise that knowing the future can make things quite complicated and that everything they do will change events in unforeseeable ways.
Commander Chuck Taggart is a little rough around the edges but he can tell right from wrong and is the group's voice of reason. He's experienced, in control and keeps everyone on mission.
Neil Taggart is Chuck's son who finds himself from successful and respected astronaut back in high-school, the black sheep of the family, and in the shadow of his brother Marc.
Sarah Forbes is a reporter, driven mainly by her emotions and trying to right wrongs, but occasionally making things worse by doing so. Her main concern is to save herself from having to relive the nightmare of her little son dying from cancer.
Angela Perry: Smart, independent, honest and troubled by her somewhat corrupt politician of a father.
And, of course, last but not least:
Despite what you may think, I'm all for saving the world. I just want a little fun while doing it, that's all.
Dr. Kurt Mendel. Pretty much a human version of Balthazar. He has the same "We can't win this anyway, so let's blow coke and jump on the bed"-attitude, but just like Bal he can't turn away when his friends need him.
His introduction pretty much speaks for itself:
Sarah Forbes: Why does everything that comes out of your mouth have something to do with sex?
Kurt Mendel: Maybe because were riding in a three billion dollar phallic symbol. Don't quote me.
Sarah Forbes: If I started quoting you they'd shut down the space program.
But underneath his frivolous and nonchalant surface, he isn't really all about money and women and fun and maybe genetics. There's compassion in him, and once in a while it shines through, for example when he is forced to babysit a deaf little girl and surprises with how kind he can be. &hearts
Needless to say that, with Mendel being so similar to Bal, this show has my mind racing with where Balthazar's journey might take him, and how those more compassionate and kind moments would look if it was Balthazar directing them at Castiel. The possibilities, the potential... please show, don't screw this up.
Five episodes into the show, it turns out that, despite the rather ridiculous initial set-up and the not too great special effects, the show is actually pretty good. It has episodic storylines, that always add something to the big arc, it has interesting characters that struggle with this weird situation they're thrown into, the weight on their shoulders and their relationships with each other. It's a group of very different characters, thrown together by the cause of events. They have their differences, but they learn to trust each other and become a team.
Odyssey 5 starts with five people on the space shuttle Odyssey watching in horror as the Earth explodes right in front of their eyes, leaving them, the last of human kind, flooding through empty space without hope and with oxygen running low. When everything seems lost, they are saved by a mysterious being, calling himself The Seeker, who claims that the Earth shares its fate with 50 other planets and that he can send their consciousnesses back in time to give them a chance ot save their planet.
The five time travelers find themselves five years in the past, with an Earth to save, and no idea where to start, the only clue being one word: "Leviathan". Soon they have to realise that knowing the future can make things quite complicated and that everything they do will change events in unforeseeable ways.
Commander Chuck Taggart is a little rough around the edges but he can tell right from wrong and is the group's voice of reason. He's experienced, in control and keeps everyone on mission.
Neil Taggart is Chuck's son who finds himself from successful and respected astronaut back in high-school, the black sheep of the family, and in the shadow of his brother Marc.
Sarah Forbes is a reporter, driven mainly by her emotions and trying to right wrongs, but occasionally making things worse by doing so. Her main concern is to save herself from having to relive the nightmare of her little son dying from cancer.
Angela Perry: Smart, independent, honest and troubled by her somewhat corrupt politician of a father.
And, of course, last but not least:
Despite what you may think, I'm all for saving the world. I just want a little fun while doing it, that's all.
Dr. Kurt Mendel. Pretty much a human version of Balthazar. He has the same "We can't win this anyway, so let's blow coke and jump on the bed"-attitude, but just like Bal he can't turn away when his friends need him.
His introduction pretty much speaks for itself:
Sarah Forbes: Why does everything that comes out of your mouth have something to do with sex?
Kurt Mendel: Maybe because were riding in a three billion dollar phallic symbol. Don't quote me.
Sarah Forbes: If I started quoting you they'd shut down the space program.
But underneath his frivolous and nonchalant surface, he isn't really all about money and women and fun and maybe genetics. There's compassion in him, and once in a while it shines through, for example when he is forced to babysit a deaf little girl and surprises with how kind he can be. &hearts
Needless to say that, with Mendel being so similar to Bal, this show has my mind racing with where Balthazar's journey might take him, and how those more compassionate and kind moments would look if it was Balthazar directing them at Castiel. The possibilities, the potential... please show, don't screw this up.