Continuum Season 3 Episodes 1 Recap: The Tale Of Two Alecs and Two Kieras (Season Premiere)

I don't review "Continuum" weekly but definitely wanted to check out the season 3 premiere (which was entitled "Minute By Minute"). See my past recaps here: Continuum Recaps The main challenge with watching "Continuum" is keeping up with WHEN everything happens (since people are moving back and forth through time and affecting history).

Alec jumps into the time stream (or whatever ya call it) in Escher's lab and goes back in time one week. He sees another version of himself and Emily (who died in the alternate time). Jason (his son) meets the time shifting Alec and offers to help. An easy way to keep track of the two Alec's is one has a head wound from his encounter with the Freelancers.

Kiera and the other members of Liber8 are being held by the Freelancers. The clear cells and white prison uniforms made for a cool visual. Kiera finds out Curtis Chen is still alive. He takes her to meet Catherine. She is the "Keeper Of The Cells" and head honcho. Catherine says the Freelancers have been guarding history for a thousand years. Kiera comments that it sounds more like a cult.

Prisons Of The Future

Great stairs fighting scene with Kiera, Garza and the guards. I thought that was excellently done. Garza is later shot though. Kiera is apprehended by Chen again. Their world is falling apart due to Alec's time jumping. Catherine tells Kiera that when Alec jumped time he erased Kiera's original life with her family. They no longer exist. Therefore Kiera needs to help the Freelancers restore everything to its natural order. They give her an updated multitool, tattoo her, and put her in the time egg.

Kiera arrives in the past to do it all over again. This time she frees Garza who gets away successfully. Garza says she wont forget this. You can bet this come up again later. Kiera tells Catherine she sent Kiera back. They verify from her tattoos that she is telling the truth. Alex 2.0 goes to the lab to gather passports and money to escape to Thailand with Emily. There he finds Kiera laying dead in a pool of blood. He is very upset but then looks up and there is Kiera 2.0. OK everybody got all that? Like I said, it takes some work to keep track of.

Did Kiera 2.0 have to shoot herself? That would be really freaky. I hope that's what happened. Or did Alec 1.0 shoot Kiera 1.0? Did Emily shoot Kiera? She already shot one person this episode (Escher). Did Kellogg shoot her?

Grade:4 1/2 Monsters (out of 5). A great season premiere. I hope it can keep up the pace. If you havent checked out "Continuum", its definitely worth a look. One disadvantage though is that it's in the same time slot as "Hannibal" (Fridays at 10 PM ET). I'm sorry but nothing else trumps "Hannibal".