Journeyman - The time jumper
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| German title | Journeyman - The time jumper |
| Original title | Journeyman |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| year | 2007 |
| length | 40 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
| genre | Science fiction |
| idea | Kevin Falls |
| production | Kevin Falls , Alex Graves |
| music | Amanda Ghost , James Drong, Jody Street |
| First broadcast | September 24, 2007 (USA) on NBC |
| German-language first broadcast |
April 25, 2009 on RTL II |
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Journeyman - The Time Jumper is an American television series about a man who changes times to change the life of a certain person. It ran in 2007 on the US broadcaster NBC and was discontinued after a season.
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Dan Vasser is a newspaper reporter whose life is finally on the right track after losing his girlfriend and gambling addiction . Suddenly, however, he travels through time and ends up in 1987. There he saves a man's life and then accompanies him through various stages in his life. Meanwhile, his wife Katie Vasser and brother Jack Vasser think he's crazy. He can finally convince his wife, but his brother remains suspicious. Again and again Dan has to travel through time and finally meets his lost love Olivia "Livia" Beale, who, like him, is a time jumper. Together they must influence the lives of individuals in the past. Dan's private and professional life suffers from this constant change. In addition, Jack is becoming more and more suspicious. When he discovers the secret, he helps his brother as best he can. Dan learns from the mysterious scientist Professor Langley that he is the last of a line of time jumpers and that he must keep his gift a secret.
Characters
main characters
Dan Vasser
Dan Vasser is a newspaper reporter and lives in San Francisco with his wife Katie and son Zack . He can neither control nor delay his time leaps. Apparently without his own control he is simply thrown into the vortex of events and has to find out his task and the person independently in the past. When he has finished his task, he ends up back in the present. Before his marriage to Katie, he suffered from gambling addiction after the alleged death of his girlfriend.
Katie Vasser
Katie Vasser is Dan's wife and mother to their son Zack. Before Dan, she had a relationship with his brother Jack and was a television reporter. At first she is the only person who knows about the leaps in time of her husband and supports her husband as much as possible. She resumes her old job later in the series.
Olivia Beale
Olivia Beale, known as "Livia", is Dan's former partner. She was pronounced dead after an airplane crash, but the truth is that she dates from 1948. Like Dan, she is a time jumper, but who has been active for much longer and started a relationship with Dan during an extended stay in the late 1980s. She mostly jumps into the same time as Dan and supports him in his missions.
Jack Vasser
Jack Vasser is Dan's brother and works as a police officer in San Francisco. He is very curious and suspects Dan of playing again. Concerned about his ex-girlfriend Katie, he sniffs after Dan and, among other things, arranges an FBI investigation when he finds a banknote from the famous hijacker Dylan McCleen with Dan and sends it to a laboratory for investigation. Over time, however, he discovers his brother's secret and supports him.
Supporting characters
Hugh Skillen is Dan's boss at the San Francisco Register . He's also an old family friend.
Zack Vasser is the son of Katie and Dan. Once he sees his father jumping in time.
Episodes
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast RTL 2 |
First broadcast on NBC |
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| 1 (1-01) | The first trip | A Love of A Lifetime | April 25, 2009 | September 24, 2007 |
| 2 (1-02) | meaning of life | Friendly skies | April 25, 2009 | October 1, 2007 |
| 3 (1-03) | earthquake | Game Three | May 2, 2009 | October 8, 2007 |
| 4 (1-04) | Self-defense | The Year of the Rabbit | May 2, 2009 | October 15, 2007 |
| 5 (1-05) | The legend of Dylan McCleen | The Legend of Dylan McCleen | May 2, 2009 | October 22, 2007 |
| 6 (1-06) | brothers | Keepers | May 9, 2009 | October 29, 2007 |
| 7 (1-07) | Relationship help | Double down | May 16, 2009 | November 5, 2007 |
| 8 (1-08) | change of direction | Winter land | May 16, 2009 | November 12, 2007 |
| 9 (1-09) | Emily | Emily (Part 1 of 2) | May 23, 2009 | November 19, 2007 |
| 10 (1-10) | Childhood trauma | Blowback (Part 2 of 2) | May 23, 2009 | November 26, 2007 |
| 11 (1-11) | Of fathers and sons | Home by Another Way | May 30, 2009 | December 10, 2007 |
| 12 (1-12) | Butterfly effect | The Hanged Man (Part 1 of 2) | May 30, 2009 | December 17, 2007 |
| 13 (1-13) | Perfidia | Perfidia (Part 2 of 2) | May 30, 2009 | December 19, 2007 |
background
Journeyman - The Time Jumper was invented by Kevin Falls and produced by 20th Century Fox . The first season aired on NBC in 2007 , but did not achieve the ratings required for a second season. Even several protest actions by fans could not change the minds of the station's managers to commission a second season.
RTL II began broadcasting the season on April 25, 2009. Two episodes were broadcast per broadcast date. The last episode of the series aired on May 30, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Journeyman: Open letter from Kevin Falls on Serienjunkies.de
- ↑ Journeyman - Der Zeitspringer: From April on RTL II on Serienjunkies.de
Web links
- Journeyman - of Time in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website on NBC.com
- Journeyman - The time jumper on Serienjunkies.de