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TV series

Timeless

2016TV-PG2 seasons7.2 / 10

Protect the past. Save the future.

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

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Checked Sep 3, 2026

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Synopsis

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Pilot

45m6.9 / 10

A history professor's life is turned upside down when she's tapped to join an unlikely team tasked with stopping a man bent on changing the past - and possibly destroying the future.

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Directed by Neil MarshallWritten by Shawn Ryan, Eric KripkeGuest stars Shantel VanSanten, Donal Thoms-Cappello, Christine Gavin-Bartlett, Jara Zeimer, Aiden Longworth, Rowan Longworth, Joel Cottingham, Hiro Kanagawa

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Episode 2

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

43m6.9 / 10

The team travels back to the assassination of Lincoln to stop Flynn from making that night an even bigger tragedy.

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Directed by Neil MarshallWritten by Tom SmutsGuest stars Neal Bledsoe, Kelly Blatz, Michael Krebs, Mike Wade, Michele de Broel, Terry Lewis, Sam Spear, Travis MacDonald

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Episode 3

Atomic City

42m6.4 / 10

In Rat Pack-era Vegas, the team is hot on Flynn’s heels with the era’s most infamous mistress in toe.

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Directed by Charles BeesonWritten by Lana ChoGuest stars Elena Satine, Scott Bailey, Irby Gascon, Marc Senior, Ronnie Scott, Peter Grasso, Terence Hayman, Lindsay Maxwell

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Episode 4

Party at Castle Varlar

43m7.2 / 10

The trio teams up with one of literature's most popular figures, James Bond creator Ian Fleming, to defeat Flynn's sinister plot in Nazi Germany.

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Directed by Billy GierhartWritten by Jim BarnesGuest stars Sean Maguire, Christian Oliver, Art Kitching, Greg Delmage, Thorsten Heimann, Gavin Langelo, Manfred Maretzki, Artur Stofel

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Episode 5

The Alamo

42m6.8 / 10

The team races to stop Flynn before the bloody Battle of the Alamo ensues, but will it be victory or death for our time-traveling trio?

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Directed by John TerleskyWritten by Anne Cofell SaundersGuest stars David Chisum, Alex Fernandez, Chris Browning, Jeff Kober, Sean Michael Kyer, Victor Zinck Jr., Edie Hennessey, Sari Mercer

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Episode 6

The Watergate Tape

42m7.2 / 10

The trio races to catch Flynn in 1972 before he can steal the mysterious missing minutes of the Watergate tape, but personal secrets threaten to tear the team apart.

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Directed by Greg BeemanWritten by Kent RotherhamGuest stars Mustafa Shakir, Tom Amandes, Sheldon Landry, Phillip Joseph Steward, Shelley Robertson, Tiffany Mack, Nathan Mitchell, Romuald Hivert

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Episode 7

Stranded

42m6.4 / 10

The team must battle the French, Indians and Mother Nature after Flynn sabotages the Lifeboat and traps them back in Western Pennsylvania circa 1754.

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Directed by Holly DaleWritten by Arika Lisanne MittmanGuest stars Hector Hugo, Salvator Xuereb, Karina Lombard, Philip Prajoux, Paul Rogan, Lauren K. Robek, Edwin Perez, Albert Nicholas

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Episode 8

Space Race

42m6.7 / 10

Back in 1969, the team goes undercover at NASA to stop Flynn from sabotaging the moon landing and killing the crew of Apollo 11.

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Directed by Charles BeesonWritten by Matt WhitneyGuest stars Caitlin Carver, Nadine Ellis, Matt Frewer, Robert Pine, John Brotherton, Ben Dextraze, Joel Berg, Jason William Lee

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Episode 9

Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde

42m6.9 / 10

On the run with the bank-robbing Barrow gang, the team needs to gain the trust of ill-fated lovers Bonnie and Clyde in order to find out Flynn's target in the Depression-era South. While Agent Christopher tracks down a lead in present day, Lucy, Rufus, and Wyatt risk getting caught in the crossfire, suspecting that whatever Flynn's after may be a key piece of the whole puzzle.

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Directed by John TerleskyWritten by Anslem RichardsonGuest stars Chris Mulkey, Jacqueline Byers, Sam Strike, Billy Wickman, Michael Coates, Curtis Clarke, Brendan Riggs, Avionne Dean

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Episode 10

The Capture of Benedict Arnold

43m7.4 / 10

A stunning turn during the American Revolution prompts Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus to question whether they've been fighting on the wrong side this whole time. While Agent Christopher prepares for the worst back in present day, the team encounters the Father of the Country, makes a dubious pact, and confronts the possibility they may not be a trio for long.

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Directed by John F. ShowalterWritten by Tom SmutsGuest stars Curtis Caravaggio, Damian O'Hare, Armin Shimerman, Jake Brennan, Annie Young, Brad Dryborough, Marci T. House, Conor Gomez

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Episode 11

The World's Columbian Exposition

42m6.9 / 10

Lucy's situation grows desperate after she's taken captive by Flynn and brought to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In their dogged pursuit of Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus fall into a sinister trap.

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Directed by Craig ZiskWritten by Lana ChoGuest stars Michael Drayer, Katherine Cunningham, Link Baker, Chris W. Greenfield, Lyova Beckwitt, John Hensley, Joel Johnstone, Marcus Hondro

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Episode 12

The Murder of Jesse James

42m6.1 / 10

Flynn teams up with legendary outlaw, Jesse James. Together they cut a bloody swath across the American frontier. Hot on Flynn's trail, Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus enlist the help of an iconic Marshal to help bring the fugitives to justice.

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Directed by John F. ShowalterWritten by Jim BarnesGuest stars Colman Domingo, Daniel Lissing, Zahn McClarnon, Lincoln McGowan, Alex Rose, Michael Adamthwaite, Jordan Robinson, Daryl Shuttleworth

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Episode 13

Karma Chameleon

42m7.3 / 10

Wyatt convinces Rufus to steal the Lifeboat for an unauthorized mission to prevent Wyatt's wife's killer from ever being born. Lucy must cover for them in the present, as Agent Christopher discovers the ship is missing and Anthony Bruhl makes an alarming confession.

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Directed by Greg BeemanWritten by Anne Cofell SaundersGuest stars Drew Roy, Pete Ploszek, Amanda Brooks, Matt Frewer, Lucie Guest, Leanne Lapp, Colin Lawrence, Clay St. Thomas

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Episode 14

The Lost Generation

43m7.3 / 10

As Lucy grapples with her newfound identity, Flynn disappears to 1927 France on the day that Charles Lindbergh completes his transatlantic flight. Now, Rufus, Lucy and their new soldier scramble through the City of Lights and team with young reporter, Ernest Hemingway, to keep history intact.

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Directed by Craig ZiskWritten by Kent Rotherham, David C. HoffmanGuest stars Jesse Luken, Tiffany Daniels, Brandon Barash, Victor Zinck Jr., Chad Rook, Joseph Gallaccio, Holly Greenstein, Pavel Romano

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Episode 15

Public Enemy No. 1

43m6.8 / 10

Flynn travels to 1931 Chicago to partner with gangster Al Capone. Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus, meanwhile, team up with the only man who can bring Capone down: federal law-enforcement agent Eliot Ness.

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Directed by Guy FerlandWritten by Anslem Richardson, Matt WhitneyGuest stars Cameron Gharaee, Mather Zickel, Richard Portnow, Misha Collins, Paul Moniz de Sa, Liviu Rain, Jagua Arneja, Charles Rahi Chun

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Episode 16

The Red Scare

42m6.3 / 10finale

With one of our heroes' lives on the line, the team chases Flynn to 1954 through the paranoid corridors of Joe McCarthy's Washington D.C., en route to a secret, once-a-generation meeting of Rittenhouse leaders. While there, Lucy must wager the ultimate sacrifice to save history as we know it.

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Directed by Matt Earl BeesleyWritten by Arika Lisanne MittmanGuest stars Erica Carroll, Charlotte Anne Marcynuk, Jim Beaver, Spencer Garrett, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Bruce Gray, Daniel Di Tomasso, Vincent Dangerfield

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Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026

More about Timeless

Cast

Abigail SpencerLucy Preston
Matt LanterMSG Wyatt Logan
Malcolm BarrettRufus Carlin
Goran VišnjićGarcia Flynn
Paterson JosephConnor Mason
Sakina JaffreyAgent Denise Christopher
Claudia DoumitJiya
Drew RoyJoel

Credits

Created by
Shawn Ryan, Eric Kripke
Written by
Arika Lisanne Mittman, Matt Whitney, Tom Smuts, Anslem Richardson, Jim Barnes, Lana Cho, Kent Rotherham, Anne Cofell Saunders, Lauren Greer, David C. Hoffman, Eric Kripke, Shawn Ryan, Nancy Baird

Production details

Status
Canceled
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
26
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • NBCUnited States
  • Sony Pictures TelevisionUnited States
  • MiddKid ProductionsUnited States
  • Davis EntertainmentUnited States
  • Kripke EnterprisesUnited States
  • Universal TelevisionUnited States

Themes

american historybutterfly effectchanging historycomputer scientistcriminalhistorical eventshistoryhistory professor