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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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 2 episodes
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After barely escaping an explosion at Mason Industries, Wyatt and Rufus chase the Mothership back to a French battlefront during World War 1 to rescue Lucy from Rittenhouse. There, they discover that Lucy has recruited Marie Curie, the famous French scientist and the only person ever to win two Nobel Prizes, to help save the life of a wounded American soldier, only to learn that the soldier is Lucy’s own great-grandfather who Rittenhouse is bringing to the present to be their leader.
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Directed by Greg BeemanWritten by Tom Smuts, Arika Lisanne MittmanGuest stars Susanna Thompson, Annie Wersching, Michael Rady, Melissa Farman, Kim Bubbs, Jonathan Stanley, Cameron Douglas Neckers, Matthew Atherton
The Time Team chases Rittenhouse to a stock car race in the 1950s where Wyatt learns that his favorite race car driver is actually a Rittenhouse sleeper agent on a mission to destroy the American car industry. To stop the Rittenhouse plan, Wyatt, Lucy and Rufus team up with Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR driver.
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Directed by Olatunde OsunsanmiWritten by Jim BarnesGuest stars Susanna Thompson, Annie Wersching, Michael Rady, Matt Long, Joseph Lee Anderson, Annie Tedesco, Jack Armstrong, Jim Hanna
When a Rittenhouse sleeper agent in 1941 Hollywood steals the only copy of Citizen Kane, Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus team up with Hedy Lamarr to get it back. Hedy Lamarr turns out to be not only a glamorous movie star but also a scientific wizard whose discoveries led to the invention of Wi-Fi.
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Directed by John F. ShowalterWritten by Matt WhitneyGuest stars Teddy Sears, Josh Randall, Alyssa Sutherland, James DuMont, John Colton, Beau Brians, Matthew Downs, Ryan Cargill
While Wyatt sneaks away from the bunker to face an unbelievable truth, Lucy, Rufus and their former enemy-turned- teammate, Garcia Flynn, chase the Mothership to the Salem Witch Trials. There they must prevent the execution of a headstrong young woman who, it turns out, is mother to one of the most consequential Americans of all time – the yet to be born Benjamin Franklin. When Lucy is accused of being a witch, the team rallies together not only to save Abiah and Lucy, but all the accused women.
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Directed by Guy FerlandWritten by Kent RotherhamGuest stars Susanna Thompson, Annie Wersching, Michael Rady, Tonya Glanz, Henri Lubatti, Sofia Vassilieva, Emily Swallow, Patrick Fischler
When a mission goes awry, Wyatt and Rufus are forced to bring a 17-year-old John F. Kennedy with them to the present. Anxious to return the future president to history, the team must find a way to work together to rescue JFK and return him to the past before Rittenhouse assassinates him in 2018.
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Directed by Holly DaleWritten by Lana ChoGuest stars Annie Wersching, Michael Rady, Tonya Glanz, Grant Jordan, Adam Cropper, Adam Pilver, Jared Wernick, Reina Hardesty
When Rufus and Jiya add a fourth seat to the Lifeboat, for the first time ever, Connor Mason joins the team as they travel back to the dusty backroads and smoky juke joints of the Depression-era South to rescue the life and legacy of Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues, Godfather of Rock n’ Roll and a man who, legend has it, bought his musical genius from the Devil for the price of his soul. Meanwhile, Agent Christopher keeps Wyatt in the present to execute a dangerous raid on Rittenhouse headquarters.
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Directed by Greg BeemanWritten by Anslem RichardsonGuest stars Susanna Thompson, Annie Wersching, Michael Rady, Naiqui Macabroad, Gavin Stenhouse, Radha Blank, Wiley B. Oscar, Keith Machekanyanga
In the bustle of 1919 New York City, suffragette Alice Paul is framed for murder and the Time Team partners up with legendary female crime solver Grace Humiston – AKA “Mrs. Sherlock Holmes.” Together they attempt to prove Alice’s innocence in time for her to give a powerful speech that turns the tide in the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Back in the present, Connor Mason salvages key intel from the Rittenhouse raid.
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Directed by Douglas AarniokoskiWritten by David C. HoffmanGuest stars Annie Wersching, Michael Rady, Tonya Glanz, Erica Dasher, Sarah Sokolovic, Bryan Scott Johnson, Tom Virtue, James Babson
The Time Team travels back to 1981 Washington D.C. on the day President Reagan was shot, only to discover that the Sleeper’s target isn’t the President – but a young rookie police officer – none other than Agent Christopher, who brought the time team together and kept the Lifeboat from getting into Rittenhouse’s hands. The Time Team must save Agent Christopher’s life and prevent her from making a mistake that set her on a different path that would forever change her own future, the future of the team -- and the future of the world.
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Directed by Alex KalymniosWritten by Arika Lisanne Mittman, Lauren GreerGuest stars Marci T. House, Tonya Glanz, McKenna Roberts, Karen David, Pooja Batra, Matthew Alan, Erik Stocklin, Clint Culp
When the Mothership jumps to South Carolina in 1863, the Time Team partners up with a courageous Union spy and military leader, Harriet Tubman - AKA "The General" - to thwart Rittenhouse's plan to alter the outcome of the Civil War. Back in the present, Rittenhouse hits the team where it hurts the most. Then, Jiya makes a daring escape from Rittenhouse that strands her in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1888 with no way home.
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Directed by John F. Showalter, Greg BeemanWritten by Tom Smuts, Nancy Baird, Matt WhitneyGuest stars Susanna Thompson, Annie Wersching, Michael Rady, Tonya Glanz, Christine Horn, Terry Maratos, Megan Liu, Evan Lai
Christmas arrives in the Bunker, and the Time Team is inspired by a visit from their future selves to find a way to try to save Rufus. But when the Mothership jumps to 1848 California, they’re forced to put those plans on hold and chase Rittenhouse back to the Gold Rush, where they encounter one of the era’s most dangerous villains. Then chasing the Mothership to Korea in the winter of 1950, the team helps a stranded, pregnant refugee attempt to escape a tragic fate.
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Directed by John F. ShowalterWritten by Arika Lisanne Mittman, Lauren GreerGuest stars Annie Wersching, John Getz, Tonya Glanz, Kahyun Kim, Paul Alayo, Zachary Bostrom, Becka Adams, Isabella Britton
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
