I had hoped it would start out with a preamble, a build-up set in 1893 London, but they spend next to no time on it. Also, there are no special effects to impress like in the movie this is based-on. Perhaps they didn't have much money? The premise is that his friend John is Jack the Ripper. He takes the time machine to our time and begins killing in 2017. There is a creepy undertone that a guy who has killed a dozen women might possibly be "redeemed." But what the real problem is that these people pick-up on the technology all too quickly. We are (because of the pace of the show) deprived of seeing them experience things for the first time, which was part of the charm of the movie and the movies about the Time Machine that preceded this series. For example, the girl Wells meets in the museum is convinced the whole thing is real too quickly, in real-life, she'd look for more evidence than a museum exhibit opening "3 days early." I'm hoping it gets a bit more interesting and doesn't end up as just another cop chase story.
Review of Time After Time
