Thursday, February 25, 2016

Continuum - The Final Season

Originally planned as a 7-10 season run by creator Simon Barry, Continuum came to a bit of an unceremonious end in its shortened Fourth, and final, Season. It's sad as the show, which had struggled doing so much heavy lifting in its First Season in setting up the complicated time travel storyline of future cop Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols), had finally begun to pay off in the show's Second and Third seasons.

Putting aside Keira's increasingly nebulous relationship with the future terrorist she came back in time to stop, and the complicated subplot involving the Freelancers, the final six episodes deals primarily with the soldier's from Brad's (Ryan Robbins) time and their plans on changing history to better fit their liking. The highlight of the season is the show's final episode "Final Hour" but, because of such time constraints, the lead-up to the final episode feels rushed (especially for a show that moved so glacially slow during its First Season).

Available on both Blu-ray and DVD, extras on the two-disc collection include commentary for a pair of episodes including the show's finale and one final behind-the-scenes featurette.

[Universal Studios, Blu-ray $44.98 / DVD $34.98]

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