Primeval

[sinjinh1]

While I am thrilled that the BBC, ITV and UKTV have reached a deal for a new season of Primeval, I am not thrilled about the idea Juliet Aubrey put forward.  She wants Helen to come back.  That so does not work for me.

If they want to bring characters back from the dead, bring back Steven or Nick, or both.  Both were way better characters than Helen.  And not to hard on the eyes either.

Comments

[towerbridge2006.livejournal.com]

I so agree with you!

[sinjinh1.livejournal.com]

I cheered when the raptor killed Helen. I really don't want to see her come back.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see them restore the original timeline that everyone seems to have forgotten about, but maybe that's just me.

Oliver Leek trying to take over the world with remote-controlled carnivorous bat things from the future was such a shark-jumping moment for me that I couldn't even face series 3. I don't think I watched more than a couple of episodes.

[sinjinh1.livejournal.com]

Hum, wonder if the original timeline is restored we get back Stephen and Nick.

Leek was an idiot and Helen just got on my nerves. I'm still warming up to Danny, Becker and Sarah.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

In theory, we'd get back Stephen, Nick, Helen, Claudia, and anybody else who died. In reality, it would depend on whether or not the actors want to come back.

I like Becker, but every time I see him I realize I like him because he reminds me so much of Stephen. If they wanted a Stephen on the show, why not just keep Stephen?

I hate Danny just a little bit more every time I see him, and Sarah was so bland that I barely even noticed her. I could never even remember her name.

[sinjinh1.livejournal.com]

Becker did remind me of Stephen a little.

From the cryptic way the producers talked before this last season aired, I think they had planned on having Stephen back. Unfortunatly, things in James Murray's personal life with his daughter's birth and illness and subsequent passing seem to have made it impossible for him to have been a part of that season.

Perhaps they will be able to fix time lines with this new season.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they will be able to fix time lines with this new season.

I'm not holding my breath. The only people who knew the timeline was different were Nick (dead), Helen (dead), and Connor (because Nick told him). Even Nick seemed to forget about restoring the old timeline after awhile.

This has been my biggest beef with Primeval. The showrunners don't seem to have any plan in mind for where the show is going; they just pull things out of their asses as they go along. As a result, storylines pop up, only to disappear and never be heard from again without any kind of resolution like the writers just forgot about them.

[sinjinh1.livejournal.com]

It would be nice if there was some consistency in the storytelling. That's a beef I have with some of my shows. And now they want to do an American version. Yeah, that'll work.