Journeyman
Genre	Science Fiction, Drama
Created by	Kevin Falls
Starring	Kevin McKidd Brian Howe Gretchen Egolf Moon Bloodgood Reed Diamond Charlie Wyson
Theme music composer	Steve Bramson
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer(s)	Kevin Falls Alex Graves
Running time	42 mins. (approx)
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
First shown in	USA
Original run	September 24, 2007 – present
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Journeyman is an American science fiction television drama created by Kevin Falls for 20th Century Fox Television. Falls also serves as an executive producer alongside Alex Graves, who also directed the pilot.

The show premiered on Monday September 24, 2007 at 10/9c following Heroes on NBC.^[1] The series stars Kevin McKidd as Dan Vasser, a San Francisco reporter who involuntarily travels through time.

[edit] Plot

See also: List of Journeyman episodes

The series centers around Dan Vasser, a normal man who, for an unknown reason, begins jumping back in time. He soon learns that these jumps are linked to the life of a certain person, whose destiny he is meant to change, though it doesn't always turn out for the better. While doing so, Dan reconnects with Livia Beale, his ex-fiancée, whom he lost in a mysterious plane crash. Armed with knowledge of the present, he wonders if he can save her, and in turn how it will affect his life.

[edit] Fictional Cosmology

Dan's "shifts" through time occur seemingly at random, with only a brief flash visible each time that is so subtle that Dan sometimes does not notice. He appears to have no control over them. The destination date can be any date in the recent past, often requiring him to locate a recent newspaper. The location is often in the same city but can be in drastically different parts. When Dan shifts, his body vanishes from the present, along with his current clothing and personal effects. However, time in the present continues to move on in his absence, and possibly at a different rate than his experience while in the past. This creates initial tensions with his family and co-workers, who wonder what has happened to him when he seems to disappear for days. Dan can also encounter himself in the past.

Dan's journeys appear to have an innate purpose, which is not always apparent to him, but involve changing the destiny of certain people he encounters.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Production

The pilot episode of the show was made available online on September 5, 2007, and distributed by NBC on a special Fall preview DVD to Blockbuster and other retail rental stores.

The show will also be broadcast on Sky One, Network Ten, Global and KanaalTwee in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Belgium respectively. ^[2][3]

The street on which Dan's house is located is the same street used in the television series Charmed, and the house itself is next door to the one used as Haliwell Manor.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• Quantum Leap, a show with a similar premise.
• The Time Traveller's Wife, a novel by Audrey Niffenegger based on an almost identical concept.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• NBC.com - Journeyman (Official site)
• Journeyman Wiki: encyclopedia and episode guide