Timecop | |
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Genre | Science fiction |
Created by | Mark Verheiden |
Based on | |
Starring | Ted King Don Stark Kurt Fuller Cristi Conaway |
Theme music composer | Brad Fiedel |
Composer | Ross Levinson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Lawrence Gordon Productions December 3rd Productions Dark Horse Entertainment Universal Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 22, 1997 – July 18, 1998 |
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Timecop |
Timecop is an American science fiction television series. The show was broadcast on the ABC network and first aired in 1997. [1] The series is based on the successful Jean-Claude Van Damme film, Timecop (1994) from Universal Studios, which was in turn inspired by the Dark Horse comic of the same name. [1] Thirteen episodes of the series were ordered, [2] but only nine episodes aired.
The show was broadcast on the ABC network and first aired in 1997, [1] leading off the Monday night lineup at 8 p.m. before Monday Night Football. It did not use any cast from the film and only one character was reused.
In 2007, time travel is a reality using time sleds to enter the time stream. However, the technology has leaked beyond the United States government. Rogue time sleds built by other parties are sending criminals into the past for a price. The Time Enforcement Commission was formed to retrieve and arrest the criminals, preventing the alteration of history.
Hemmings was originally part of the TEC’s science and research division providing support at headquarters. She eventually accompanies Logan in the field on missions. Originally adversarial, she becomes Logan’s romantic interest.
Matuzek is in charge of the TEC and is the only character carried over from the film the show is based on, although recast with Stark replacing Bruce McGill.
The TEC's chief historian, Easter has a range of historical interests and is a film buff who can cite the major historical events in the year any film was released.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "A Rip in Time" | Allan Arkush | Alfred Gough, Miles Millar | September 22, 1997 | |
Ian Pascoe, a time traveler from the mid-21st century, kills Jack the Ripper in 1888 and takes his place. | |||||
2 | "The Heist" | David Grossman | Mark Verheiden | September 29, 1997 | |
An infamous jewel thief returns to 1977 New York City to steal $10 million in diamonds that were never recovered when his robbery was foiled. Logan and Detective Langford (William Devane), who originally captured the thief in 1977, return to try to stop him and find the gems. Note: 1977-era Langford is played by Joshua Devane, William's son. | |||||
3 | "Stalker" | Philip Sgriccia | Elliot Stern | October 6, 1997 | |
Ian Pascoe returns to 1956 to stalk and kill a popular Hollywood actress who would eventually give birth to a US President. | |||||
4 | "Public Enemy" | Chris Long | Alfred Gough, Miles Millar | October 13, 1997 | |
Ian Pascoe escapes from his cell and kidnaps Hemmings to ransom for his time watch, demanding that Logan meet him with it in 1928 Chicago, where Al Capone and Elliott Ness also become involved. | |||||
5 | "Rocket Science" | Robert Singer | Mark Verheiden | October 20, 1997 | |
In 1944 Germany, Logan tries to find out who is providing advanced technology to the Nazis to turn the V-2 into a nuclear missile. | |||||
6 | "Alternate World" | Martha Mitchell | Alfred Gough, Miles Millar | June 20, 1998 | |
Logan desperately revisits his own past in 1989 after a disgraced TEC member changes it, turning Logan into a notorious fugitive in 2007, hated by all of his colleagues. | |||||
7 | "Lost Voyage" | Jim Charleston | Mark Verheiden | June 27, 1998 | |
On board the transatlantic cruise liner Empress of the Americas in 1939, Logan and Hemmings battle hijackers from the future seeking to steal her cargo of gold bars. They are aided by Hemmings’s future grandmother (Melora Hardin). | |||||
8 | "D.O.A" | Philip Sgriccia | Linda McGibney | July 11, 1998 | |
After Logan and Matuzek are murdered, Hemmings goes back to earlier that day to warn them so they can try to find and stop the murderer. | |||||
9 | "The Future, Jack, the Future" | Oz Scott | Art Monterastelli | July 18, 1998 | |
In 1990, Logan pursues fellow timecop and best friend Tommy Maddox (Bruce Campbell), who is double-crossing a business mogul who had hired him to sabotage TEC equipment in order to win the next multi-billion dollar contract. |
In 1996, the Los Angeles Times reported that ABC ordered a new prime-time series based on the 1994 science-fiction movie Timecop. The pilot was written by series creator Mark Verheiden. [1]
Based on differences in cast, characters, costumes, TEC procedures and technology, episode 5, "Rocket Science," appears to be the original pilot episode and changes were made when the series entered production. Among them:
Due to low ratings and poor advertising, the series was cut short after less than a season, and only nine out of the thirteen episodes were aired. [3]
“ In 20/20 hindsight, I wish the show had been darker and grittier both in terms of the storytelling and stylistically. But we were trying to deliver an 8:00 pm show. That meant doing something 'suitable for children,' so gritty wasn't going to happen. We were just getting our sea-legs, story-wise, with our last episode, which was a sweet story about Don Stark's character Matuzek trying to reconnect with his teenage son. But we were canceled as that episode was wrapping production, and that, as they say, was that."
Daniel Parkinson was hired to write an adventure spin-off trilogy based on the series that continues the adventures of Officer Jack Logan. [3] The trilogy consisted of The Scavenger (August 1998), Viper's Spawn (September 1998) and Blood Ties (March 1999). It was published by Del Rey Books.
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