TV series

Travelers

2016–2018 · 3 seasons

A tense, thoughtful sci-fi drama about ordinary lives hijacked for a desperate mission, balancing moral dilemmas with quiet character moments.

Tagline: Welcome to the 21st.
Overview: Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, fate, survival, loyalty
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
fate
survival
loyalty
morality
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild