This review will have a few spoilers about the pilot…nothing that will completely ruin the ”experience”, though.  You’ve been warned.

Journeyman is the story of Dan Vasser, a San Fransisco reporter who mysteriously finds himself travelling through time to right wrongs. 

It should say something that I just finished watching the pilot and am struggling to find something to write.  The plot has been done before.  There is a bit of a departure from the norm that I like…as of the pilot, Vasser can’t control his time-travelling escapades…at one point, he disappears while driving, resulting in a wreck.  It adds a bit of unpredictability to the show, rather than a “this is your mission, should you choose to accept it” formula.

Unfortunately, the show is…bland.  (Here’s where we get to the spoilers.)  In the pilot, Vasser is trying to save some random guy who is torn up about his wife leaving him.  In literally every shot, this guy’s moping around…no wonder the loser’s wife is leaving him.  There is a quick scene after the “mission” is over that says that this dude’s son becomes a great doctor or something, so there’s a possibility of his “power” having some kind of higher purpose.  But, at face value, it’s tedious and boring.

Now, there was an interesting little twist about two-thirds through regarding Vasser’s late girlfriend that made me curious about upcoming episodes.  But, honestly, it wasn’t enough.  CSI: Miami is in the same timeslot over on CBS, so, sadly, Journeyman is doomed.

Grade: C

Journeyman premieres Monday, September 24 at 10/9c on NBC.