{"id":35089,"date":"2021-09-28T21:23:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T04:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=35089"},"modified":"2021-10-25T22:22:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T05:22:40","slug":"la-brea-pilot-analysis-trapped-in-prehistoric-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/28\/la-brea-pilot-analysis-trapped-in-prehistoric-time\/","title":{"rendered":"La Brea Pilot Analysis \u2013 Trapped in Prehistoric Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome back La Brea<\/a> science fiction drama lovers,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click to visit La Brea. Image courtesy NBC Entertainment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here at WormholeRiders we always enjoy wormhole time travel drama series!\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

La Brea<\/a> promises to be just such a series in an exciting new science fiction drama series, that premiered tonight,\u00a0 Tuesday September 28, 2021 on NBC Television in the United States and CTV in Canada. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The series premise is a good one with a sinkhole wormhole gateway to a prehistoric time after it tears open a hole in time near the famous La Brea Tar Pits<\/a> in Los Angeles. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Swallowing a huge portion of the area including buildings, vehicles, and of course innocent people, all of whom must run for their lives to try, without success mind you, to escape the calamity! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The victims of this natural disaster find themselves transported to the past in Los Angeles where they will do everything possible to survive and hopefully return to their friends, families and loved ones!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With the exception of the Pilot episode, and flashbacks to the present which were filmed in Los Angeles, La Brea (click to read the latest La Brea tweets on Twitter)<\/a> was filmed entirely in Australia at Docklands Studios (click to learn about Docklands)<\/a> as well as several exotic locations including the famous tourist area, Mount Macedon, a dormant volcano that is part of the Macedon Mountains of the Great Dividing Range, which is\u00a0 located in the Central Highlands region of Victoria, Australia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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La Brea Tar Pits Museum. image courtesy NBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The La Brea series, produced by NBC Television and Keshet Studios (click to learn about Keshet)<\/a>, was created by David Appelbaum<\/a> (The Enemy Within, The Mentalist) who executive produces the series with people whom we admire for their past accomplishments including Steven Lilien<\/a> (Alcatraz), Avi Nir<\/a> (Homeland), Ken Woodruff<\/a> (Gotham) and Bryan Wynbrandt<\/a> (Alcatraz). The Pilot episode was directed by Thor Freudenthal<\/a> (The Expanse) who science fiction fans will recall for his veteran work over the past decade.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As we mentioned in our preview of La Brea<\/a>, this series has all the makings of a hit featuring an outstanding international main cast starring Natalie Zea<\/a> (Justified) as Eve Harris, Eoin Macken<\/a> (Merlin) as Gavin Harris, Jon Seda<\/a> (Chicago P.D.) as Doctor Sam Velez, Chik\u00e9 Okonkwo<\/a> (Being Mary Jane) as Ty Coleman, Karina Logue<\/a> (Animal Kingdom) as Marybeth Hays, Zyra Gorecki<\/a> (Chicago Fire) as Izzy Harris, Jack Martin<\/a> (All Rise) as Josh Harris, Veronica St. Clair<\/a> (13 Reasons Why) as Riley Velez, and Rohan Mirchandaney<\/a> (Mystery Road) as Scott Israni.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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La Brea near Los Angeles California. Image courtesy NBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Supporting roles feature several superb and well known character actors including Stephen Lopez<\/a> (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) as Billy Fisher, Pacharo Mzembe<\/a> (Terra Nova) as Tony Greene, Chloe De Los Santos<\/a> (Tidelands) as Lilly Castillo, Josh McKenzie<\/a> (Filthy Rich) as Lucas Hayes, Nicholas Gonzalez<\/a> (The Good Doctor) as Levi Delgado, and Ione Skye<\/a> (Wayne\u2019s World) as Jessica Harris.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The NBC tagline describes the series as \u201cA massive sinkhole that opens in LA splits the Harris family in two, with Eve and her son sent to a mysterious primeval world. Gavin discovers that the visions that have plagued him for years might hold the key to bringing them home\u201d<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

La Brea<\/a> is a mixture of \u201cLand of the Lost\u201d (1974-1977) meets \u201cLost\u201d (2004-2010 which is in fact mentioned in the Pilot episode), and any number of disaster style entertainment products all rolled into one new science fiction dramatic series. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tar Pits begin to percolate. Image courtesy NBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the Tar Pits begin to percolate, the result is that half of the Harris family become victims of the inexplicable wormhole that has ripped a hole in time. Eve, Josh and many others must find a way to not only survive, but hopefully find their way back to the present to rejoin their families and friends.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sent through the wormhole, which remains open throughout the Pilot episode, the overarching question is how have the victims been sent back to what appears to be prehistoric times, replete with landmarks that exist then and in present day history near the Tar Pits and the Los Angeles Hills, and how the prehistoric vultures are able to travel to the present!?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Please find our analysis and review of the Pilot episode below broadcast on September 28, 2021. We include the first five minutes courtesy of the team at NBC Television and a sneak peek of season one at the end of our analysis for your enjoyment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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