{"id":35671,"date":"2021-11-24T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T01:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=35671"},"modified":"2021-11-24T17:13:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T01:13:20","slug":"la-brea-review-and-analysis-father-and-son-serious-situations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/24\/la-brea-review-and-analysis-father-and-son-serious-situations\/","title":{"rendered":"La Brea Review and Analysis Father and Son Serious Situations!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome Back La Brea<\/a> and Wormhole Time Travel Science Fiction Drama Lovers,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Videos and images are courtesy of NBC Entertainment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This superb science fiction drama is coming to the season one finale with what really is a two part episode that begins with the ninth episode \u201cFather and Son\u201d, and concludes with the tenth episode appropriately named \u201cTopanga\u201d where we learn that another wormhole time portal is about to close that if not acted upon in a timely manner, the future may be changed, and with it, all history could be altered forever! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This two part drama is where we learn all the answers to many questions that have made La Brea<\/a> such a wonderful series to watch, as well as tweet along with fans for fabulous fun each week during the first season!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The critical pivot character is the appearance of the Doctor Rebecca Aldridge (Ming-Zhu Hii<\/a>), who, in a chat with Eve (Natalie Zea<\/a>) in the last episode, brought the young Isiah (Diesel La Torraca<\/a>) and Gavin (Eoin Macken<\/a>) characters to the center of the story arc when it was revealed that young Isiah in prehistoric La Brea<\/a> is Gavin in the future.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The story arc is greatly reinforced when we learn in \u201cFather and Son\u201d who the twelve year old young lady is that came through the wormhole time portal with Isiah on the mysterious date of November 16, 1988. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This revelation in the \u201cFather and Son\u201d episode is coupled with several other \u201cEaster Eggs\u201d that set up the season one finale next week in the tenth episode \u201cTopanga\u201d airing on the NBC Network on November 30, 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The City On The Edge Of Forever image courtesy Star Trek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Science fiction time travel movie and television series admirers enjoy this type of drama that, long ago in Star Trek The Original Series episode \u201cThe City On The Edge of Forever<\/a>\u201d (1967), written by Harlan Ellison<\/a>, a legend in the science fiction community, laid a fabulous foundation for La Brea.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In \u201cThe City On The Edge of Forever\u201d, Ellison depicted time as a circular series of events, much like a river with \u201ceddies, currents and backwash\u201d as Spock (Leonard Nimoy<\/a>) stated, where the future can be changed if certain events do, or do not take place. Viewers of this number one top rated episode recall that Doctor McCoy (DeForest Kelley<\/a>) went to the 1930\u2019s and changed all history by saving Edith Keeler (Joan Collins<\/a>) from dying in a traffic accident. At the end of the episode, \u201cThe Guardian of Forever\u201d stated \u201cTime has resumed it\u2019s normal shape, many such journey\u2019s are possible\u201d<\/em> whereby Captain Kirk (William Shatner<\/a>) said \u201cLet\u2019s get the hell out of here!\u201d<\/em> after he had allowed his love in the past, Edith Keeler, to be killed as she was meant to be.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Final Countdown. Image courtesy United Artists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This theme regarding circular time anomalies was further embodied in the classic movie \u201cThe Final Countdown<\/a>\u201d (1980) where the events of Pearl Harbor in 1941 were almost changed when a modern day nuclear powered United States Aircraft Carrier was transported to December 7, 1941 just before the infamous “A Date That Will Live In Infamy” attack on the United States Fleet berthed in Hawaii. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Admirers of the movie will recall that the Commander Owens character portrayed by James Farentino<\/a> was trapped in the past, where he worked until 1980 to ensure that the future remained consistent by making certain that the Warren Lasky character portrayed by Martin Sheen<\/a>, actually got aboard the USS Nimitz in 1980 in order to complete the time loop and ensure that the future timeline from December 1941 onward was protected.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Biffs Pleasure Paradise. Image courtesy Back to the Future<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps the epic epitome of all circular time travel adventures is delineated with the three part \u201cBack To The Future<\/a>\u201d series, in specific, part two (1989), when Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox<\/a>) and Doc Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd<\/a>) came back to 1985 from 2015 after Marty had purchased the Grey\u2019s Sports Almanac in the future in order to place a few winning bets in 1985. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To their shock they found that the book had fallen into the hands of the 2015 version of Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson<\/a>) who went back to 1955 to give the book to his younger self. Old Biff changed all history when young Biff made a fortune on making bets documented in the almanac that resulted in the “Biff Tannen Museum and Pleasure Paradise Casino\u201d in 1985, with his mother Lorraine (Lea Thompson<\/a>), now an alcoholic, married to evil future Biff! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Only by going back to the past in 1955, and taking the book back from young Biff, was the shape of timeline in 1985 able to be returned to what it was supposed to be.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Much like Rebecca in La Brea, only by going back to the past in 10,000 BC could she make certain that events unfolded as they are meant to be, guaranteeing that timeline hopefully resumes its original shape. This type of terrific time travel adventure is what drove strong ratings for this science fiction drama series on NBC, always a tough network to survive on, ultimately ensuring the renewal for a second season of La Brea<\/a> as Team WHR<\/a> had projected several weeks ago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Help save Eve’s family #TeamWHR<\/a>! Stunning revelations put Josh & Izzy’s lives on the line as we desperately search for young Isiah, key for Gavin & Izzy who rely on Ella to reunite their family & we already know the who!
\nSee you tonight for all new #LaBrea<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/X4d2xT8ZLp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 WormholeRiders (@WormholeRiders) November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n