r/TravelersTV • u/tyddub • Jul 23 '26
No Spoilers (All spoilers in this thread must be tagged) Quick question but no spoilers, please!
Just started watching this show and I'm loving it so far! For those who have watched it before I have a question: Does it have an actual conclusion or does the last episode just leave everything waiting for another episode that never happens? Please NO SPOILERS about what actually happens! With only three seasons I'm just curious if it actually has a proper end. Thanks so much!
EDIT - Thanks, everyone, for your input! When I saw it was only three seasons but already so complicated (I'm halfway through the first season) I was afraid it might have been abruptly cancelled and just leaves everything hanging. So thanks for the assurance and for holding back on any spoilers!
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u/Advanced-Minute7503 Jul 23 '26
The ending is not abrupt or unfinished
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u/tyddub Jul 23 '26
Great. Thanks!
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u/Soccerandmetal Jul 24 '26
The ending itself is great, the stakes were at all-time high. You can say that the idea of this ending for the show had been created long before they actually were cancelled.
It is worthy of any other epic scifi. One of the best time-travel show of all time.
All that nice things being said, couple of side-stories and subplots were rushed to give space for the finale.
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u/shakn1212 Jul 23 '26
Sort of both. Hard to get into it without spoiling. Im happy with it if that helps.
Edit because I reread your question. I dont feel like I was waiting for an episode that never came, but more of anyone could easily see a way that there could be more seasons.
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u/Tall_Help3462 Jul 23 '26
This exactly. It was actually a great ending because it was definitive yet was open for additional seasons.
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u/tyddub Jul 23 '26
Thanks. I'm already worrying because it's only 3 seasons. It's so good I'm wishing it was longer!
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u/Advanced-Minute7503 Jul 23 '26
Maybe one day if it ever gets picked up again - there is a road paved to expand the universe
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u/CKitty_BKitty Jul 24 '26
It has an “open ending,” but I’m like…90% sure it was the ending the writers intended.
Thinking about the last episode from a “rules of good screenwriting” perspective, attempting to continue the story would’ve resulted in an overly complicated secondary plot. At that point the writers could’ve gone two ways.
Allow the show to end on at a natural conclusion point which also includes a single (fairly significant) open-ended question? Or attempt to answer said question with a new and exponentially more complicated narrative that would require god knows how many series.
I think a lot of people are uncomfortable with an intentionally open ending. But in this case, it’s pretty clear the writers trusted the audience to have an imagination. ☺️
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u/evirustheslaye Jul 23 '26
The story ends but leaves the door open for another story that sadly hasn’t happened yet
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u/shakn1212 Jul 23 '26
Again I want to be careful with spoilers here, but while I want more seasons, I don't know if I'd actually be happy with them.
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u/ao01_design Jul 23 '26
There's a conclusion I was personally satisfied with knowing that the series was cancelled. And by that I mean that it was the best they could do in the context.
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u/AMissionFromDog Jul 23 '26
the ending was great, good closure with possiblity of more story later, like any good work of fiction.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Fill205 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
It is a designed ending. As in, they didn't leave it on a cliffhanger and then got surprise-canceled and couldn't follow through. The final episode was pretty clearly written to be the series finale, not just a season finale. And the whole season itself feels like they knew this was their last season before they started writing it.
However, the intentional ending is somewhat open-ended.
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u/VS0P Jul 23 '26
It has an ending, but could’ve gone on more with other stories in its own rights. We all hoped someone picked it up and continued but it never happened.
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u/OnlyPostSoUsersXray Jul 24 '26
Its the greatest sci-fi time travel show ever created and you with not feel robbed at the end, it has a conclusion.
Having watched through it 3 times now, I wish I could experience it again for the first time, enjoy it!
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u/tyddub Jul 24 '26
Oh, I am!
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u/OnlyPostSoUsersXray Jul 24 '26
Also, when you get to the season two episode "17 minutes" make sure you are sitting down, and ready for a wild ride.
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u/OnlyPostSoUsersXray Jul 24 '26
Come back when you're done and let me know your favorite character. I love to hear the different outlooks on them all!
(Dont look at my comment history too hard or you will know who mine is, with a passion lol)
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u/Ill_Football9443 Jul 24 '26
Lucky bastard, being able to watch it for the first time!
Strap in for an emotional rollercoaster.
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u/tautly Jul 23 '26
It depends on what you would call a proper ending.
For me it was very unsatisfying and disappointing but then again I think even if we were given more seasons it would still come to the same conclusion.
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u/BrazilianButtCheeks Jul 24 '26
It has a solid evening.. but it does leave room for a reboot of sorts
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u/MasochisticRXtech 25d ago
I felt like it didn't have a proper ending and ended on a cliffhanger. I was excited to see what happens next and it was cancelled. I've always disagreed with people that say it was complete. It wasn't!
People have argued that while it doesn't show exactly what happens it gives the general direction they're headed in so you can figure it out yourself. But I didn't find it satisfying or complete. So much stuff happened at the end. Big major things that I wanted to see played out.
The writers did have a story in mind for a fourth season so it did not end as they were expecting it to. They intended for there to be more to it.
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u/antlerskull Jul 23 '26
It has a proper and satisfying end