I’m not sure I understand this device of Helen’s (a bit like the writers in that respect) but it certainly does sound to me like she might possibly have been able to resurrect ClaudiaBrown with it, if she’d wanted to.

I’m not sure I understand this device of Helen’s (a bit like the writers in that respect) but it certainly does sound to me like she might possibly have been able to resurrect ClaudiaBrown with it, if she’d wanted to.

But, to confuse things further, it would appear that Helen does have some fine control. In the penultimate episode, she has a device which allows her to open an anomaly in just the right spot to swallow up a charging heard of primitive rhinos and prevent them from crushing a group of campers.

However, just the contrary, in the final episode, the same device requires programming back at the ARC (the future ARC in the destroyed world of the future) and also requires the use of the mysterious artifact – once programmed she cannot just open an anomaly wherever she wants, but has to open one anomaly to a place in time (in this case the Cretaceous) so that she can locate and open one there (physically in a different location) that leads to Pliocene Africa.

She’s able to make connections backwards and forwards through time and space, like some insanely planned railway, to exactly the place and time she needs to be, but only along pre-established routes.

It’s as if the writers of of the last two episodes never read each other’s scripts.

Still, a little annoyed that they tried to play the hard cliffhanger ending and now will never be resolved.

But, to confuse things further, it would appear that Helen does have some fine control. In the penultimate episode, she has a device which allows her to open an anomaly in just the right spot to swallow up a charging heard of primitive rhinos and prevent them from crushing a group of campers.

However, just the contrary, in the final episode, the same device requires programming back at the ARC (the future ARC in the destroyed world of the future) and also requires the use of the mysterious artifact – once programmed she cannot just open an anomaly wherever she wants, but has to open one anomaly to a place in time (in this case the Cretaceous) so that she can locate and open one there (physically in a different location) that leads to Pliocene Africa.

She’s able to make connections backwards and forwards through time and space, like some insanely planned railway, to exactly the place and time she needs to be, but only along pre-established routes.

It’s as if the writers of of the last two episodes never read each other’s scripts.

Still, a little annoyed that they tried to play the hard cliffhanger ending and now will never be resolved.

I agree with you about the all or none change thing… which is why I assumed Helen had a hand in it. Certainly the cliffhanger to S2 suggesting she knew how to bring Steven back suggests a far more fine-grained ability to navigate the time streams. That wasn’t resolved either, was it?

Strangely, the other affect of ClaudiaBrown disappearing was the ARC (ugh) appearing. I don’t know why Helen (or indeed anyone) would have wanted that.

I agree with you about the all or none change thing… which is why I assumed Helen had a hand in it. Certainly the cliffhanger to S2 suggesting she knew how to bring Steven back suggests a far more fine-grained ability to navigate the time streams. That wasn’t resolved either, was it?

Strangely, the other affect of ClaudiaBrown disappearing was the ARC (ugh) appearing. I don’t know why Helen (or indeed anyone) would have wanted that.

The only thing it gave us was a certain understanding that, while back in time, history can be changed – thus making the anomalies more of a tangible threat.

Of course, I still maintain that a change in the Permian would have to ripple over 248+ million years and could only lead to massive changes in the present – or none at all.

The only thing it gave us was a certain understanding that, while back in time, history can be changed – thus making the anomalies more of a tangible threat.

Of course, I still maintain that a change in the Permian would have to ripple over 248+ million years and could only lead to massive changes in the present – or none at all.