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So, I just finished watching the pilot for Journeyman, which, I admit, I really hadn't heard much about. My husband and I watched it because it was on InDemand, along with a bunch of other pilots. About two minutes into it, I turned to my husband and said, "This is the 'Time Traveler's Wife.' They should sue!" He pointed out that there was also the Good Samaritan aspect, so it was a mix of that and "Quantum Leap."

We start out with Kevin McKidd as a reporter in San Fransisco. McKidd is a poor man's Daniel Craig, complete with rugged good looks and piercing blue eyes. (You've seen him on "Rome," "Trainspotting," and in other supporting roles.) He has a wife and a kid, and you get the sense that not all is happy with him and his wife. Suddenly, he starts jaunting around in time uncontrollably, and by the end we find out out that he's supposed to change events to help out a stranger. Of course, the time-jaunting takes a toll on his relationships, since he sounds like a raving lunatic when he tries to explain where he has disappeared to for days at a time.

Overall, I thought it was a pretty good pilot, if you can get past the similarities to other shows and books. They threw a few twists in, including at least one that I didn't see coming. I'll probably watch at least a couple more episodes to see where it's going.