[Spoilers ahead ... ]
That was my favorite part of The Lazarus Project 2.2, up on TNT in the USA this past Sunday -- Sarah grabbing George for an unexpected, quick shag in the alley.
It was fun to see -- even though it causes George more confusion -- because their love is the truest truth in this series. Sarah doesn't quite see that yet. She has something going on with Cormac (I agree with George that that's a strange name, though how I would I know I'm not from the UK), and is paired with Michael, whom she can't stand. But the way her face lit up before she started kissing George in the alley shows the way she really feels.
The Lazarus Project has all the explosive trappings of a hard science fiction story, which it most certainly is. But for me, what makes the series really unique are the similarities it has to The Time Traveler's Wife and even Outlander, two patently non-scientific time travel love stories. Romantic love is a key player in The Lazarus Project, as are parents and children.
And George figures in a key scene at the end of 2.2, in which Becky, last seen as a little girl put into a time machine sent back to 2012, presents herself to George as a young lady in the London underground in 2024. When George asks her how she got so old so quickly, she tells him she's time traveled, "do the arithmetic".
If The Lazarus Project has any problem, it's that it probably has too many moving pieces to put together or even make complete sense of. But that's time travel, "do the arithmetic," right?
See also The Lazarus Project season 2.1: Shades of Gray
And see also The Lazarus Project season 1: Time Travel Done Superbly Right
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