The Lazarus Project 2.3: The Plane Outside the Loop

A really tight episode 2.3 of The Lazarus Project now up on TNT.

[Spoilers ahead ... ]

Let's start with the end.  A plane with most of our crew traveling back in time to 2012.  It -- of course -- encounters some extreme turbulence.  Will they survive?  Can they?

Well, let's put aside the point that it's highly unlikely that the series would kill off so many major characters in the third episode of the second season.

But, wait, why would it matter if so many players were killed in this plane?  Wouldn't the time loop give them another chance to get the flight right, as it does with everything else?

Here's where we get to the nitty gritty. The folks on the plane are time-travelling -- trying to time travel -- outside of the inevitable, infuriating, but life-saving loop.  So, if they're beyond the loop, and have already traveled a few years back in time, doesn't this mean that they're on their own?

The loop is really cool.  Over and over again, a character or characters make a wrong choice, die as a result, only to come back and get it right.  There was an excellent example of this in 2.3 when Archie and Zhang (a great couple) mistakenly think a finger is needed to open a digital lock, die as a result, but come back next time around with an eyeball, which works.

Time travel outside the loop has changed everything, and I'm looking forward to seeing how those characters on the plane outside the loop fare next week.

See also The Lazarus Project season 2.1: Shades of Gray ... 2.2: Shag in the Alley

And see also The Lazarus Project season 1: Time Travel Done Superbly Right

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