![]() There were some lovely character moments in the first hour. This pilot episode set up so many plot possibilities that I'm sure I didn't catch them all. But danger was lurking - well, not beneath the surface, but inside and outside of the impressive-looking fence. The large, circular Terra Nova compound appeared at first to be a utopia with futuristic houses, friendly dinosaurs, and literally too much fresh air. Improbably, the Shannons managed to miraculously break Jim out of jail and smuggle in their five-year-old in a backpack so they could all go together. After Jim Shannon went to prison for two years because of their illegal child (a science fiction crime staple), Elisabeth and the two oldest children were offered a spot in the latest pilgrimage to Terra Nova, 85 million years in the past. ![]() Even though she's a doctor and he's a cop, Jim and Elisabeth Shannon were living with their three children in a tiny apartment and hiding their youngest daughter in an air vent when the cops stormtrooped by. The story began in Chicago 2147, a chaotic mess of environmental catastrophe, overpopulation and martial law, much like Blade Runner but without the rain and the replicants. There was a lot going on in this massive and obviously expensive two-hour pilot. safe to say that Terra Nova isn't just a garden party with vegetarian dinosaurs grazing in the distance. Time travel, dystopia, conspiracy, manifest destiny. "We are at the dawn of a new civilization. ![]()
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