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Continuum (2012)

Continuum poster
Genre
action television series, drama television series, thriller television series, time-travel television program, science fiction television series
Country
Canada
Length
4 seasons, 42 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 946 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer from 2077 is pulled back in time to 2012 along with a group of terrorists she was pursuing. The terrorists try to stop future corporations from taking over governments, while she works to stop them without revealing they are all from the future.

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What happens

Continuum is a Canadian science fiction television series created by Simon Barry that premiered on Showcase on May 27, 2012, and ran for four seasons. It was produced by Reunion Pictures, Boy Meets Girl Film Company, and Shaw Media. The plot centres around the conflict between a group of terrorists from the year 2077 who time travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2012 and a police officer who unintentionally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the terrorist group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to everyone that she and the terrorists are from the future. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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