"Traveler" Recap: Episode 3, "New Haven"

Last night's episode of "Traveler" left me with one big question (and a few smaller ones, but more on those later) --- how the heck are they going to keep this show going? I mean, beyond one season sounds impossible, but even just after three episodes I'm confused as to how the writers are going to keep the story going. Anyway, here are some notes on the episode:

• At the beginning of the episode Jay looks to be at a farmer's market buying clothes. This is random for many reasons, seems ill-planned as he was almost immediately recognized. This was followed by a completely unnecessary debate on hair dying, thanks to Tyler.
• The man Jay & Tyler left bound and gagged in the airport hangar is found dead, shot using an insurgency torture tactic, immediately making the FBI think it was something Jay's dad taught him. Thanks, dad!
• The boys decide to return to New Haven (in easiest car to steal ever) in order to find proof Will existed. And hit on some freshmen girls? I mean, they're totally famous!

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• It turns out that Jay and Will stored some boxes at Tyler's exes place -- the mysterious Nell. Obviously, upon getting to Nell's the boxes are missing and in their place are documents meant to frame Jay & Tyler for the Drexler bombing.
• The always awesome Kim is losing it a bit. She is maybe-fired from her job, but, ah-HA, remembers that she has an undeveloped roll of film with a picture of Will on it. It does exist! Unfortunately, she was pickpocketed by a bad guy on the way to the cops, and just comes off looking crazy.
• I'm still not sure whether or not Tyler's dad is totally evil or not? Am I an idiot?



• Tyler making out with Nell reminds him of making out with her four months earlier in the basement of the library and seeing Will being all shady down there. The cops arrive at Nells just as the boys escape, but Nell won't talk without her lawyer, buying our fugitives some time.
• The boys go to the library (really? The security isn't tighter at Yale when very recent alums bomb a building?) as stupidly convenient things fall into place for them to find money, a train schedule, and a gun, presumably for Will to come get if he had survived the bombing! The cops are right on their tail, but the boys escape through a steam tunnel Jay used to use to break into the library to study. Also, the Yale library is probably open 24 hours in real life.
• Shady pickpocket guy hands Kim's pictures of Will off to shady limo guy saying "seems Traveler has left us quite a mess." Hmmm...
• The episode ends as we see a hand slide a painting across a pool table. A voice asks where it came from, as it is from the presidential exhibit at the Drexler. The camera pans up and...OMG!! It's Will! He's alive and says "I just want to know what I've got." What does that even mean??

I was pretty meh on the episode until the very end, and now I'm excited for next week. What did you all think? Still loving Kim? Am I an idiot about Tyler's father? Can anyone else not look at Tyler without wondering why Trey can't stop getting into trouble??

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