History Series / OdysseyFive

* GeniusLoci: The titular prison facility in "L.D.U. 7"

* TimeTravelForFunAndProfit: Kurt tries. First he bets big on a football game. Only for a crucial player to hear about the huge bet, which puts just enough stress on him to alter who wins the match. Then he goes for a more creative and much more morally questionable strategy: He seeks out an aspiring female artist who he knows will become a huge success in a couple of years. He manages to endear himself to her and they begin to date, with his intent being he'll eventually be able to leech off fame and money from being in her orbit.

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* HollywoodScience: Lampshaded when the Odyssey team consult an abrasive sci-fi writer clearly based on Creator/HarlanEllison (who conceived the series). As they can't tell him the truth (that they've travelled back in time five years to avert the destruction of the Earth), the team pretend they're [[ItsForABook writing a science fiction novel]]. The sci-fi writer goes into detail on how [[TakeThatUs cliched and scientifically implausible their 'novel' is]].

A routine mission for the crew of the space shuttle Odyssey turns to nightmare when minutes after launching their payload, they witness the entire planet Earth ''implode'' from orbit. As they drift in space they are rescued by an advanced being calling itself "The Seeker", who informs them that Earth is not the first world to suffer such a fate--his own world did, as well as others--but that this is the first time he has ever found survivors. The Seeker offers to [[MentalTimeTravel send their minds back in time]] nearly five years, so that they may try and stop it from happening. After going back, the crew of the Odyssey struggle to readapt to what their lives were at that time, and to learn to work together toward their common purpose. The show mostly falls on the hard end of MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, except for the jump back in time, which falls on the really soft end.

* HollywoodScience: Lampshaded when the Odyssey team consult an abrasive sci-fi writer clearly based on Creator/HarlanEllison (who conceived the series). As they can't tell him the truth (that they've travelled back in time five years to avert the destruction of the Earth), the team pretend they're [[ItsForABook writing a science fiction novel]]. The sci-fi writer goes into detail on how cliched and scientifically implausible their 'novel' is.

The team is led by Commander Chuck Taggart (Creator/PeterWeller), a hardened and quick-witted old-school NASA veteran who is often paternal towards them, in part because of his son, Neil, who is also flying missions with him. Neil (Creator/ChristopherGorham), having gone from a pot-smoking metalhead to NASA's youngest astronaut, is largely motivated from growing up in his older brother's shadow, and despite having surpassed both him and their parents' expectations, he still occasionally clashes with his father. They are joined by Kurt Mendel (Creator/SebastianRoche), a Nobel Prize winning geneticist, whose extreme cynicism and hedonistic attitude not only serve as counterpoint to Chuck, but very often earns him raised eyebrows and disgusted reactions from even the more liberal members of the crew. Angela Perry (Tamara Marie Watson), the shuttle's co-pilot, is in many ways the son Chuck wished he had. Tough and determined, her striving to earn her own place in the world is very much the result of being the daughter of a US senator. She also had a relationship with Kurt in the past. Sarah Forbes (Creator/LeslieSilva), a news anchor and the first journalist in space, serves very much as the team's emotional anchor. Deeply religious and having lost her infant son to cancer years ago, she is then thrust into the brutal position of watching him waste away all over again. Her mellow character and friendly demeanor act as the glue that holds the crew together, and she sometimes fills a maternal role for Neil.

The team is led by Commander Chuck Taggart (Creator/PeterWeller), a hardened and quick-witted old-school NASA veteran who is often paternal towards them, in part because of his son, Neil, who is also flying missions with him. Neil (Christopher Gorham), having gone from a pot-smoking metalhead to NASA's youngest astronaut, is largely motivated from growing up in his older brother's shadow, and despite having surpassed both him and their parents' expectations, he still occasionally clashes with his father. They are joined by Kurt Mendel (Creator/SebastianRoche), a Nobel Prize winning geneticist, whose extreme cynicism and hedonistic attitude not only serve as counterpoint to Chuck, but very often earns him raised eyebrows and disgusted reactions from even the more liberal members of the crew. Angela Perry (Tamara Marie Watson), the shuttle's co-pilot, is in many ways the son Chuck wished he had. Tough and determined, her striving to earn her own place in the world is very much the result of being the daughter of a US senator. She also had a relationship with Kurt in the past. Sarah Forbes (Leslie Silva), a news anchor and the first journalist in space, serves very much as the team's emotional anchor. Deeply religious and having lost her infant son to cancer years ago, she is then thrust into the brutal position of watching him waste away all over again. Her mellow character and friendly demeanor act as the glue that holds the crew together, and she sometimes fills a maternal role for Neil.

* BadDreams: A character has recurring nightmares about the end of the world for a while after they're sent back.

The team is led by Commander Chuck Taggart, a hardened and quick-witted old-school NASA veteran who is often paternal towards them, in part because of his son, Neil, who is also flying missions with him. Neil, having gone from a pot-smoking metalhead to NASA's youngest astronaut, is largely motivated from growing up in his older brother's shadow, and despite having surpassed both him and their parents' expectations, he still occasionally clashes with his father. They are joined by Kurt Mendel, a Nobel Prize winning geneticist, whose extreme cynicism and hedonistic attitude not only serve as counterpoint to Chuck, but very often earns him raised eyebrows and disgusted reactions from even the more liberal members of the crew. Angela Perry, the shuttle's co-pilot, is in many ways the son Chuck wished he had. Tough and determined, her striving to earn her own place in the world is very much the result of being the daughter of a US senator. She also had a relationship with Kurt in the past. Sarah Forbes, a news anchor and the first journalist in space, serves very much as the team's emotional anchor. Deeply religious and having lost her infant son to cancer years ago, she is then thrust into the brutal position of watching him waste away all over again. Her mellow character and friendly demeanor act as the glue that holds the crew together, and she sometimes fills a maternal role for Neil.

A routine mission for the crew of the space shuttle Odyssey turns to nightmare, as they witness the very Earth implode from orbit. As they drift into space they are rescued by an alien, calling itself "The Seeker", who reveales that Earth is not the first world to suffer such a fate and offers to [[MentalTimeTravel send their minds back in time]], so that they may try and stop it from happening. After going back, the crew of the Odyssey struggle to readapt to what their lives were at that time, and to learn to work together toward their common purpose. The show mostly falls on the hard end of MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, except for the jump back in time, which falls on the really soft end.

The team is led by Commander Chuck Taggart, a hardened and quick-witted old-school NASA veteran who is often paternal towards them, in part because of his son, Neil, who is also flying missions with him. Neil, having gone from a pot-smoking metalhead to NASA's youngest astronaut, is largely motivated from growing up in his older brother's shadow, and despite having surpassed both him and their parents' expectations, he still occasionally clashes with his father. They are joined by Kurt Mendel, a Nobel Prize winning geneticist, whose extreme cynicism and hedonistic attitude not only serve as counterpoint to Chuck, but very often earns him raised eyebrows and disgusted reactions from even the more liberal members of the crew (he even gets punched in the face in the Pilot). Angela Perry, the shuttle's co-pilot, is in many ways the son Chuck wished he had. Tough and determined, her striving to earn her own place in the world is very much the result of being the daughter of a US senator. She also had a relationship with Kurt in the past. Sarah Forbes, a news anchor and the first journalist in space, serves very much as the team's emotional anchor. Deeply religious and having lost her infant son to cancer years ago, she is then thrust into the brutal position of watching him waste away all over again. Her mellow character and friendly demeanor act as the glue that holds the crew together, and she sometimes fills a maternal role for Neil.

During its runtime the show was plagued by ExecutiveMeddling (like the last 6 episodes being delayed for two years before being aired in the US) and was finally [[{{Cancellation}} cancelled]], despite having one of the highest ratings on its network. Since then, it's attained a fairly strong cult following.

* AIIsACrapshoot: The Sentients, the main antagonists of the series.

A sci-fi TV series that ran on Showtime in 2002.

* FakeBrit: The British scientist Kurt Mendel is played by the French-born Sebastian Roché. To be fair, though, Roché's English is flawless, and he frequently plays Brits.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod is that the series would have ended up with humanity changing into human-AI hybrids, which is certainly a bold concept for a TV show.

* DoNotPassGo: Dr. Mendel uses the phrase in a [[NoteToSelf letter written to his future amnesiac self]] to underscore the importance of locating and watching a certain videotape explaining his loss of memory.

* * AlmostOutOfOxygen: The fate that awaits the main characters in the pilot. They are saved by The Seeker just in the nick of time.

* AIIsACrapShoot: The Sentients, the main antagonists of the series.

* AchillesHeel
* AlmostOutOfOxygen: The fate that awaits the main characters in the pilot. They are saved by The Seeker just in the nick of time.
* ApocalypseHow: The series ''begins'' with a class X and revolves around the characters trying to undo it.

* ArtificialIntelligence / AIIsACrapshoot: The Sentients, the main antagonists of the series.

* ButterflyOfDoom
* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts

* EarthShatteringKaboom: Of course.

* GovernmentConspiracy: The Cadre

* KillSat

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay

* ThatsNoMoon

* UnwillingRoboticisation

* GroinAttack: Barely averted when Kurt Mendel has an attack of paranoia and is convinced that his friends are Synthetics. Angela gets Kurt to swallow his medicine by pointing a Beretta 9mm at his testicles.
-->'''Angela''': "I ''will'' do it, Kurt!"
-->'''Kurt''': "Oh God, even as a Synthetic, you are a ballbuster..."

* TheUnreveal: We never found out if the AI's (the main day-to-day opponent of the time-travelling FiveManBand), or a misguided/genocidal attempt to stop them (by aliens or the US government) was behind the destruction of Earth.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the WordOfGod the series would have ended up with humanity changing into human-AI hybrids, which is certainly a bold concept for a TV show.

* HollywoodScience: Lampshaded when the Odyssey team consult an abrasive sci-fi writer clearly based on Creator/HarlanEllison (who conceived the series). As they can't tell him the truth (that they've travelled back in time five years to avert the destruction of the Earth) the team pretend they're [[ItsForABook writing a science fiction novel]]. The sci-fi writer goes into detail on how cliched and scientifically implausible their 'novel' is.

* MentalTimeTravel: Because it's impossible to physically travel back in time the aliens send their minds back into their old bodies.

---> '''Neil:''' ''(watching worriedly)'' I'd feel a helluva lot better if i knew where we were going with this, would you '''please''' be careful!

The team is led by Commander Chuck Taggart, a hardened and quick-witted old-school NASA veteran who is often paternal towards them, in part because of his son, Neil, who is also flying missions with him. Neil, having gone from a pot-smoking metalhead to NASA's youngest astronaut, is largely motivated from growing up in his older brother's shadow, and despite having surpassed both him and their parents' expectations, he still occasionally clashes with his father. They are joined by Kurt Mendel, a Nobel Prize winning geneticist, whose extreme cynicism and hedonistic attitude not only serve as counterpoint to Chuck, but very often earns him raised eyebrows and disgusted reactions from even the more liberal members of the crew (he even gets punched in the face in the Pilot). Angela Perry, the shuttle's co-pilot is in many ways the son Chuck wished he had. Tough and determined, her striving to earn her own place in the world is very much the result of being the daughter of a US senator. She also had a relationship with Kurt in the past. Sarah Forbes, a news anchor and the first journalist in space serves very much as the team's emotional anchor. Deeply religious and having lost her infant son to cancer years ago, she is then thrust into the brutal position of watching him waste away all over again. Her mellow character and friendly demeanor act as the glue that holds the crew together, and she sometimes fills a maternal role for Neil.

During its runtime the show was plagued by ExecutiveMeddling (like the last 6 episodes being delayed for two years before being aired in the US) and was finally [[{{Cancellation}} cancelled]], despite having one of the highest ratings on its network. Since then it's attained a fairly strong cult following.

The team is led by Commander Chuck Taggart, a hardened and quick-witted old-school NASA veteran who is often paternal towards them, in part because of his son, Neil, who is also flying missions with him. Neil, having gone from a pot-smoking metalhead to NASA's youngest astronaut is largely motivated from growing up in his older brother's shadow and despite having surpassed both him and their parents' expectations he still occasionally clashes with his father. They are joined by Kurt Mendel, a Nobel Prize winning geneticist, whose extreme cynicism and hedonistic attitude not only serve as counterpoint to Chuck, but very often earns him raised eyebrows and disgusted reactions from even the more liberal members of the crew (he even gets punched in the face in the Pilot). Angela Perry, the shuttle's co-pilot is in many ways the son Chuck wished he had. Tough and determined, her striving to earn her own place in the world is very much the result of being the daughter of a US senator. She also had a relationship with Kurt in the past. Sarah Forbes, a news anchor and the first journalist in space serves very much as the team's emotional anchor. Deeply religious and having lost her infant son to cancer years ago, she is then thrust into the brutal position of watching him waste away all over again. Her mellow character and friendly demeanor act as the glue that holds the crew together, and she sometimes fills a maternal role for Neil.