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The only problam was that there is only one season of this show. This means the end leaves a lot of questions to be answered.
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Let me first state I haven't seen the `Nowhere Man' DVD. I saw it when it first aired twelve years ago on UPN and it's still fresh in my mind scene for scene as one of the finest shows in the history of television.
Yes, the story really is that good. If you're a sci-fi fan this is a must for you!
The plot: Thomas Veil (Bruce Greenwood) is an every man having dinner with his wife. When Thomas returns from the restroom his wife is gone. The waiters pretend they don't know whom he is. Thinking this is an elaborate joke Thomas takes a cab home where he is met by his wife and another man whom predtend they don't know who he is and are calling the police.
Thomas' whole life has been erased, his friends don't know him, his family doesn't know him, there is no record any such person as Thomas Veil ever existed.
Not giving up on his wife he abducts her and she admits that she and everyone else is being forced by violence to ignore him. This kidknapping makes Thomas a fugitive and so he must find out whom earsed his life and why.
Altough Thomas is never able to answer those questions he is able to learn that he is the victim of a shadow government that wants the negatives of a photo he took of the US military hanging South American rebels.
Each episode leaves more questions than answers as Thomas finds each clue to find the truth is merely an elaborate trap to get to the negatives.
`Nowhere Man' works because of its amazing story and Bruce Greenwood's acting. A B movie legend, Greenwood has more recently moved into mainstream Hollywood with staring roles in `I Robot' and `Thirteen Days'.
So if `Nowhere Man' was such a great show, why was it canceled? Many factors played into this mostly due to UPN's poor marketing but also that if fell in between the categories of sci-fi and drama. Since nothing supernatural happens it was rejected by many sci-fi fans and since the story is hardly realistic it was not considered a drama.
`Nowhere Man' truly earned its place along `Murder One', `V', and `Twin Peaks' as the great underrated shows of all time.
The fact that I still remember this show scene for scene 12 years later should tell you two things. First, I have no life. Second, `Nowhere Man' really was that good.
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Great show but like many others the viewer was left hanging. Other series with cliffhangers include Space Above and Beyond and Nowhere Man.
DVD releases are a great opportunity to bring some resolution to a series. I know that a new final episode is unrealistic but why can't the creators include commentary of their vision of the series and resolve any cliff-hangers? If the studios want our money then lets ask for something in return.
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In many ways "Nowhere Man" might be seen as "The Fugitive" on acid. But as has been mentioned, Hertzog also planned it as a reworking and echo of our UK gem, "The Prisoner". This goes beyond just refences and throwaway lines.
For those already familiar with "The Prisoner", there are several stories in both series where the plot matches up - i.e it is intentionally mirrored. Here is a list of 'doppelganger' episodes in Nowhere Man / The Prisoner respectively. The main four pairs are:
Turnabout / Chimes of Big Ben - (the second story in both.)
Something about Her / ABC
Paradise on your Doorstep/ the whole series - (there's no need to name an episode here, this is just "the Prisoner", period)
It's not such a Wonderful Life / Many Happy Returns - (Xmas and Birthday, my favourite pair; in both cases the story came in the middle of the series and restored Veil and No.6 to something like normality. The fact that "Its not such a wonderful life" was a Xmax special and was billed as the final episode meant that the plot took many viewers for a ride.)
Other episodes in the second half of Nowhere Man also have their Prisoner counterparts and references, though more discreetly.
Stay Tuned / The General
Hidden Agenda / the Girl who was Death & Living in Harmony - (a nice double pairing; without giving anything away the connections are: Veil and No.6 are recounting a story from their past; Veil and No.6 get to revisit the scene of a recent experience.)
Doppelganger / the Schitzoid Man - (naturally they'd come up with this one.)
Through a Glass Darkly / Once upon a time - (in my view, "Through a Glass" is the better of the two.)
In time, I beleive Hertzog was going to have a show featuring the Beatles soundtrack (Nowhere Man). This would have made the pairing complete with the last Prisoner episode, "Fall Out".
If you've seen both shows, perhaps you'll have already spotted some of these ingenious overlaps. Tell us what you think!
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Every year or so I'd check to see if there was any Nowhere Man news and for the last eight years or so... nothing. Than while searching on Amazon for Christmas presents I decided to look again... and there it was - the DVD set to come out in late December. I immediately ordered it!!!
I received it and am now on the 5th episode and let me tell you that it is better than I remember it! It was just too intelligent for its time, or maybe too intelligent for the network that originally brought it to us given it was replaced with Homeboys From Space or something along that lines. I just can't imagine where the series could have gone with a little network support.
Bruce Greenwood? Awesome acting. It wouldn't have been the same without him.
If you like television that makes you think, and always surprises... this is for you. Fans of 24, X-files, and similar... this is for you. It won't dissapoint!
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