Travelers (2016)
Human consciousness travels to the past, inhabiting new lives to complete gritty, intimate missions and save humanity.
Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.
How intense is Travelers?
Travelers is mildly scary, with light gore and strong violence. Emotionally it is heavy. The pace is measured, and it is a full-attention watch. Rated TV-MA.
What Travelers feels like
- Tone
- suspensefulgrittyearnestintimate
- Pace
- Measured
- Best for
- Full attention
Where to stream Travelers
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Is Travelers for you?
Is Travelers scary?
Only a little. Travelers has a few tense moments (scare level 1 of 3), nothing that follows you to bed.
Is Travelers gory or violent?
Light gore (1 of 3) and strong violence (2 of 3).
Is Travelers sad or heavy?
It is emotionally heavy (2 of 3). Expect it to land.
Is Travelers OK for kids?
It is rated TV-MA, so it is made for adults. Intensity: scare 1, gore 1, violence 2, each out of 3.
How long is Travelers?
Episodes run about 45m.
Where can I stream Travelers?
Travelers is streaming on Netflix.
Does Travelers have a happy ending? spoiler-safe answer
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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