Eternity - Episode 1x01 - Eternity

I was impressed with Eternity by the time the teaser had ended. At first, I thought I skipped something, as we just dove right in with the conversation between Charley and the mysterious Gentleman. Having heard a lot about this series’ greatness in the past, I had very high expectations. Even with insanely high expectations of the series, I enjoyed every second of the episode. I believe that the first episode has lived up to all of the hype. The main question, though, is if Eternity can not only live up to its hype, but also live up the first episode. The first episode is one thing, the second is an entirely different monster.

Reading the concept of Eternity, you immediately think of Groundhog Day, or possibly even Day Break. I immediately thought of how the ‘living the same day over and over again’ concept had been used before. My one wonder was how exactly this could be different than the others. What immediately set this series apart from the other similar projects was the Gentleman.

The Gentleman is a very mysterious character and I believe that he will continue to be. Knowing you, Angelo, you would wait until the very last second to reveal all that we wanted to know. The Gentleman appears to be extremely arrogant. This could be a good thing or a bad thing. However, it’ll only be a bad thing if the Gentleman’s attitude becomes more annoying then intriguing.

Charley is interesting in the fact that, while he figures out how to deal with the situation of the Gentleman, he hasn’t yet figured out what to do with Joanne. You would think that someone would deal with the people that they know first, saving the strangers for later. That is obviously not the case here.

I am interested to see what importance Simo and Lana will play in the overall story. At this point, they just seem like extra characters used to create more scenarios. I’ll be disappointed if they don’t serve a more complex purpose as the show progresses.

And now, off with my first theory for Eternity…

Jimbo’s Next Theory
The Gentleman will force Charley to do different things from day to day. Whether these ‘duties’ will have a true purpose or not is what I’m not sure about, but part of me wants to think the Gentleman will just test Charley’s patience.