Started October 17, 2016 · Based on 3 seasons, 34 episodes · TV-MA · 45 min
Travelers is a Canadian sci-fi series about future humans who send their minds back in time to take over the bodies of people about to die in the 21st century. These travelers work in small teams on secret missions ordered by a future AI to prevent disasters and stop humanity from collapsing. The show stays focused on action, ethics, and the personal problems the new hosts create, with only minor background same-sex characters appearing late in the run and no visible activist or identity messaging in the main story.
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Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Travelers.
Woke representation / casting
Ensemble features a black actress in a main team role as single mother and tactician plus incidental lesbian side characters in season three; casting looks incidental and unemphasized rather than quota-driven or identity-signaled.
38%
Woke political dialogue
No activist speeches, identity lectures, or modern political talk; missions and personal ethics stay plot-focused without current-day messaging.
5%
Identity-driven story themes
Core story is classic time-travel ethics and disaster prevention; minor background queer characters in season three add a small boost but do not drive themes or arcs.
18%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Some missions involve FBI or government figures as plot devices, but these stay practical and do not frame Western systems, patriarchy, or capitalism as systemic problems.
8%
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. This is an original series with no swaps or ideological changes to established characters or source material.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Almost none; a handful of viewers recommend it as non-woke sci-fi, with no notable right-leaning complaints about agenda or identity politics.
8%
Creator track record context
Key people like Brad Wright and most crew have low cached scores centered on straightforward genre work; no activist statements or patterns appear in Travelers production.
8%
Production
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