![]() While she had cried out for help before, she is now alone and unconcerned before rushing off to a dinner she had forgotten. We then flash forward to see Dana laughing and watching television on the same laptop she remains blissfully unaware will be her lifeline in the looming crisis. ![]() While this opening and much of the first episode are well-directed by Bravo, it is only the beginning of the series telling a vastly different story that lacks the same incisiveness as Butler’s original work. A nosy neighbor looks in through the window and officers then attempt to forcibly get inside despite Dana telling them she is fine. Soon, police lights flash outside as she tries to send an email though is hindered by spotty Wi-Fi. She is grievously injured and lying on the floor, alone in a new home that we will learn she only recently bought. It is here that we find Dana in the aftermath of one of her many jumps through time. ![]() ![]() While not entirely surprising, as many adaptations feel a need to be more immediate, this focus on the present doesn’t ever provide much of anything new. ![]() Where the novel is set in 1976 and wastes no time in establishing the stakes of what is happening, the series begins in a vastly different fashion in the modern day. The first of many changes comes down to timing. ![]()
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