"Seven Days" (1998) TV series 1998-2001

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Creators:

Christopher Crowe
Zachary Crowe

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Release Date:

7 October 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Action | Drama

Plot:

An ex-CIA is the point man for a government organization dedicated to time traveling to correct errors that occurred in the previous week.

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel | Army | Area 51 | Top Secret | Cold War

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Jonathan LaPaglia	...	Lt. Frank Parker (66 episodes, 1998-2001)
Justina Vail	...	Dr. Olga Vukavitch / ... (58 episodes, 1998-2001)
Nick Searcy	...	Nathan Ramsey / ... (54 episodes, 1998-2001)
Don Franklin	...	Capt. Craig Donovan / ... (53 episodes, 1998-2001)
Alan Scarfe	...	Dr. Bradley Talmadge / ... (53 episodes, 1998-2001)
Sam Whipple	...	Dr. John Ballard / ... (38 episodes, 1998-2000)
Norman Lloyd	...	Dr. Isaac Mentnor / ... (35 episodes, 1998-2001)

Also Known As:

"7 Days" (USA) (alternative spelling)
"Seven Days: The Series"

Runtime:

45 min | USA:60 min (66 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Network Television Productions

Trivia:

The show makes reference to "Element 115" as the fuel for the Sphere. Between July 14 and Aug. 10, 2003, element 115 was discovered by Scientists from the Glenn T. Seaborg Institute and the Chemical Biology and Nuclear Science Division at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Russia (JINR). It has an atomic mass of 295, with 180 neutrons, and isotopes with atomic masses of 287 and 288. The total quantity produced was four atoms. As of 2004, it has not been officially named, but has a provisional designation of Ununpentium. In the periodic table, it appears in the same column as the elements Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth and shares many of their chemical properties. The use of element 115 in this series is a reference to an interview with Robert Lazar, who claimed to be a former Area 51 worker. In this interview, he said that Ununpentium was an element used by UFOs to produce anti-gravity effects.

Quotes:

Lt. Frank Parker: Someday I'm gonna form a chrononauts' union.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in On the Set of Sightlines (2003) (V)

Excellent but flawed series

Seven Days was a very good show. The first year or two they managed to keep the emergency situations very creative. By the last year or so they were putting too much humor into the time travel, and some shows seemed to be spoofing themselves. It kind of lost its edge.

The early half of the series was very entertaining and thoughtful. A lot of good writing went into the show. Unfortunately, Frank's character never seemed to grow. He started out as having an anti-social annoying streak, and he often made some comments that made it hard to take his character seriously. There were also times when it seemed like the back-up pilot should have been sent instead of Frank. For some reason the writers seemed to have had a big hang-up about doing that. It was a frequent tease.

The weird relationship between Frank and his team was also a bit irritating. Frank was always being snide, and that got old after a while. His doctor, Olga seemed to like him but she always pushed him away. A lot of the dynamics between the characters seemed forced and did not make sense. But most of this was later on in the last year, when many episodes put more time into relationships and less time into exciting time travel adventures. Overall it was a very good show, too bad that nobody ever got the vibe going in the right direction so that it could have become a hit series.