Every time he saved someone and they were so grateful, or whenever it finally dawned on him what his mission was in each episode, there would be this great heartstrings moment. I re-watched the pilot for this post, and there's a part at the end where he proves to his wife that he's a time traveler by burying her wedding ring in the backyard years before they'd put a porch in and dramatically digs it up in the present to hand it to her and say, "I'll always come home," and she takes it and she cries! And they hug! And it's raining! That's just so wonderfully Hallmark I can't stand it. There were a lot of moments like that, and while that's not always my thing, it just always hit me the right way on this show.

Another little thing I loved was how the show used landmark songs of each year he went back to to help quickly establish where he was. Sometimes it was awesome music like Oasis or Depeche Mode, and sometimes it was Sarah McLachlan or "Livin' La Vida Loca" -- either way it made me happy.

But the saddest part about the show's swift cancellation for me was that an overarching mythology was just getting started, and it was a pretty good one. McKidd's character had learned that he and Bloodgood had been born during a rare celestial occurrence, which may have been what caused their affliction (kinda like Heroes, I know), and there was a mysterious professor wandering around who knew there were time travelers, and definitely had more answers than he gave in the show's final episode. There was plenty of meat for a second season, is what I'm saying, and, as usual, very disappointing that we didn't get to explore it.

Revisit or discover for the first time all 13 episodes on Hulu while you can, and leave your Journeyman love in the comments!