Some great pieces of performance art like
Journeyman appear like a breath of fresh air sometimes and then halt abruptly. As a fan of this show, I always wondered why this great show was not ended in a proper way. But if there had been a genuinely strong and valid reason behind the cancellation of shows, then most of the current shows would not still be on air.

There have been plenty of shows which created an everlasting impact but were put off air. But the fans still cherish them whenever they get a chance to watch them. As the saying goes the older the wine the better it tastes.

Look at the wonderful and unique plot of Journeyman. The main focus of the story lies on a man named Dan, who is the main lead in the show and who unintentionally travels in time and changes the life of many people. His this ability is affecting his personal and professional life and what is more frustrating for him is the fact that he has no control over the jumps he makes into the past.

He also learns that he is not the only one who makes these trips back in time and that his ex-fiancée, Livia, as well as at least one other person has the same abilities. Wow, what an original masterpiece! We have had shows about superheroes and how they voluntarily use their powers to help people, but here is a man with a superpower, that he is totally unable to control. This is surely something quite different from the league.

How can anyone miss this show which presents the story of a superhero in an entirely different light? I hope all those who have missed it do visit this website and avail its great offers for downloading crystal clear videos of Journeyman with great sound quality as well. As a die-hard fan of this show, I found this website very helpful in reliving old memories of Journeyman.

When Journeyman actor Carrie Preston was hired for the cast of the HBO vampire series “True Blood,” she knew her role was to provide the comic relief. You can see what Preston did with the role of Arlene during the first season of “True Blood,” which came out on DVD Tuesday. (And when the second season of the show starts June 14 on cable channel.)

Pay particular attention to the first-season finale, where Preston’s role goes way beyond being a comic relief.

A huge chunk of the first season of “True Blood” - when it was not dealing with vampire lust, shape-shifting and bar fights - dealt with a murder mystery. It is Preston’s character who ends up being a key figure in that storyline, which resulted an uncharacteristic heavy emotional moment.

“It was a very emotional episode. But, it was really great to be given that task and responsibility. I was responsible for the gravitas of the situation,” Preston says during a telephone interview.

Filming for the second season of “True Blood” is three-quarters done. The Georgia native is working hard to find “the tragedy that comes in humor and the humor that is in tragedy.” She puts that kind of thought into a role, whether it is one line or 50.

Preston has played a wide range of parts. She’s made guest appearances on “Private Practice,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Wonderfalls” and “Arrested Development.”

One television role always generates interesting conversation. Preston appeared on an episode of the ABC mind-twisting “Lost” as the mother of series bad guy Benjamin Linus. The adult Linus is played by Michael Emerson, Preston’s husband. “It was my idea to play his mom,” Preston proudly says. “They wanted me to do a guest spot. I said to Michael, ‘Wouldn’t it make the fans go nuts if I were to play your mother.’ The next thing I know I am giving birth in the jungle.” She likes that her guest spot was someone connected so closely to her husband’s character. There’s not a lot of sharing of information about the two series in the couple’s home. Emerson doesn’t mind hearing spoilers about “True Blood.” But Preston refuses to hear even the smallest detail of what is happening on “Lost” because she’s too big a fan to have any moments ruined. This is a good acting time for the couple. Preston likes that she and her husband both have series on the air. She appeared in six potential series pilots before “True Blood.” Until “True Blood,” her work had such variety that she rarely got recognized, which used to bother her.

“Now I look at it as a blessing. I get to make these great transformations. Even when Michael came to the set of ‘True Blood,’ he couldn’t stop staring at me. This red-haired, buxom woman really is the furthest away from me as possible. I think Michael has a little crush on Arlene,” Preston says.

Gretchen spen her childhood in Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA). She was attracted towards acting at a young age. Soon after graduating from the high school, she joined the Juilliard School for drama in New York. She divided her time in New York and Los Angels, and performed in a number of Broadway, off-Broadway and West End theater productions. She also started to star in a number of television series including Martial Law in which she became a series regular. In another series, Roswell, she appeared in a regular role as Vanessa Whitaker. She also starred in a movie, Gleason, in which she played the role of Jackie’s wife. She has also appeared in a number of TV series including Law and Order, Without a Trace, Century City, Nero Wolfe, Cosby, The Naked Brothers Band, Cracker, Leap of Faith, The Corsairs.

Filmography

• Journeyman (2007)
  
• East Broadway (2007)
  
• The Namesake (2006)
  
• Naked Brothers Band Movie (2005) (TV)
  
• Without a Trace (2003)
  
• Law & Order (2002)
  
• Gleason (2002)
  
• Corsairs (2002) (TV)
  
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
  
• Nicolas (2001)
  
• Roswell (2000)
  
• Martial Law (1999-2000)
  
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
  
• Cracker (1997)
  
• Quiz Show (1994)
  

Kevin McKidd

Born:
9 August 1973, Elgin, Moray, Scotland, UK

Education:

University of Edinburgh (dropped out)
Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh (Studied drama)

Science Fiction, Horror or Fantasy
Journeyman
Hannibal Rising
Dog Soldiers
The Magical World of Leprechauns

Biography from Wikipedia

“McKidd was born and spent his childhood in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. He was a member of the local acting group the Moray Youth Theatre. As a teenager he was part of rock band Plan 9, touring the north of Scotland and enjoying some local success. Planning to study engineering he attended the University of Edinburgh but dropped out and instead enrolled at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh to study drama. He also joined the University’s student theatre company, Bedlam Theatre.

McKidd’s first professional role was in the television series Father Ted; he played Father Deegan in the 1996 episode “A Christmassy Ted”. Some of his subsequent roles include Tommy in Trainspotting and Malky Johnson in Small Faces, with Iain Robertson. In 2004, he played James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, in the BBC mini-series Gunpowder, Treason & Plot.

He appeared in Kingdom of Heaven, the blockbuster movie directed by Ridley Scott, the 2002 film adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby and was also the voice of Jezz Torrent in GTA: Vice City. Others might know him from Neil Marshall’s horror film, Dog Soldiers, as Pte. Cooper. In the 2005 BBC drama, The Virgin Queen, he played Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.

In 1998, he again joined Robert Carlyle on-screen in the 4-part BBC2 series Looking After Jo Jo, playing the role of Basil, a drug dealing cohort of Carlyle’s eponymous character. The show was directed by John Mackenzie of The Long Good Friday. He was one of the stars of the joint HBO/BBC series Rome, where his portrayal of the soldier/politician Lucius Vorenus received critical acclaim.

Additional work includes his role in the Silence of the Lambs prequel Hannibal Rising (2007). In the fall of 2007, McKidd will star in the American science-fiction television series Journeyman on NBC.[1]

Rumours have linked McKidd to play the part of Marvel Comics Thor in the film of the same name, due to be released in 2009.

Kevin McKidd is married to Jane and has two children; Joseph and Iona and lives in Bedford, England.”

Kevin McKidd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Trivia from IMDB.com

“Due to illness could not attend the photo shoot for the iconic Trainspotting (1996) advertising campaign, and is the only main star of the film who is missing.

Left a university course in engineering to audition for the Queen Margaret Drama School.

Has a son named Joseph (born 2000) and a daughter named Iona (born 2002).

Played a Roman on Rome (2005) and a Barbarian on The Last Legion (2007).

Kevin McKidd - Biography”

Gretchen Egolf was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on the 9th of September 1973. She started participating in theater performances at a very young age. After graduating from high school, Gretchen enrolled as a drama major in New York’s illustrious Julliard. She then appeared in a number of Broadway, off-Broadway and West End theater productions. New York and Los Angeles are home to Gretchen, where she as worked and lived ever since graduating from high school. She is an actress for television, a film star and an on and off-Broadway actress.

Reed was born in Brooklyn and raised in Manhattan. Reed once considered a career on the force. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then went on to study acting at Julliard, as did his Homicide: Life on the Street (HLOTS) co-star, Andre Braugher. Reed was a freshman at Julliard when his future HLOTS co-star Braugher was a senior. They had previously appeared on-stage together for Julliard production of Othello, with Andre as Iago and Reed as a servant.

Reed is divorced from Frederika Kesten, who co-starred with him in HLOTS episode # 48, “Justice, Part Two.” She played Janine, the ballistics expert. While filming Homicide, Reed fell in love with Michelle Forbes, better known as Dr. Julianna Cox, also formerly of HLOTS. After Reed and Michelle broke up, he dated Kristin Davis, of Sex and the City. As of 2007, Reed lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Marnie McPhail.