Do You Remember Traveler?

Warner Bros. Television produced the short-lived thriller drama Traveler that that debuted on ABC in 2007, but which only lasted for 8 episodes. The show was created by David DiGilio, who went on to produce Crossbones and Strange Angel.

The series followed Jay Burchell (Matt Bomer of White Collar and The Sinner fame) and Tyler Fog (Logan Marshall-Green from Quarry and Damnation), two graduate students who become suspects when the fictitious Drexler Museum in New York is bombed while they are pulling a juvenile prank. It appears that their friend and roommate, Will Traveler (Aaron Stanford from 12 Monkeys and Nikita), has framed them for the bombing.

Afterwards, Traveler disappears and there is no evidence that he ever existed. Jay and Tyler flee from the authorities, who believe them to be domestic terrorists. While on the run and trying to clear their own names, they attempt to delve into Will Traveler’s past in hopes of discovering Will’s motives for turning on his friends.

Meanwhile, Traveler goes on a similar search for answers. It is revealed that he is in fact a secret agent working for a division of the Department of Homeland Security called the Fourth Branch, and slowly a complex conspiracy is unraveled.

Jay and Tyler reunite with Will by the seventh episode, and together the three attempt to bring those responsible to justice. They manage to kidnap Jack Freed (Neal McDonough from Yellowstone and Project Blue Book), director of the Fourth Branch, but before they can use him to clear Jay and Tyler’s names, the limousine with Jack Freed in it explodes.

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The rest of the primary cast included:

Steven Culp (from JAG and Desperate Housewives) as Special Agent in Charge Fred Chambers
Viola Davis (from The Help and Suicide Squad) as Special Agent Jan Marlow
Anthony Ruivivar (from Banshee and The Haunting of Hill House) as Special Agent Guillermo Borjes
William Sadler (from Roswell, Hawaii Five-0 and Power) as Carlton Fog, Tyler’s father
Pascale Hutton (from Sanctuary and When Calls the Heart) as Kim Doherty, Jay’s girlfriend

The show originally got a 13-episode order from ABC, but that was scaled back to 8 episodes The series started out strong with 8.6 million viewers, but each episode the ratings began to decline – in some cases significantly – ending up with only 4 million viewers for its final episode.

Some of the guest stars in the series included:

Gillian Jacobs (of Community fame)
Amir Arison (from The Blacklist)
Mike Dopud (from Arrow, Power and The 100)
Bree Turner (from Grimm fame)
Christina Chang (from The Good Doctor)
Tyler Labine (from New Amsterdam)
Michael Eklund (from Wynonna Earp)
Brian Markinson (from Continuum and The Magicians)
David Raymond-Peck (from Orphan Black and Dark Matter)
Barclay Hope (from UnREAL and Riverdale)

[Photo Credit: ABC/Bob D’Amico]

You can watch the pilot episode below:

Traveler aired on ABC from May 10 to July 18 of that year.

Do you remember Traveler?