Nowhere Man

"My name is Thomas Veil, or at least it was. I'm a photographer, I had it all: a wife, Alyson... friends, a career. In one moment it was all taken away, all because of a single photograph. I have it, they want it, and they will do anything to get the negative. I'm keeping this diary as proof that these events are real... I know they are... they have to be..."

One of the best shows on UPN, and I think their highest-rated show before they went all-Blaxploitation. The general concept was The Prisoner crossed with The Fugitive: Thomas Veil is on the run across America, trying to hunt and being hunted by a mysterious organization that has erased his identity, and who are trying to both screw with his head and get his negatives of a photo called “Hidden Agenda”.

( This is my review of the series; it really doesn't spoil anything. )

Overall: Should you rush to Amazon to try to find used copies of the out-of-print DVD set? Not really. But it’s a fun show, and I had a good time watching and speculating about it. Creator Larry Hertzog notes on the DVDs that they weren’t out to make highest art, they wanted to make decent TV and have fun doing it. I think they succeeded at that.

Nowhere Man: Deconstruction and Theories

As mentioned in my review, I spent most of my time watching Nowhere Man speculating on what was actually going on, via a gigantic fanwank. The full episode-by-episode writeup is below. Massive spoilers for the entire series, as well as for Dollhouse.

( Last chance, there be lots of spoilers here. )