Oh cool – let’s dive into the “the Good, the Bad, and the Forgotten” of 90s SciFi. Anyone who lived through the period will tell you – we had some classics, and we had some stinkers. X-Files, MST3K, Stargate? Brilliant. This isn’t an article about the good stuff. We’re talking the bad series – the 90s scifi that disappeared into the ‘Forgotten’ pile.

One interesting point: despite its short-lived run, Time Cop 1997 had its fair share of loyal fans who were sucked into its thrilling world of time-traveling crime fighting. But let’s be real, the show’s premise may have been a bit far-fetched and the plot holes were bigger than the time vortex itself.

That’s item #1 of 10 forgotten 90s scifi shows – here are the other 9 – take a look:

Now, if you’ll forgive a little dunking on a dead duck – even though it starred the legendary Jean-Claude Van Damme, Time Cop failed to make a lasting impact on viewers. Perhaps the lack of actual time travel and the reliance on cliché action sequences were to blame. Maybe it was JCVD’s splits and cocaine habit. The world may never know.

Still, what gets me about this is that while the show had potential to be a hit, it fell victim to the common trope of trying to please everyone. Instead of focusing on a specific audience and delivering quality sci-fi content, it tried to appeal to the masses and ended up being mediocre at best.

These forgotten 90s scifi series explain *why* we deserve better sci-fi and technology focus in our TV shows. This is what we got when we said ‘Good enough is good enough.’ Anyone want to go through that again?

These series helped us – the scifi community – understand that we want thought-provoking concepts, complex characters, and mind-bending plot twists. So, Time Cop 1997, thanks for the memories, but we’ll be sticking to more intellectually stimulating sci-fi shows from now on.