Seven Days

"Ever wish you could live your last week all over again? Well, my name's Frank B. Parker, and I do it all the time. I work for a secret government project experimenting in time travel. When things really get screwed up, I'm the guinea pig they send back to take care of it. The catch is, I can only go back 7 days."

Seven Days (1998-2001) is an American sci-fi drama series created by Christopher Crowe for UPN, running three seasons and 66 episodes. Jonathan LaPaglia plays Frank Parker, a government operative who is sent back up to seven days in time to repair disasters that have gone wrong in a secret project. Alongside him, Justina Vail Evans plays Dr. Olga Vukavitch, Don Franklin plays Craig Donovan, and Alan Scarfe plays Dr. Bradley Talmadge, each caught up in the covert program's shifting demands. The engine of the show is Frank's race to rewrite a doomed week before the damage becomes permanent, with each episode built around a fresh crisis, a conspiracy of officials, and the cost of every altered event. Its shape is serialized, with an ongoing thread about the classified project carried across all three seasons. The setting is late 1990s America, where secret government labs and clandestine missions give the drama a paranoid, procedural edge. The tone is brisk and tense, with a nostalgic sincerity that sits close to the time loop puzzles of Quantum Leap and the conspiracy paranoia of The X-Files. Fans of Journeyman and Quantum Leap will find resonance in its blend of time travel and personal redemption.

Audiences rated the series positively, with the first season considered its strongest and the later seasons falling off.

• Quantum Leaptime travel conspiracy, secret government project, serialized sci-fi drama
• Journeymantime loop protagonist, reset-based sci-fi premise
• The X-Filessecret government conspiracy, serialized paranormal sci-fi mystery

Created by

Christopher Crowe

Release Date

1998-10-07

Episode runtime

40 min

Rating

7.2 / 10 (62)

What is Seven Days about?

A secret government operative relives his final week again and again, flying back seven days to undo disasters in a covert time travel program.

What is Seven Days like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Seven Days as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Seven Days violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Seven Days as mild.

What did critics think of Seven Days?

Audiences rated the series positively, with the first season considered its strongest and the later seasons falling off.

Which shows are like Seven Days?

Shows with a similar feel include Quantum Leap, Journeyman, and The X-Files.

How long is Seven Days?

Seven Days: 3 seasons, 66 episodes.

Is Seven Days still running?

No, Seven Days has ended.