TIMELESS Writer Arika Lisanne Mittman on the ‘Love Letter’ Finale

TIMELESS — “The Miracle of Christmas Part II” Episode 212 — Pictured: (l-r) Abigail Spencer as Lucy Preston, Malcolm Barrett as Rufus Carlin, Claudia Doumit as Jiya — (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)

When TIMELESS star Claudia Doumit first read the two-part finale, she enthused it felt like a fan wrote the installments. Writer Arika Lisanne Mittman, who penned the second hour (Lauren Greer wrote “The Miracle of Christmas Part I”), agreed with that sentiment as a self-professed fan of the series herself. But there was also an important goal for the final episodes.

“It is a love letter to fans, in a lot of ways,” Mittman says. “They brought us back. They got us this movie. We really wanted to reward all of the fans.”

So what’s in store? Mittman teases the character-focused two-part finale, getting to play in a Christmas landscape, what this experience has meant to her, and more… Read more