One of the key components about most time travel stories is about the element of control leading to a loss of control. We take one of the few, immutable elements of life—time’s unceasing flow—and then bend it to go somewhere else, and then that usually leads to unintended consequences. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s new movie Synchronic cleverly turns this premise on its head by telling a time travel story where the lack of control is built into the premise and the larger themes of the story. Whether it’s coping with illness or how to …
Lost's (the Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof series) season 4 episode "The Constant" has TV's best time travel story.