Okay, I've only seen the pilot episode, but it's all I have patience for. This "sci-fi" show joins a long-standing tradition of shows that are allegedly about aliens, but you never see any. Allegedly a sci-fi show, but there's just no actual sci-fi content. What medium do the creators think this is? Do they not understand the meaning of the word "visual"? No slight to the actors, which are all good and attractive and do a nice job. But this is another show in which nothing happens. In other words, the plot is so ridiculously slow and drawn-out that sitting through it is a waste of life. Waaay too little happens. Sure, there is action and angst and darkness and suggestive camera work, but the plot doesn't progress! No story gets going! We are not shown anything about what the deal is! Sure, this is a TV series, but to have so little going on as this pilot did is to abuse the medium and the audience. Teach networks to stop making this crap: boycott it. This is not the way to tell a story, and it is most certainly not the way to make sci-fi.
I can rate this pilot no more than 3 out of 10, and the only reason it doesn't score even lower is the actors.
Edit, June 2006: I have seen more of it now, and although I still think the show moves enormously too slowly, I must say the actors are extraordinarily good. Overall I'm going to have to rate the show a 6 out of 10, because of the actors.
I can rate this pilot no more than 3 out of 10, and the only reason it doesn't score even lower is the actors.
Edit, June 2006: I have seen more of it now, and although I still think the show moves enormously too slowly, I must say the actors are extraordinarily good. Overall I'm going to have to rate the show a 6 out of 10, because of the actors.