I watched this on CBS over the air broadcast on a local station and hated it. It's cut so much for their damned commercials that it makes no sense, and one will lose interest in even taking the mute off your TV when they finally begin to play the show again.
My "little" nephew called me from Key West, where he's stationed, a few minutes before the show came on to let me know it was coming on. We're both King fans, and have read most of his books, including, "Under the Dome." He read it first, and opined I would probably adopt UTD as my all time favorite story in place of "The Stand", but that proved incorrect. UTD is my second favorite story and "The Stand" still stands. I was one up on my nephew, and informed him I had been looking forward to it all year, and it would air in 22 minutes. We talked for a while, and he said he needed to go down to the lounge so he could watch it in 22 minutes, and I told him it was now 11 minutes to UTD. That is how much I have anticipated this next installation of an excellent, EXCELLENT series.
My husband watched it with me, and we kept asking each other, "What's going on?" and "Are you following this?" Just HORRIBLE and unwatchable on TV.
I watched again in full at 123-1/2 minutes from another source, and it was excellent. It does jump around in time and reality, but without all the cuts and commercials, one can follow and enjoy it. Find the full episode. I can't wait for more installments and will probably even waste more time watching it on CBS broadcast initially, but pursue the full episodes elsewhere. It's easy to see why the previous reviewer hated it if all they saw was little over half the episode with numerous rude interruptions.
Also see if you can find S2 EP100. This is a 40 some minute review of S1 and S2, and will refresh your memory in preparation for watching S3 EP1.
Happy viewing, and don't give up on the series. Just don't expect to see it at its full potential as a vehicle for commercials. They did not air but about half of it in our local market on CBS. No wonder we were confused!
My "little" nephew called me from Key West, where he's stationed, a few minutes before the show came on to let me know it was coming on. We're both King fans, and have read most of his books, including, "Under the Dome." He read it first, and opined I would probably adopt UTD as my all time favorite story in place of "The Stand", but that proved incorrect. UTD is my second favorite story and "The Stand" still stands. I was one up on my nephew, and informed him I had been looking forward to it all year, and it would air in 22 minutes. We talked for a while, and he said he needed to go down to the lounge so he could watch it in 22 minutes, and I told him it was now 11 minutes to UTD. That is how much I have anticipated this next installation of an excellent, EXCELLENT series.
My husband watched it with me, and we kept asking each other, "What's going on?" and "Are you following this?" Just HORRIBLE and unwatchable on TV.
I watched again in full at 123-1/2 minutes from another source, and it was excellent. It does jump around in time and reality, but without all the cuts and commercials, one can follow and enjoy it. Find the full episode. I can't wait for more installments and will probably even waste more time watching it on CBS broadcast initially, but pursue the full episodes elsewhere. It's easy to see why the previous reviewer hated it if all they saw was little over half the episode with numerous rude interruptions.
Also see if you can find S2 EP100. This is a 40 some minute review of S1 and S2, and will refresh your memory in preparation for watching S3 EP1.
Happy viewing, and don't give up on the series. Just don't expect to see it at its full potential as a vehicle for commercials. They did not air but about half of it in our local market on CBS. No wonder we were confused!
