Review of Beyond

This series had promise but fell apart after the first 4 episodes. The dialogue became inane. The "yellow jacket" villain was poorly written and played. The Realm had no internal reality. The "Church" was poorly conceived, especially how a cult with "no Judeo-Christian root" (as Jeff explains) could be have such public support (ie. volunteers, congregants) in small town America. The show runner seemed to lose the thread of the series, allowing it to take ridiculous turns. The continuity is sloppy. And, the biggest failure is that the relationships between characters just doesn't make sense, there is no attention to building rapport, forging bonds or chemistry (although the second season improved somewhat over the first). By the 9th episode I was just watching to give a fair review and to see if there was a grand design behind the mess. The premise could have supported a great series. What a shame. I give the first episodes for episodes a 7 (potential) but the rest of the series ranged between a 4 (poor) and a 6 (fair) out of 10. {Fantasy}