I'm not sure why I stuck with it. After the first episode aired, I got the sense that it was going to be the type of show that only gave out minuscule bits of answers to previously-posed questions, all the while posing new ones. So I thought, "I'll wait until they've all aired, then I'll binge the rest." Since it was a long holiday weekend, I figured this was as good a time as any to do that.
As it turned out, I should've trusted my gut instinct.
Visually, the show is interesting. I wish there was more to recommend.
Common is not a good actor, and all he can do is glower menacingly. But even actors who have been good in other shows are not so good here - Will Patton, for one, has a few scenes where he is chewing up the scenery like an amateur.
But my biggest issue is with the plot and with resolution to any of the mysteries with the silo. They drew out the main mystery until the very end of the season, and even then it didn't really provide much in the way of answers.
This could have been good as a BBC-TV series, where they know not to drag things out at the expense of good storytelling. There, it'd last 6 episodes, and there would be no second season.
Needless to say, the "greatness" I was hoping for with this show never materialized for me, and I won't be watching season 2. And to those of you who are raving about it now, when you're watching the next season and you eventually figure out that they've just been yanking your chain all along, don't say I didn't warn you.
As it turned out, I should've trusted my gut instinct.
Visually, the show is interesting. I wish there was more to recommend.
Common is not a good actor, and all he can do is glower menacingly. But even actors who have been good in other shows are not so good here - Will Patton, for one, has a few scenes where he is chewing up the scenery like an amateur.
But my biggest issue is with the plot and with resolution to any of the mysteries with the silo. They drew out the main mystery until the very end of the season, and even then it didn't really provide much in the way of answers.
This could have been good as a BBC-TV series, where they know not to drag things out at the expense of good storytelling. There, it'd last 6 episodes, and there would be no second season.
Needless to say, the "greatness" I was hoping for with this show never materialized for me, and I won't be watching season 2. And to those of you who are raving about it now, when you're watching the next season and you eventually figure out that they've just been yanking your chain all along, don't say I didn't warn you.