User Reviews

Number 5 is bad-ass. Don't much info about him but he seems he has the key of apocalypse and he has an unusual clue. 2 gun loaded black suits whose names are Hazel and Cha Cha go forward to number 5. Things get hot at the Gimbel Brothers. The Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" song is perfect fit the scenario. Also 2 another songs are in match. Woodkids' " Run Boy Run" for number 5s jumping through time sessions and Paloma Faiths' "Never Tear Us Apart" for the final session. Allison finds detail about their fathers death while she was dip into their video-typed memories. Or Pogo wants her to find?

As I said before, I'm not a huge fan of the comic book series this show is based on but after a promising first episode, I continued watching the first season and this second episode is great.

It continues the world-building and established characters really well. Also, the character of Number Five is really compelling with a well-written motivation on why he uses his time-traveling powers thanks to Aidan Gallagher (from Modern Family) giving a solid performance as a thirteen year old kid acting like an adult. Even the main characters continue to be likable with everyone continuing to give superb performances. There's an action sequence where Number Five gets attacked by two Commission agents named Cha-Cha and Hazel inside a store while the song "Don't Stop Me Now" plays on the background and it's amazing to watch. The comedy, much like the first episode is really funny. Everything else, along with the music score and editing, is handled really well.

Overall, Run Boy Run is another great episode of a really promising 1st season. Thumbs up. :)

#5 certainly was an undisciplined jacka$$ as a kid wasn't he??

Haha. +1 Star for Playing some Adam Ant.

Okay I'm still not sold on the talking monkey butler so until his existence gets explained he gets a -1 Star

+1 Star for the end 'Never Tear Us Apart' sequence where all the star characters are dead, that was kinda fun

6/10 for Ep2.

There are few things that are keeping me from truly enjoying this show. No it isn't the talking ape, he is pretty cool. And the drugged out member of the group is truly one of the highlights.

One is Luthor. His physique is obviously fake. I see him and I say "Padding" so every scene he is in takes me out of the moment.

Another is Number Five. What did he expect? Returning looking like the kid he left as after 17 years trying to explain, if even to one or two, that the world is going to end in 7-8 days, of course no one was just going to believe it. His condescension is annoying.

Diego's attitude is right out of every single comic\fantasy adaption. There is always one member of a team that is an arrogant jerk. I easily predict he will warm up as the show goes on. Yawn.

Then there is dear Ellen Page. This is at least the third project I have seen her in where she is dressed asexually. She seems to, in this role, have removed any evidence she is female. Only because her face is familiar and she has not become Elliot Page do I know it is a her. Good for her, actually! She has expressed major displeasure over being a woman in show business. Maybe coming out as gay did not 100% fulfill her "self" so she picks roles now that do not require dresses, tank tops, shorts, or anything that might give away that she is actually a girl. By comparison, Kristin Stewart acknowledges she is a woman and even has done a couple nude scenes since coming out. Hey, whatever works so long as you can remain working.

Finally the story is trite. End of the world coming. Have only days to stop it. Evil time travelers who for some reason want our world to end chasing the one who knows it will. Blah Bah.