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While the main casting and the backstory theme is derivative, the elements are assembled very well. The performers really buy their parts, and for the most part, I didn't have to work hard to suspend my disbelief. I'm buying it. Will continue to watch.

Emergence: Small town Police Chief Jo Evans finds a ten year old girl at the scene of an aircraft crash. Electricity had cut out just before the crash. Fake NTSB agents try to take the girl away, then imposters pretend to be her parents. Meanwhile the real NTSB have taken away the wreck and claim it was an unmanned drone. The girl is suffering from amnesia and Jo names her Piper. Piper apparently has special powers. Good pilot episode. 8/10. On Fox TV.

If you're reading reviews wondering if you should give the first episode a try, do it! Absolutely awesome. I haven't been this excited since the very first Stranger Things. We were glued to the tv for all 60 minutes.

Allison tolman is fantastic, natural and no doubt we have a great show in hand. Now let's hope this doesn't get the axe.

With director Paul McGuigan Involved. The pilot of Emergence was always going to be more than something run of the mill.

Jo Evans (Allison Tolman) is the police chief in a small Long Island town. One night there is a power blackout and a plane crashes on the beach.

Nearby she discovers a young girl without a scratch on her who cannot remember her name, her family or where she comes from.

Jo brings the girl to her own home and calls her Piper temporarily. However Jo discovers that fake government agents wanting to see her and later two people come up who claim they are her parents.

Meanwhile Piper has some powers such as making rain move sideways or the television sets displays strange patterns.

This is what is called a puzzle box mystery. Is Piper an alien, created in a lab or is Emergence a 'Lost' style drama trying hard not to be like Lost.

An intriguing opening episode, Tolman is good and what we see of her family and ex husband. A lot depends on how the future episodes go, whether it can keep the pace and its concept going without viewers losing interest.