There is no point rewriting the plot again, so I'll just tell you my thoughts, and where this episode fails.
The pacing, overall plot, set designs, cinematography, costumes, and mood are all very exceptional. It's very entertaining, in line with the first season. But I feel the TVish-ness bleeding through.
This episode feels as if this was written hurriedly, and asks the audience to not question the massive holes and the strategy of the villain. There are moments where it insults the viewers intelligence with how little follow-up questions the protagonists ask during interviews, how quickly they are able to transport about town in key moments, how poorly they communicate, etc. It's suffocates under its own weight of 'scriptedness'.
There are so many moments in this episode, where the villain's diabolical maneuvers could have gone awry with any tiny variable it encountered. It leaves the viewer thinking back on the episode with all kinds of questions and confusion in the villain's plan.
Several of the evil cop characters are caricatures, and I found myself laughing out loud by their twirling mustache behavior.
I would love to give the show a higher rating, because I love what it's trying to do. There's a freshness to their take at a cloak and dagger show in this time period and setting. But unfortunately there are elements in the execution that keep it from being an A or B level show.
The pacing, overall plot, set designs, cinematography, costumes, and mood are all very exceptional. It's very entertaining, in line with the first season. But I feel the TVish-ness bleeding through.
This episode feels as if this was written hurriedly, and asks the audience to not question the massive holes and the strategy of the villain. There are moments where it insults the viewers intelligence with how little follow-up questions the protagonists ask during interviews, how quickly they are able to transport about town in key moments, how poorly they communicate, etc. It's suffocates under its own weight of 'scriptedness'.
There are so many moments in this episode, where the villain's diabolical maneuvers could have gone awry with any tiny variable it encountered. It leaves the viewer thinking back on the episode with all kinds of questions and confusion in the villain's plan.
Several of the evil cop characters are caricatures, and I found myself laughing out loud by their twirling mustache behavior.
I would love to give the show a higher rating, because I love what it's trying to do. There's a freshness to their take at a cloak and dagger show in this time period and setting. But unfortunately there are elements in the execution that keep it from being an A or B level show.
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