Interesting premise drew me to this series. I like the way it starts in media res.
Unfortunately, despite some good actors (Ron Rifkin and Victor Garber being the most famous; Rifkin was great in A Nero Wolfe Mystery--who wasn't?--but first came to my attention decades ago in The Rockford Files: Roundabout, which has the greatest ending of any detective show episode, for my taste: please try it out).
I didn't care for the music, but I didn't much like music in my youth, either.
Much of the presentation was good, but for my taste Jennifer Garner (no kin to James Garner of The Rockford Files) wasn't strong enough to carry a series. In her commentary she says she auditioned five times. I'm glad I don't know whom she beat out; I might consider them superior.
I was also uncomfortable with the intensity of violence against women, something I've despised all my life, even before the cause became popular (I'm a gentleman, which fell out of favor in the sexual revolution, when violence againt women could be treated as humorous as violence against men, which never set well with me).
And I was confused whether the interrogators were Red Chinese or Taiwanese: our enemies or our allies. Or is there either anymore, according to the series?
Overall, I became bored, which is not good for an espionage drama (I love espionage tales) and I was not inspired to go on with the series. I may go back to it one day but not right away.
Unfortunately, despite some good actors (Ron Rifkin and Victor Garber being the most famous; Rifkin was great in A Nero Wolfe Mystery--who wasn't?--but first came to my attention decades ago in The Rockford Files: Roundabout, which has the greatest ending of any detective show episode, for my taste: please try it out).
I didn't care for the music, but I didn't much like music in my youth, either.
Much of the presentation was good, but for my taste Jennifer Garner (no kin to James Garner of The Rockford Files) wasn't strong enough to carry a series. In her commentary she says she auditioned five times. I'm glad I don't know whom she beat out; I might consider them superior.
I was also uncomfortable with the intensity of violence against women, something I've despised all my life, even before the cause became popular (I'm a gentleman, which fell out of favor in the sexual revolution, when violence againt women could be treated as humorous as violence against men, which never set well with me).
And I was confused whether the interrogators were Red Chinese or Taiwanese: our enemies or our allies. Or is there either anymore, according to the series?
Overall, I became bored, which is not good for an espionage drama (I love espionage tales) and I was not inspired to go on with the series. I may go back to it one day but not right away.