The first 5 episodes of the first seasons are really slow and boring, pushing you to give up. But give this show a chance and watch the other ones, the rhythm grows quickly, and it becomes a good geopolitical thriller worth viewing it. Even the second season.
Great show. Worthwhile to watch it.
I thought it was pretty good - kinda like Homeland.
Nothing special, you're better off watching Strike Back if you want some 'operative in a foreign country' action. I watched season 1 and I couldn't even tell you what agency they are working for. Is it even mentioned? Could also explain the lack of depth in this show.
Season one was really good - I gave it a 9/10.
Season two is one of the worst shows I've ever seen. BAD writing, acting and directing. Just bad! there isn't one person in the show that you'd actually like or even root for. Here are my biggest problems...
1) It's based in Mali and as you know Mali is in Africa. The president and army guys are all black, but the rebels are middle-eastern!! They are from Mali and want independence, but they aren't black - and we're not supposed to ignore this?!
2) They speek French..and Arabic at random, so they need an interpreter to speak to the English-speaking "good guys" that also speak French.. hmmm.
3) The bad guys merge at some point with the really bad guys. We can tell this because the bad guys have changed their headgear from browns, dark red etc to bright, gay colours like fuschia, seafoam green and bright blue, meanwhile the really bad bad guys all wear black headgear so we can tell the difference. It's all very helpful cause all those middle east guys look the same with the same scowl and bad teeth and guns.
4) It's 2019, so we have to have the obligatory gay couple and the persecution it would bring. Two bad.. no REALLY bad actresses in a story arc that has no bearing in the grand scheme of things..
5) I could go on but won't - just skip season two
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Season 1 is quite decent, except for how the main characters are able to nearly instantly beam themselves all over the planet without apparent time loss for traveling, sitting around at the airports and going through security checks with all of their weapons, hurted faces etc. That part is very conveniently left out ;)
Season 2 is a lot less strong. Individual motivations of people is less sensible and overal the whole story is just so much less smart. It's not terrible, just.. not that good.
Season 1: 8,5 out of 10 (rounded down to 8 as I dont think it's worth a 9)
Season 2 6,5 out of 10 (rounded up to a 7 as it's not as bad as a 6)