One word: phenomenal. ABC currently has two other ongoing series with the same "back and forth" approach between past and present, and you might expect such a recurrence to be tiring or bland, but it's worked and is still working spectacularly for the network. This was one 2016's most anticipated shows for a reason, and it's delivered, going even above and beyond my expectations.
Watching each episode has been an Experience, capital E. It's like biting into a layered cake and discovering there's so many more layers than you'd been made to believe. The characterizations and the respective performances by each individual cast member, the nail biting cliffhangers and plot twists that leave you on the edge of your seat itching for more, the painstakingly slow unraveling of this hugely intricate story—I'm hooked. After taking that first figurative bite, I've enjoyed discovering and picking apart which is what layer.
Truly, genuinely so pleased with what this show's done and how the creator and writers have gone about it. I'm hoping the very end product will be as fantastic as the journey thus far.
I keep trying to get into this each week but I'm bored trying to connect with it.
Looks solid! Great mystery show. Really like the atmosphere. Reminds me of The Killing. Great to see Zach Gilford in something with substance. Gonna add this to my watch list.
Rightfully cancelled. This was terrible. Shoddy soap opera writing throughout. One could see the Shondaland connections even without knowing who the showrunner is. This had potential that was wasted very, very quickly. Mercy kill.
What a shame this show was cancelled. It was so thrilling to watch every week and uncover the secrets. I hate cliffhangers but at least the finale gave us enough to imagine what could've happened in season 2.
Good serie and good actors
good series ..acting and storyline
good series ..acting and storyline
Review by ds1BlockedParent2016-06-20T15:01:38Z— updated 2016-06-21T22:07:05Z
I have the feeling this show gets a bit too much hate for no reason.
Admittedly, at times it might be a bit predictable but never revealing the whole thing.
Quite the contrary, as it goes on, it opens up new ways to explore the established circumstances.
This show was from the get go a bit like Finding Carter, but in a serious, much darker tone, with very capable actors.
Especially the performances of Allen and Pill are outstanding.
The story overall has so much ammunition to show the consequences on how this kind of ...experience... affects everyone involved and what it makes them do to make it all better. In that regards it's like another American Crime show, just that the people here aren't as helpless.
The character Hank Asher offers so much potential to put the audience into great indifference on how to really feel about him.
Is he a tragic hero, a disgusting pig, a product of our faulty mob-mentality society? Who knows.
I'd say the early cancellation is a blessing and a curse in one. At one hand this kind of story only works for a very limited time before it just starts dragging out the end. On the other hand, it might have been very interesting to see where the story would have ended later on but I doubt a full second season would be a) necessary, b) wise to accomplish this.
A 6 episode mini second season would suffice as I see it.
Either way, the end of this was simply a big mindf*ck to me. Nasty cliffhanger, but a great, memorable end.