Starts strong
Starts a bit awkwardly, then gets better. Excellent film score, good cinematography and acting with some nice chemistry. By the end of the 5th episode, I thought it was a 9.
Midway through, the situation is fully revealed, and the last half is spent unfolding the response. While some series wait until the last episode and then resolve everything in the last 5 minutes, this one chooses to drag it out over 5-7 episodes. The last three episodes are drawn out and tedious. and the resolution is barely satisfactory, i.e. a lot of build up for not much reward.
The challenge of a series is taking a story and cutting it into equal length bits to fit the episodic time constraints. In this case, because the acting, sound track , cinematography were so good, an edit of the series into a two hour movie would probably make this a great watch. There are quite a few sensitive and subtle moments, but also some clumsy and forced bits.
I give this a 7.5 because of all the great stuff that IS there, but for me, not a rewarding watch.
Midway through, the situation is fully revealed, and the last half is spent unfolding the response. While some series wait until the last episode and then resolve everything in the last 5 minutes, this one chooses to drag it out over 5-7 episodes. The last three episodes are drawn out and tedious. and the resolution is barely satisfactory, i.e. a lot of build up for not much reward.
The challenge of a series is taking a story and cutting it into equal length bits to fit the episodic time constraints. In this case, because the acting, sound track , cinematography were so good, an edit of the series into a two hour movie would probably make this a great watch. There are quite a few sensitive and subtle moments, but also some clumsy and forced bits.
I give this a 7.5 because of all the great stuff that IS there, but for me, not a rewarding watch.
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