What did you see?
It’s like: Lost meets the Twilight Zone meets a whodunit mystery
Stars you’d know: so many! Joseph Finnes (Shakespeare in Love), Sonya Walger (Penelope Widmore on Lost), John Cho (Star Trek ’09), Dominic Monaghan (Charlie on Lost), Courtney B. Vance (Law and Order: CI), Jack Davenport (Coupling), Seth McFarline (creator of Family Guy?!)
Synopsis:The whole world blacks out for 2 minutes and 17 seconds, and all (almost all) see their futures 6 months down the road. Some like what they see…some, not so much. But what happens when the FBI finds footage of a lone “survivor” who was awake for the 2 minutes and 17 seconds? The plot thickens…
Review in 5 or less:
1) Holy crap! BEST PILOT EVER. Intriguing, confusing, intricate, enthralling…it’s very “Lost-y”, but not as hard to follow (at least, not yet). I usually hate pilots, but I loved this one. It almost seemed like a mini-series it was that plot intense.
2) You have to pay attention…which says a lot…because I have the attention span of a doorknob (which is about 5 seconds).
3) Casting is incredible. I’m all, hey, it’s Penelope from Lost…there’s Will Shakespeare from Shakespeare in Love…what? Steve from my favorite Brit show, Coupling?!
4) I’m a little weary that the series will keep the immediate pace of the pilot. I knew what the premise was about, but the way they delivered it wasn’t vague, but I could see the plotline failing if the writers don’t keep up the pace (see Lost: Seasons 3-5).
5) J.J. Abrams finally has some competition!