I wonder how many takes the action part of this took, although there is a clear cut:
Show's better than anticipated even if it has a lot of CBS procedural elements still, it has a remarkably thoughtful balance between the episode plot and overarching ones. Most shows tend to ignore the latter except for minor moments at the start and end of episodes with real events only happening in the season premiere and finales. Broadcast network shows often especially suffer from this and create the impression that everybody takes a multi-month break from the dangerous conspiracy plots then cram everything into a couple days that resolve nicely and completely with no lingering effects. CBS's shows have often seemed especially bad at that, so this one avoiding it is welcome. The main issue is the dialogue recounting everything, even happens for the episode-only plots like you forgot the stuff you saw half an hour ago. I've seen some people say it's basically a Batman show and yeah, pretty much. Even develops a Bat Family.
I can't decide if the part where they hook a bunch of fat PS3's together to create a supercomputer is serious or one of the many winks at the tropes being employed. Actually, I'm less skeptical of the idea of networking all the Cell's together than I am with using liquid nitrogen to cool them as if the cases would handle that.
If you have Amazon Prime you can stream all the seasons for free on there.
Speaking of which, something else you can stream for free on there if unrelenting horror doesn't frighten you? Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
Show's better than anticipated even if it has a lot of CBS procedural elements still, it has a remarkably thoughtful balance between the episode plot and overarching ones. Most shows tend to ignore the latter except for minor moments at the start and end of episodes with real events only happening in the season premiere and finales. Broadcast network shows often especially suffer from this and create the impression that everybody takes a multi-month break from the dangerous conspiracy plots then cram everything into a couple days that resolve nicely and completely with no lingering effects. CBS's shows have often seemed especially bad at that, so this one avoiding it is welcome. The main issue is the dialogue recounting everything, even happens for the episode-only plots like you forgot the stuff you saw half an hour ago. I've seen some people say it's basically a Batman show and yeah, pretty much. Even develops a Bat Family.
I can't decide if the part where they hook a bunch of fat PS3's together to create a supercomputer is serious or one of the many winks at the tropes being employed. Actually, I'm less skeptical of the idea of networking all the Cell's together than I am with using liquid nitrogen to cool them as if the cases would handle that.
If you have Amazon Prime you can stream all the seasons for free on there.
Speaking of which, something else you can stream for free on there if unrelenting horror doesn't frighten you? Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
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