This show has a really decent start keeping the paranormal activities on a somewhat explainable level. The most impressive role is probably that of Gary. Bold move to have a main character which is very autistic. But it works really well too. Acting is very decent on most parts and in the beginning there are some larger threads woven, especially with Nina's past.
However, as the shows process, it kinda loses it identity and has too little progress in the overall line. What starts as a group of gifted people who need to control their lives along with those gifts who in spare time try to help/save/find others with said powers quickly turns into a self controlled government spin-off with all consequences coming along with them. Now this doesn't have to be a bad thing, but as the cases continue it's more about the cases (and later on Red flag) than the actual life work which, in turn, causes Dr. Rosen to become quite redundant in the group (or at least, the show tries to praise him for more than he actually seems to do).
*** this next paragraph contains some direct references (spoilers), I tried to keep actual details to a minimum. Read at own risk ***
But the most important thing that probably made me lose my excitement is the 'suddenly'-factor. The story has too many 'suddenlies'. For example, at one point, the government places a holding cell in their building. At the end of the same episode, it gets blown up and never returned. Another episode suddenly caused a 'leak'. In the end we learn that a shape shifter took the place of one of our members whereas earlier episodes revealed nothing of that sort (a bit of doubt in the episode before it would've sufficed). The show is full of things like these, relating to events but also choices of our lead characters which would help the plot, but don't seem to make enough sense as a whole.
The idea was good and the fx were really nicely made (especially Gary's radio weave 'hearing' is brilliantly displayed). But overall I felt that the scripts were too little thought through beyond the episodes.
However, as the shows process, it kinda loses it identity and has too little progress in the overall line. What starts as a group of gifted people who need to control their lives along with those gifts who in spare time try to help/save/find others with said powers quickly turns into a self controlled government spin-off with all consequences coming along with them. Now this doesn't have to be a bad thing, but as the cases continue it's more about the cases (and later on Red flag) than the actual life work which, in turn, causes Dr. Rosen to become quite redundant in the group (or at least, the show tries to praise him for more than he actually seems to do).
*** this next paragraph contains some direct references (spoilers), I tried to keep actual details to a minimum. Read at own risk ***
But the most important thing that probably made me lose my excitement is the 'suddenly'-factor. The story has too many 'suddenlies'. For example, at one point, the government places a holding cell in their building. At the end of the same episode, it gets blown up and never returned. Another episode suddenly caused a 'leak'. In the end we learn that a shape shifter took the place of one of our members whereas earlier episodes revealed nothing of that sort (a bit of doubt in the episode before it would've sufficed). The show is full of things like these, relating to events but also choices of our lead characters which would help the plot, but don't seem to make enough sense as a whole.
The idea was good and the fx were really nicely made (especially Gary's radio weave 'hearing' is brilliantly displayed). But overall I felt that the scripts were too little thought through beyond the episodes.