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76527, Tapping out
Posted by SoulHonky, Wed May-01-13 12:39 PM
It's OK but I feel like the investigations continue to almost be an afterthought (even though the cases have all been striking). Will's usefulness is almost entirely based on his gift/curse and I still feel like his character has been made into too crazy. If he was a good agent who was slowly seeing the effects, it would be better.
Similarly, the personal stuff is also too big. I'd rather have seen Will's issues in his personal life slowly grow rather than just see very little of his home life until we see him sleepwalking. The show itself feels like a slow burn but the story is actually pretty rushed. Let me meet and hear more about Fishburne's wife before dropping her into an episode and giving her cancer.

I'd have liked to see HBO or FX get their hands on this. Kudos to NBC for trying something different but this is out of their wheelhouse and it shows.