Odyssey series

[Watchman]

I'm afraid I got as far as ep2 and found it too annoying to continue. The constant switching between characters and the attempt at a complicated plot was unconvincing - I just found myself not caring. Tries to be Homeland, but fails.

[droopsnoot]

I missed episode four, I keep forgetting to set it to record. It's a bit confusing but it's well made and at least it doesn't break for ads all the time.

[croyde]

At least unlike Homeland, every episode so far has been far from boring, even if it's nowhere near as clever.

The lead character is Odelle to me so Anna must be doing a good job.

[marcosgt]

I'm quite enjoying it.

Hints of Homeland, but at least you don't want to punch the central character, so that's a plus.

I'll stick with it for now, but I'm wondering how they'll keep the interest level up for 13 episodes - 6 would have worked, but I guess it's American, so we can look forward to an open ended finale so that they can somehow make a second season (maybe base it around the Transgender TV personality...).

M

[Le Pop]

So, I've managed to keep going through seven episodes, but I'm thinking there's another six hours of my life to go that i'll never get back...

Good news, I just remembered that they are only 40 mins each, so its only four hours more of my life I won't get back...

Edited by Le Pop on Monday 3rd August 22:41

[Dan_1981]

Got bored of watching it weekly & was enjoying it.

Downloaded the rest and completed it, sad to say it goes downhill the further in you get.

Not a brilliant last couple of episodes and not hard to see why it hasn't been extended for any more seasons.

[Le Pop]

Dan_1981 said:

Got bored of watching it weekly & was enjoying it.

Downloaded the rest and completed it, sad to say it goes downhill the further in you get.

Not a brilliant last couple of episodes and not hard to see why it hasn't been extended for any more seasons.

Thanks mate, I think I'll bale out now then!

[Le Pop]

I didn't bale out. Satisfying last episode it's just a shame it was 13 times 40 minutes and not a movie, or maybe an eight-parter. They do like to wring out maximum advertising time don't they?

[driverrob]

Le Pop said:

... Satisfying last episode ...

No way! When the credits started to roll on that cliff-hanging ending I yelled 'bds!'. The wife was a bit more restrained but really, was that just lazy writing? Can't think of a suitable ending to all those 13 episodes of excitement/murder/attacks/escapes? Don't give it an ending.
Possibly excusable if there's an equally good follow-up series.

[Legacywr]

A second series is most likely!

[RichUK]

Legacywr said:

A second series is most likely!

Cancelled after the first season.

[Legacywr]

Really?

[Zyp]

Viewing figures tanked in the U.S. after episode 4


I got a little bored, but the final episode was ok.
Won't miss it on a Sunday night though...

[sumo69]

Some massive holes left in the plot - for example, what the hell happened to the Arab boy as he appeared to be completely abandoned?

[Le Pop]

sumo69 said:

Some massive holes left in the plot - for example, what the hell happened to the Arab boy as he appeared to be completely abandoned?

...he's halfway across Hungary.

[TX1]

So watched all those episodes in vain as the bloody program did not have an ending, left wide open in case they do a second series which as we know is not going to happen.
Very annoying.

[tonyvid]

Well, I liked it! Reminded me of the first series of 24

[droopsnoot]

I enjoyed it, overall. I don't think the ending was too bad, there's no point going into endless detail about the ramifications of her interview over and above what happened outside the office when we can pretty much figure it out. Sure, there are some loose ends and you could see someone dragging out a second series on that basis, not sure I'd be bothered enough to watch it.