I've just watched this show on DVD. The premise is interesting, but this show's first few episodes moved as slow as a crippled tortoise. It is no wonder the show didn't catch on. The first five episodes only had a hour's worth of story. On the positive side there is an interesting premise, some good performances, a few very effective moments, a story that got better as it went, and the lead actresses are very hot, which never hurts. In fact all the actors are good. The only one that rubs me the wrong way is the woman who plays Larkin. Her performance as the reporter and 2nd wife of the main character is very hyper and perky. And it's not only that she acts like she's in a story that's moving three times as fast as it actually is--it's that she's accurately portraying a really annoying woman. Also, though the acting is of a high quality, and the plot, slow as it is, is interesting, the dialog in the first few episodes is very weak. There's very little of the kind of wit or character tics that would carry an audience from week to week. (Dave, the UFO freak, was a poor attempt at injecting some humor). But it gets better.
So basically, the producers wasted what could have been a great success by starting the series with its most boring, poorly written episodes. And with a "story arc" series like this one, that is a fatal mistake.
So basically, the producers wasted what could have been a great success by starting the series with its most boring, poorly written episodes. And with a "story arc" series like this one, that is a fatal mistake.