Netflix says this is like Burn Notice, and that it's got 5 seasons. That implies that it's popular. My question is: Why?
The first few minutes of the first episode introduces us to a boring man who's in charge of leading a team of "master criminals:" a girl who killed her parents for a toy, a batman-impersonator who only fights well when the camera isn't looking, and a token black guy who uses "Baby" as punctuation.
Here's a summary of their first heist. If you consider this a spoiler, or if you've already decided you like the show, feel free to move on.
The girl cuts a hole in a window, then throws the hole, along with the tool she used to remove it, onto the populated street below. Batman and TBG amble into a door and use a grocery store scanner to break the door's password. They are surprised by guards, the reason being poor planning. TBG acts as if the scanner works faster if you call it "baby" several times. Batman shows that he is also an excellent fighter against opponents who stand perfectly still. TBG hacks a computer which has a cartoonishly huge red bubble font for empty folders. It is revealed that the aware guards have "reset" the rooftop alarms, which blocks the way they came in, but doesn't alert any other guards or the police. The three "masters" argue over how they will escape. The boring man reminds them that they have disguises in the large bags they've been carrying the entire time. They change clothes in an elevator, with jump-cuts making the process complete before the doors are closed. A few more jump-cuts later and the girl is made to look injured, complete with a leg cast and a cane in the wrong hand. Some bad acting and incomprehensible dialog later, and they've walked past the inept guards who are looking for intruders in the empty, locked building, but ignore the three strangers with large black duffle bags walking out of the also locked elevator. Having taken ten steps away from the large, transparent door, the girl starts marathon-walking on her cast, tosses her cane to TBG, and they all climb into the getaway car.
Mission Accomplished.
A few choice lines in the episode include:
"I cry in my angry place"
"Is anyone else here involved in a bribe?" (from an FBI agent to a crowd of bystanders)
"I could request your underpants" (from the same agent to a suspect)
And a flashback that plays twice in the span of about 45 seconds.
The whole thing seems like a heist show made by someone who doesn't know what a heist is, and it seems to take place in a world where computers are magic, ridiculous plans are brilliant, and competence eludes everyone but the boring protagonist.
It'd be hilarious if it wasn't trying not to be. But apparently, people see this as equivalent to A-Team and Ocean's Eleven. And Burn Notice.
...Why?
The first few minutes of the first episode introduces us to a boring man who's in charge of leading a team of "master criminals:" a girl who killed her parents for a toy, a batman-impersonator who only fights well when the camera isn't looking, and a token black guy who uses "Baby" as punctuation.
Here's a summary of their first heist. If you consider this a spoiler, or if you've already decided you like the show, feel free to move on.
The girl cuts a hole in a window, then throws the hole, along with the tool she used to remove it, onto the populated street below. Batman and TBG amble into a door and use a grocery store scanner to break the door's password. They are surprised by guards, the reason being poor planning. TBG acts as if the scanner works faster if you call it "baby" several times. Batman shows that he is also an excellent fighter against opponents who stand perfectly still. TBG hacks a computer which has a cartoonishly huge red bubble font for empty folders. It is revealed that the aware guards have "reset" the rooftop alarms, which blocks the way they came in, but doesn't alert any other guards or the police. The three "masters" argue over how they will escape. The boring man reminds them that they have disguises in the large bags they've been carrying the entire time. They change clothes in an elevator, with jump-cuts making the process complete before the doors are closed. A few more jump-cuts later and the girl is made to look injured, complete with a leg cast and a cane in the wrong hand. Some bad acting and incomprehensible dialog later, and they've walked past the inept guards who are looking for intruders in the empty, locked building, but ignore the three strangers with large black duffle bags walking out of the also locked elevator. Having taken ten steps away from the large, transparent door, the girl starts marathon-walking on her cast, tosses her cane to TBG, and they all climb into the getaway car.
Mission Accomplished.
A few choice lines in the episode include:
"I cry in my angry place"
"Is anyone else here involved in a bribe?" (from an FBI agent to a crowd of bystanders)
"I could request your underpants" (from the same agent to a suspect)
And a flashback that plays twice in the span of about 45 seconds.
The whole thing seems like a heist show made by someone who doesn't know what a heist is, and it seems to take place in a world where computers are magic, ridiculous plans are brilliant, and competence eludes everyone but the boring protagonist.
It'd be hilarious if it wasn't trying not to be. But apparently, people see this as equivalent to A-Team and Ocean's Eleven. And Burn Notice.
...Why?