Every individual scene we got in this episode deserved ten stars. As did characters and overall plot.
It felt and moved like something you'd pay to see in a theater.
I took off a star only because the overall package did sometimes feel rushed as, honestly, most pilots do.
And I'll say what I usually say at the beginning of a new series: we needed two hours as a start.
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However, the fact that I am already completely captured by these characters? That I want to know how this story will move forward? That the world building was so beautifully and authentically done that I'm sold on the history?
All top notch.
The showrunner (Seamus Fahey) had already done well as a producer/writer in the Walker series. Adding this spinoff to Walkerverse is surprisingly fast, but what's on the screen prove the promotion was obviously deserved.
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If anyone thinks the network is making history "woke," they should look up Black lawmen and cowboys; women who were Pinkertons; how towns like this (mythical) Independence ran.
And the show is doing it in a way that doesn't preach, simply shows life as it was.
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I'll undoubtedly gush over the acting as the series moves on, but here at the start I want to give special kudos to Larry Teng for an unwavering vision.
Also thanks to the producers for pushing through network bureaucracy to give viewers what feels rich, substantial, and carefully conceptualized show.
It felt and moved like something you'd pay to see in a theater.
I took off a star only because the overall package did sometimes feel rushed as, honestly, most pilots do.
And I'll say what I usually say at the beginning of a new series: we needed two hours as a start.
---
However, the fact that I am already completely captured by these characters? That I want to know how this story will move forward? That the world building was so beautifully and authentically done that I'm sold on the history?
All top notch.
The showrunner (Seamus Fahey) had already done well as a producer/writer in the Walker series. Adding this spinoff to Walkerverse is surprisingly fast, but what's on the screen prove the promotion was obviously deserved.
---
If anyone thinks the network is making history "woke," they should look up Black lawmen and cowboys; women who were Pinkertons; how towns like this (mythical) Independence ran.
And the show is doing it in a way that doesn't preach, simply shows life as it was.
---
I'll undoubtedly gush over the acting as the series moves on, but here at the start I want to give special kudos to Larry Teng for an unwavering vision.
Also thanks to the producers for pushing through network bureaucracy to give viewers what feels rich, substantial, and carefully conceptualized show.
