"Eleventh Hour" (2008) TV series

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Brave the new world.

Plot:

A government scientist and his attractive counterpart try to save people from deadly scientific experiments.

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | FBI Agent | Based On TV Series | Scientific Investigation

Cast

Rufus Sewell	...	Dr. Jacob Hood (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Marley Shelton	...	Rachel Young (18 episodes, 2008-2009)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Greece:K-13 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Goofs:

Factual errors: The opening graphics show a clock's second hand clicking to the 11, which would make it the 55th second, not the 11th hour.

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Eleventh Hour" (2006)

Science is boring

I keep watching this show in the hope that its producers will address the blindingly obvious flaw that is currently holding it back.

The flaw, as I see it, is the total lack of humor.

I can see how many might see the implausibility of the show's basic premise as the big problem. Namely that a single guy is an expert in every single branch of science and somehow manages to solve problems that would normally require a team of people and a massive laboratory by working on his own with little more than a few test tubes and a laptop computer on a desk in a motel room.

Actually I do have a bit of a problem with that. In the original British series the show is derived from the main character didn't work everything out on his own. In the US version the implausibility of the science does get in your face way too much of the time.

But I'd happily suspend my disbelief to the required extent if the scriptwriters would only adopt the same light-hearted approach to what the characters say as they do to the science. They get away with worse stuff in 'Bones' but it reaches a big audience because the interactions between the characters are so often humorous. Here the main character is totally deadpan throughout. It's awfully hard to empathize with him when he takes all the Hollywood Science so seriously.

The obvious way to fix the show would be to somehow kill off the main character and replace him with someone that has a sense of humor.

I'd love that to happen as I normally enjoy shows like this and quite liked the British series.