What Is and What Should Never Be (31 Aug. 2010)

After Annie witnesses a suspicious purchase at an art auction, her follow-up brings a surprise visitor - Ben Mercer - back into her life.

Director:

Rod Hardy

Writers:

Matt Corman (creator), Chris Ord (creator),

Stars:

Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Piper Perabo	...	Annie Walker
Christopher Gorham	...	Auggie Anderson
Kari Matchett	...	Joan Campbell
Anne Dudek	...	Danielle Brooks
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Jai Wilcox
Peter Gallagher	...	Arthur Campbell
Noam Jenkins	...	Vincent Rossabi
Evan Sabba	...	Michael Brooks
Eion Bailey	...	Ben Mercer
Sienna Guillory	...	Sophie Jacklin
Saad Siddiqui	...	Proctor
James Thomas	...	Handsome Man - Russ Hilbun
Kent Staines	...	Auctioneer
David Huband	...	Balding Man
Ho Chow	...	Mick

Storyline

After Annie witnesses a suspicious purchase at an art auction, her follow-up brings a surprise visitor - Ben Mercer - back into her life.

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Plot Keywords:

art auction | title based on song | reference to led zeppelin

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 August 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hypnotic, Universal Cable Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The episode is named after a song by Led Zeppelin.

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Goofs

On the computer, when Annie is searching for information on Ben Mercer, there's an error message that reads "Acess Denied". It should have said "Access". Also the Communications check box reads "Comunications".

User Reviews

First episode seen... how Corny and unbelievable

This is the first episode I've watched of this show and just from it, I 'cannot' believe this got a second season, Wow!

Of course I'll give it a couple more episodes cause I like to be clearly fair yet...

The product placement stood out like a sore thumb for one. How egregious.

The main character is obviously supposed to be some talented agent or so, yet I find this character totally unbelievable in all aspects.

Her jumping from boat to boat was so 70's in unbelief. The whole art warehouse scene lacked any 'real' feel to it and again, so unbelievable. The security guards response in the warehouse was so flat and again, unbelievable. The reaction she and the FBI agent had when going out the door to find a security guard dead was so...(sorry) 'Unbelievable' You find a dead guard and you don't even look around, draw your weapon, take cover....? I mean, Come On!

This episode 'really' reminded me of a bad 70's style show with no realism, corny through and through. Seems they fixate on the leads good looking face and the rest of it... Eh, we need no smart, no substance, just a big white smile. Ugh!

I will give it 2 more episodes for a better evaluation however so far... so shallow, unreal and.... unbelievable.