Moves from Seattle to San Francisco but retains the same dreary, rainy and dark atmosphere. I'm expecting this to be standard for the show.
Something about that neighbour popping up all the time has me on alert. I wonder if he's involved in the stalking of Frank's family. He's weird.
The advice given to Frank that "don't worry, your family's fine" - sure.... ok. I guess he has definitely gotten over his paralysis about them being in danger and is now pretty ok about ditching them when he needs to. I guess he is off saving the world from the "bad men" and his wife understands that. Maybe he should have bought his daughter a vicious guard dog rather than that cute puppy.
Zero humour in this episode, where the pilot had a couple of jokes. Makes it a heavy watch. Unless you find the idea of a telemarketing death cult funny, which I guess it is. But I'm not really expecting humour from this show so that's ok.
Being microwaved & excessively cremated Is a pretty nasty way to go. That was a cool idea.
Using search.net to locate a company called Gehenna seemed a bit silly and convenient. Was the monster trying to get caught? Why not just call it Evil Death Cult Incorporated with the slogan "we stockpile biological weapons to destroy the world" while you're at it.
We get an indication that the show may become heavily involved in biblical prophecies and writings. It's easy to zone out during those kinds of passages.
The Creepy face Of the "monster" towards the end as he stares through the glass was genuinely disconcerting. That was well done. Is that Satan?
The episode brings up the idea of evil, whether it's a malevolent spirit that can possess and take hold of anybody, or whether it's man-made and the product of "cold hearts and weak minds". Frank seems to be leaning towards the evil spirits angle, saying that he doesn't know if the "bad man" can be caught. Perhaps he believes the EVIL will simply move on and find another vessel to work through. Makes his quest pretty impossible. I wonder how he'll come to cope with that idea.
I'm still not completely on top of The Millennium Group and what they're trying to do, but I'm hopeful this will be explained in due course. I wonder how much they know or what they think about the impending apocalypse and how they plan to deal with it.
Anyway, good atmosphere, enjoyable enough watch but nothing earth-shattering or super amazing.
Something about that neighbour popping up all the time has me on alert. I wonder if he's involved in the stalking of Frank's family. He's weird.
The advice given to Frank that "don't worry, your family's fine" - sure.... ok. I guess he has definitely gotten over his paralysis about them being in danger and is now pretty ok about ditching them when he needs to. I guess he is off saving the world from the "bad men" and his wife understands that. Maybe he should have bought his daughter a vicious guard dog rather than that cute puppy.
Zero humour in this episode, where the pilot had a couple of jokes. Makes it a heavy watch. Unless you find the idea of a telemarketing death cult funny, which I guess it is. But I'm not really expecting humour from this show so that's ok.
Being microwaved & excessively cremated Is a pretty nasty way to go. That was a cool idea.
Using search.net to locate a company called Gehenna seemed a bit silly and convenient. Was the monster trying to get caught? Why not just call it Evil Death Cult Incorporated with the slogan "we stockpile biological weapons to destroy the world" while you're at it.
We get an indication that the show may become heavily involved in biblical prophecies and writings. It's easy to zone out during those kinds of passages.
The Creepy face Of the "monster" towards the end as he stares through the glass was genuinely disconcerting. That was well done. Is that Satan?
The episode brings up the idea of evil, whether it's a malevolent spirit that can possess and take hold of anybody, or whether it's man-made and the product of "cold hearts and weak minds". Frank seems to be leaning towards the evil spirits angle, saying that he doesn't know if the "bad man" can be caught. Perhaps he believes the EVIL will simply move on and find another vessel to work through. Makes his quest pretty impossible. I wonder how he'll come to cope with that idea.
I'm still not completely on top of The Millennium Group and what they're trying to do, but I'm hopeful this will be explained in due course. I wonder how much they know or what they think about the impending apocalypse and how they plan to deal with it.
Anyway, good atmosphere, enjoyable enough watch but nothing earth-shattering or super amazing.