Tales from the Loop

Edit, one month later. After 3 episodes we quit watching, it just didn't interest us enough to watch more. Not that it is a bad show, but we couldn't see an interesting story unfold and there are lots of other shows to watch.

Original impressions, one month earlier: My wife and I have started watching this on Amazon streaming, two of the eight episodes down so far. My initial impression - it is interesting but hardly anything is explained. Very unusual things happen, presumably related to something going on below ground in "The Loop" where locals work. Is this set in the future, or in some parallel universe? This sort of approach worked fine in shows like "Twilight Zone" back in the 1960s but today's audiences, I think, require some connection, some explanation.

This is the type of series that requires great viewer trust, that is trust that by the time all episodes are watched some sort of overall story, an interesting story, has emerged. If not, if these just turn out to be interesting but shallow episodes then I will be very upset with the producers of the show. Upset for betraying my trust. Eight hours is a long time to spend just watching interesting things without some rhyme and reason to tie it all together.