Season 1:
It's really hard for me to sort out what's good and what's not with this thing.
I WANT to like it because the premise is so fun. I think I always find Donovan better than his material and I don't know how that happens to an actor.
The problem with this is that it is continually so 'almost' as good as it could be.
There's a central tackiness that seems to get in the way of its greatness.
The therapist is flighty or helpful. Which is it.
The protagonist is a (transforming) visionary or a con artist. Feral or caring. Stunningly cunning or oblivious. The problem is that he's all of these in ten episodes. The story arcs are all over the place.
Ditto the wife's 'issues.'
I was overlooking all of these shortcomings and still rooting for the premise, but what really got to me was the immensely contrived and convoluted tenth episode filled with myriad plot sinkholes, wtfs and overlaid with a cheapness, a sleaziness that ultimately was simply depressing.
So I gave it a six. Too bad. It coulda been, shoulda been, woulda been . . .
Season 2:
Could not EVEN make it to the end of Episode 2. Slo w w w w . Bad writing. Gaping plot holes.
He actually turns Tarot cards over, two from side to side, then one Top To Bottom and calls the card reversed. WHAT!
NOT good. Too bad. I'm out. Rating down from 6 to 3.
It's really hard for me to sort out what's good and what's not with this thing.
I WANT to like it because the premise is so fun. I think I always find Donovan better than his material and I don't know how that happens to an actor.
The problem with this is that it is continually so 'almost' as good as it could be.
There's a central tackiness that seems to get in the way of its greatness.
The therapist is flighty or helpful. Which is it.
The protagonist is a (transforming) visionary or a con artist. Feral or caring. Stunningly cunning or oblivious. The problem is that he's all of these in ten episodes. The story arcs are all over the place.
Ditto the wife's 'issues.'
I was overlooking all of these shortcomings and still rooting for the premise, but what really got to me was the immensely contrived and convoluted tenth episode filled with myriad plot sinkholes, wtfs and overlaid with a cheapness, a sleaziness that ultimately was simply depressing.
So I gave it a six. Too bad. It coulda been, shoulda been, woulda been . . .
Season 2:
Could not EVEN make it to the end of Episode 2. Slo w w w w . Bad writing. Gaping plot holes.
He actually turns Tarot cards over, two from side to side, then one Top To Bottom and calls the card reversed. WHAT!
NOT good. Too bad. I'm out. Rating down from 6 to 3.