My +1 doesn't normally get into this type of story but is addicted to Absentia. Her statement to me was "I had to know wtf happened!" Comeback introduces us to Emily Byrne, a federal agent who has been presumed dead for 6 years, then returns to find her husband has remarried, her son barely remembers her and calls dad's new wife "mom", her memory is spotty, and a lot of unanswered questions about her disappearance, where she has been, and who was responsible for it. If you've seen Blindspot you will note similarities, though I found the tattoo/conspiracy angle in that series more interesting.
I love and hate this kind of story, where the tension is super high and the characters are 1) so stressed out they repeatedly do stupid things that incriminate themselves and 2) more details are revealed that seem to spread blame across an ever increasing web of those involved 3) many characters are who are not who they appear to be. At the middle of all of it is Nick, Emily's former husband who has *understandably* moved on after six years, but who is continuously freaking out, withholding information from his new wife (who's great) and putting up with Emily's constant "moved-on" shaming. He comes off to me as incompetent and weak. Emily is competent and one step ahead of everyone in clearing herself, but I didn't feel that much sympathy for her.
So from me, high marks for a tightly written script, strong acting, and an appropriately dark and intense tone. But, in the end I was watching to find the answer to the mystery, not because I cared that much about the characters or what happened to them, cuz I honestly didn't, for which I take marks away. I stayed engaged in this one the way I stay engaged with a season of 24, except that I actually root for Jack Bauer. Sadly, Absentia really didn't put me in the cheering sectoin for any of it's characters.
I love and hate this kind of story, where the tension is super high and the characters are 1) so stressed out they repeatedly do stupid things that incriminate themselves and 2) more details are revealed that seem to spread blame across an ever increasing web of those involved 3) many characters are who are not who they appear to be. At the middle of all of it is Nick, Emily's former husband who has *understandably* moved on after six years, but who is continuously freaking out, withholding information from his new wife (who's great) and putting up with Emily's constant "moved-on" shaming. He comes off to me as incompetent and weak. Emily is competent and one step ahead of everyone in clearing herself, but I didn't feel that much sympathy for her.
So from me, high marks for a tightly written script, strong acting, and an appropriately dark and intense tone. But, in the end I was watching to find the answer to the mystery, not because I cared that much about the characters or what happened to them, cuz I honestly didn't, for which I take marks away. I stayed engaged in this one the way I stay engaged with a season of 24, except that I actually root for Jack Bauer. Sadly, Absentia really didn't put me in the cheering sectoin for any of it's characters.