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Jan 13, 2016 · A Suitable Donor: Directed by Michael Cuesta. With Robert Kazinsky, Dilshad Vadsaria, Adhir Kalyan, Ciara Bravo. After Jimmy Pritchard is killed in a robbery at his son's home, Pritchard is brought back to life in the body of a younger man by a billionaire and a bioengineer.
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- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Michael Cuesta
- 2016-01-13
- We can rebuild him.
- Verdict
By Jesse Schedeen
Updated: Jan 22, 2016 9:36 pm
Posted: Jan 13, 2016 11:12 pm
Note: this is a spoiler-free advance review of the first episode of Second Chance, which premieres Wednesday on FOX.
Stop me if you've heard this one before. FOX has a new procedural drama that blends familiar buddy cop dynamics with a fantastical twist. No, it's not Sleepy Hollow or Almost Human or Minority Report or New Amsterdam or Lucifer. It's Second Chance, the story of a retired sheriff given a literal second chance at life thanks to modern super-science. There are enough compelling elements in this first episode to hold the viewer's attention, but this is just one more example of a show that would work better if it wasn't crammed into the procedural mold.
While ostensibly inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Second Chance can best be described as a mash-up of The Six Million Dollar Man and the 2015 film Stop/Loss. The show revolves around Jimmy Pritchard, a retired, disgraced cop (played at first by The Insider's Philip Baker Hall) who is murdered and subsequently revived in a young, healthy, superhumanly strong new form (played by Pacific Rim's Robert Kazinsky). That revival is made possible by Mary Goodwin (Greek's Dilshad Vadsaria) and and her twin brother Otto (Rules of Engagement's Adhir Kalyan), owners of a Facebook-esque social media company called Lookinglass who have somehow pioneered the greatest breakthrough in modern medicine on the side. Pritchard's mission upon waking up in this rejuvenated body is to protect his FBI agent son, Duval (White Collar's Tim DeKay) and granddaughter Gracie (Red Band Society's Ciara Bravo) while unraveling the vast conspiracy that led to his death in the first place.
Second Chance isn't the simple retread of The Six Million Dollar Man the early trailers made it out to be. It has potential thanks to the solid cast and sci-fi concepts, but it also gets bogged down by formulaic police procedural elements when it could be something better. The show needs to embrace its weird side if it's going to stand out from the...
Jan 12, 2016 · Second Chance. 178M subscribers. Subscribed. 31. Second Chance S1 E1. A Suitable Donor centers on a disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff, whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops, but...
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Jan 13, 2016 · S1 E1: A Suitable Doner centers on a disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff, whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops, but then is brought back to life – by a pair of young tech scientists – and given a second chance as a 35-year-old with unpredictable near-superhuman abilities.
Jan 14, 2016 · Second Chance premiere recap: A Suitable Donor. By Ray Rahman. Published on January 14, 2016. Photo: Bill Matlock/Fox. [This post contains details from the Second Chance episode that...
Jan 13, 2016 · A killer that mangles his victims beyond recognition is on the loose. Meanwhile, Otto becomes jealous of the growing bond between Pritchard and his sister and considers finding another donor.
