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Aug 23, 2014 · She Was Provisional. Mysteries unfold as Amy heads to Seattle on business and vanishes; Jack goes to Seattle only to uncover more unanswered questions about Amy's whereabouts; an old friend visits Jack and asks for his help.
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- Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
- Eduardo Sánchez
- 2014-08-23
- An enigma wrapped in a... and so on.
- Verdict
By Roth Cornet
Posted: Aug 23, 2014 12:16 am
Advance review (though some spoilers do follow):
Adapted by The X-Files' Glen Morgan from Michael Marshall Smith’s novel, BBC America's The Intruders premiere episode, premiering Saturday night, is a slow burn of a supernatural mystery. It's rich with questions and light on answers. As such, viewers wary of being led on a merry chase with little reward may be put off by the purposefully methodical pace.
The series follows former LAPD officer Jack Whelan (John Simm) whose wife, Amy (Mira Sorvino), vanishes after demonstrating some out-of-character and frankly, just plain odd, behavior. In the midst of his search, Jack's his high school friend, Gary Fischer (Tory Kittles) suddenly arrives seeking his help to solve a double homicide. These seemingly unconnected events are entwined in one of the world's oldest and most closely guarded secrets - immortality. Meanwhile, Richard Shepherd (James Frain), a ruthless assassin charged with guarding what appears to be an ancient cult, slaughters anyone who treads close to the truth as he hunts an innocent nine-year-old girl, Madison (Millie Brown) who's lost herself, as her body is taken over by the mind of a much older, and very dangerous man.
It's easy enough to follow along with Intruders' basic conceit: There are a group of people who've somehow managed to find the key to everlasting life, which involves the snatching of others' bodies. However, the particulars of the intersecting stories feels almost self-consciously steeped in shadowy intrigue. The bulk of the pilot unfolds like a long drawn out question, which in some ways is fine. However, the sense of import given to the underlying questions essentially sets the series up to be ultimately judged by the strength of its payoff. Ideally, there will be as much focus on character development as there is on creating and maintaining an enigmatic framework in the episodes to come.
Intruders has the potential to develop into an interesting series, but initially feels a bit overly weighty and purposefully slow. A layered thriller is a wonderful thing, but creating an air of mystery at every given moment - seemingly for it's own sake - may begin to wear a bit thin sans any sort of payoff. For now, I'll remain open to this unfol...
- Roth Cornet
Aug 23, 2014 · 1. It might just be the impression I carry from an adolescence of sneaking to the basement to watch The X-Files and scare myself, but the best—and worst—thing about “She Was Provisional” was...
Oct 27, 2014 · Intruders episode 1 review: She Was Provisional. New John Simm-starring supernatural drama Intruders, now showing in the UK, gets off to a bumpy but promising start... By Gerri Mahn | October...
Dark and mysterious from the start , the show opens on an incident involving two mysterious men breaking into a girl's house and approaching her in her bedroom whilst she sleeps. They show her a symbol of which at this point we have no idea what it means or stands for.
Aug 24, 2014 · Intruders Series Premiere Review: “She Was Provisional” (Season 1, Episode 1) Intruders marks BBC America’s arrival into the current climate of moody spook dramas. Produced by The X-Files’ Glen...
