Thanks to Pilot Watcher for the heads up.
Every year, NBC launches one or two high-concept dramas but it’s the bland dramas that tend to stick (or the high-concept pilots quickly become bland boring series, i.g. The Blacklist). This season, opportunities were given to Blindspot, which did great initially and still is an honorable performer six months later; and to The Player, that was cancelled after a few airings. For this pilot season, Time is the only high octane option. I didn’t hate the pilot script but I found it very robotic -short sentences, no time to breathe, ever. The few attempts towards emotion are too mechanical. As a result, it’s hard to feel something for the leads and it’s also very hard to be surprised by their interactions. We’re right in the middle of well-known territory and it’s a shame. It’s cool to take risks and dream big but if you’re goal number one is to make the story moving at a fast pace and make it as broader as possible, you fail in general. Time travel nerds will find it way too simple and uninspired, while the most part of the audience will look for something special in Time they will never find, I’m afraid. You got the good twists, a great cliffhanger but it lacks heart and sincerity. Plus, the pilot doesn’t give a good vision of what to expect on a weekly basis. Is it 100% serialized or will every episode feature a close-ended story with serialized elements? Is the plan visiting a new event from history (or future) in every episode?
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