Robert Dettman

Another dud on Apple TV. I kept thinking it was a remake of another show and it continued to bother me until I remembered that the story closely resembles that of War of the Worlds on Netflix. The characters studies could have been interesting but the writing just fell flat and even though the actors tried hard to make the story believable they could not. Once the aliens were revealed I realized that they resembled giant neurons LOL. So the giant neurons have a “hive mind” creating an alien race of a giant brain! Ha! How the boy turned off the neurons at the end will no doubt be revealed in season 2, but by that time the show will be another boring “how do we stop the aliens from killing us all” show. What is the magic bullet that saves us all from the advanced alien race? Is it the kids who did not get bloody noses? Yawn.

The first season was good with a nice twist at the end. However the second season was kind of boring and I just ended up skipping to the last episode. The main characters are not sympathetic and it’s not clear why the main Iranian character is willing to help the Mossad spy even after she threatens his life and has his friend killed. A normal person would run away.