Ann Parker

This show is lacking in every way. The cast, overall, is too young and inexperienced by half, to represent an elite team of professional FBI agents representing the US in a foreign country. The script is bland, disjointed, superficial, and spoken as though being read but not understood. The body language is awkward, immature, and inappropriate to convey a believable message. The actors demonstrate no shared chemistry, and very little individual personality. The dog, it’s role, the way it’s treated… really?! The storylines and sub-text are implausible to the point of complete dearth of good sense or judgement. Optimistically, we stuck it out til this:… Episode opens with agent being poisoned, proceeds thru many scripted missteps, ‘til the final few minutes when the team’s female counterpart in Budapest enters the squad room to announce she’s just spoken to her contact in Russia, and says: “Russia has agreed to stop using poisons”. (Seriously?!) My kids were scripting better make-believe in the backyard when they were eight.