I thought it was a good pilot, but I do think that it suffered from the fate that many pilots usually suffer from. The actors in the show are not used to there characters just yet and I'm sure thats something that is going to take a few epsiodes to devolop. Think back to the Lost pilot and Jack's speech to Kate on "Fear". It was painfully bad acting on the part of Fox, but that was simply because he was not ready to really get into his character yet. I felt the same kind of thing here and with how intense the show is with the science termonology it might take a while for the show to really kick it into high gear.

Positive aspects of the pilot? The storyline. Very interesting concept. I didn't expect the man that John and Olivia were chasing at the beginning of the epsiode to die at the end of the episode and I certainly didn't expect John to both be the bad guy and be killed off at the same time. Very interesting story writing with a lot of twists early in the show. I liked the dream sequence the best out of everything I think. I thought it was really well done and very mysterious.

Lance Reddick is the person I think is the most in tune with his character and another one of my favorite scenes was when he and Olivia were going over some of the "unexplained things" that were happening around the world that were classified beyond top secret. After reading ahead in the previews two episodes it seems like we will be introduced to some weird mystery every episode. Interesting concept of applying a standalone formula to a show that seems to be anything but. However, I'm more then happy to go along for the ride - very good opening act.

9.2 / 10.0