Quantico

I have probably seen worse acting, but I just can't remember where or when. And the plot, sub-plots, sub-sub-plots, etc., are absolutely ridiculous The Saturday morning cartoons from my youth made more sense! Oh, and the background noise that is called (*ahem*) music is terrible, and sometimes so loud you can't make out the dialogue of the actors. Although that may be intentional, come to think of it.

Some reviewers have suggested that academy scenes are more like co-ed dorms, and the actors/actresses selected for their eye appeal instead of their acting ability. I can agree with that. And many of the reviewers that give it a rating of '1' are offended by how Indians/Hindus are portrayed. But given the political situation when the first season was filmed it was more politically correct than portraying them as Middle Eastern Islamics.

The flashbacks of the academy days at Quantico was interesting. That, and only that, was the only part of the show that made any sense. It took about three episodes to get used to the flashbacks, but they did hold my interest. If that's the way the academy really operates or if it is just more Hollywood conjecture I don't know.

The action scenes can be entertaining, if you don't let the bad acting and ridiculous plots/sub plots get to you.

I guess I've always thought of the flashback as a shortcut in story telling. The continuous back and forth of this show is interfering in my enjoyment of very interesting current story line. It's interesting enough that I'll continue, until I can't. I really think the series could have cut the flashbacks almost in half and told the same story.

The characters are pretentious, the story lines ridiculously out of touch with reality, and the acting is pretty poor.

First, the lead character, is definitely easy on the eyes, but acting abilities...not so much. The show itself, seems to have zero fact base in what the FBI does and mixes it up with NSA/CIA type operations, and on top of it they would like you to believe that FBI recruits come out of the academy, with super human abilities, super human intelligence, and are immediately given positions above all those serving in the field for many years. Not to mention everyone in the academy is a terrorist, has terrorist ties, is a suspected terrorist, or has some desire to act as a terrorist. Apparently the TV FBI is worse at vetting than a potato.Apparently Quantico is just a college dorm full of annoying but cute children, the only thing missing is STD's. Or maybe the pretty is all that matters...

The show focuses around one agent and it is as though she is the complete center of the world. At first this fits because hey, every show has a star but this show does it in such overblown annoying way that you just scream "WTF!" every 2 mins.

Excessive dialogue is used to cover shoddy acting but that actually makes it worse. The only thing this show has going for it is pretty actors, and a fast pace. Other than those 2 things...it's crap.

This show was so good! It took me a few episodes to get into it, but there was a lot going on to keep it interesting once I did! The seasons are all really different from one another, and if you're just starting off like I did, it ends halfway thru Season 3, which was disappointing! The first two seasons have an ongoing plot that lasts the whole arc of the season, but the third isn't quite like that. A lot of people didn't like the unrealistic bits, but I was watching for entertainment, not looking for realism. Plenty of romance and suspense and surprises along the way. If you're looking for a fast paced show that keeps it interesting and you're pretty much stuck at home as many of us are, give it a whirl!

Writers are the worst. The episodes are written in the simplest possible way. The writers only believe the terrorist anonymity is the central piece of the story and misses how boring each episodes are. Apart from that, every episode shows their training at quantico to prepare for their role in the future in that very same episode. So it just looks like filler content for the episode. Second thing, the whole idea of bringing in new NATS was just poor reason to not develop story with just old NATS and required more characters to build up a complex plot(!??!) and add lot of curiosity in the story. This series requires some series good writers. The writing is very linear and episodes are insanely boring to watch. Most of the training scenes are purely fillers and has less significance for the story. That just means to me to kill time you show the training required. Sorry I started this series with so much curiosity about how they gonna write and twist the plots. It is a huge disappointment.