Episode #1.1

If you kill people in a show you don't know or care about then it's not very dramatic or interesting. Tons of characters are shot or have arrows brutal killing them but I didn't really care since so little time was taken to have you invested in anyone. The lead woman is so dull I can't imagine watching her for 60 minutes let alone 6 episodes. Honestly everyone is dull..even Peter Berg's scene is supposed to be tense but it's not. The filming of it has everything so gray and blue it's tiring to look at.

I need to root for someone..hate someone..look at beautiful scenery or clothes or anything...this is a solid 2.

If the first episode of Peter Berg's "American Primeval" starts off in somewhat pedestrian fashion - a mother and son waiting at a remote railway station - it certainly doesn't end that way.

The mother is Sara Rowell (Betty Gilpin) and her son is Devin (Preston Mota) and they are headed west to link up with Sara's husband/Devin's dad. It seems simple un theory, but isn't for many reasons.

What a tremendous opener to this miniseries. The American west is definitely wild in this one, depicted as a bleak, desolate and violent place full of people who kill, lie and cheat at the drop of a hat. And that's just the white men. There are numerous Indian tribes and animals to contend with, not to mention the weather.

Fantastic stuff.

The American West, 1857. Sara Rowell and her son Devin have arrived in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, and need a guide to get them to Crooks Springs, Utah, to meet her husband. The way there is dangerous - high mountains, bandits, Indians and the local Mormon population is essentially at war with the US government and suspicious of any newcomers - but she is determined to reach her goal.

A dark, violent Western in Deadwood mould. Certainly not your average Western: there's no good guys and bad guys - everyone seems bad and in it for themselves, similarly, there's not two sides but several factions all working against each other, characters are expendable - people you think are going to be important to the plot are killed off in a heartbeat and the plot is quite unpredictable. Very gritty and action-packed.

On that note, the action scenes are very well done, a maelstrom of confusion and random violence.

I look forward to the remainder of the series.

While the acting in this is terrible flat wooden like they're reading from a Teleprompter or something They're way too clean to be in that Time era.

The main woman she's the worst. The Mormons are pretty bad too. The kid is awful. Probably the best part is the Indians and the violence which is pretty greedy but I would bet back then the women didn't talk like this or act like this like I said, it's very flat acting it's very, wooden and very juvenile Sure the sets are cool and there well done but I'm only into 17 minutes if the first episode and I can't believe other people don't see this and comment on it I mean from the gecko the acting was like reading from my script. Too bad had potential I guess I'll continue on but, like I said the Indians are the best part.

American Primeval had a pretty solid first episode. The whole eerie tone and setting of the Western American plains really sets up what's to come. Instantly we have a clear goal and an obstacle layed out ahead of the characters. The story is instantly gripping, the combat is gritty and violent. The episode was paced extremely well as the forty-five minutes seemed to fly bye.

The whole cast of characters were very good. I'd only knew Taylor Kitsch from The Terminal List and Betty Gilpin from The Tomorrow War, but the rest of the cast really impressed me. Preston Mota gave a fairly good performance for such a young actor.

An excellent opening episode and I hope the rest of the show keeps up with this quality!