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I did not watch this show because it was too close to what I do for a living which is divorce law. I was out of other shows, so I started this and found myself fast forwarding through too much of it. The actors were fine, the daughter was superb and I look forward to seeing much more of her in the future. My issue with the entire script, is not that people fell in love with another, or the mother/step son had a perverse relationship, but that the story is being told in a way to try to say "it's all ok". Truth is, the story was about having your cake and eating it too, which is a line I have to use over and over in my work. The way life should work is if you fall out of love with your spouse, divorce them and move on. But this story is all about "test the waters first, lie to your spouse and children, then lie to the person you are cheating with, and then lie some more to your spouse". I understand that this happens all the time, I deal with it daily, but I don't support 3 seasons of the media trying to normalize the behavior. The attitude that its normal makes my work so much harder than it needs to be.

I agree with other reviews that we've all seen the plot of the movie. Good guys chasing bad guys, parent abandoning kid for safety, girl getting involved with bad guy, FBI/cartel/mercenaries all after each other, car chase scenes and gun scenes. It is action packed, but also predictable. The movie itself was ok. Kept my attention. Not a bad view for a week night. The young actress did a nice job, but did not have a huge part. But, J Lo! Same exact speech pattern, same exact part as Enough. She worked in Enough because that was 20 years ago and there weren't as many similar movies. But her acting has not improved and that is disappointing. She's beautiful, she is a top notch dancer and singer. She does not need to keep building her resume, so just cut out the acting and leave these movies to someone whose passion is acting and needs the job.

Prequels and Sequels are typically never close to the originals, so I was surprised by the well written story of this show. The actors were perfect for their roles and it was nice to see so many familiar faces, mixed in with new players. I do not enjoy fast forwards or look backs and this show is full of them, with one full episode being almost nothing but going forward and past. While they were well used, there were just too many of them. I'm not sure if they ever add the suspense the writers believe they do rather than just telling the story from start to finish. It is an all around good show, just taking a star off for too many "flashes".