Cypher

Saw the popup for the "Free Premiere" on the Roku splash screen and figured, why not? Not sure if the bad writing, worse acting, or terrible direction was responsible, but the 43-minute pilot felt like two hours. It's one bad line, one cliche, one hackneyed plot device after another.

On the bright side though, the photography is actually pretty good, so at least the crew has a good career ahead of them.

Like the Roku devices not quite there yet. Some bad acting plus a strange vibe like a cheap telenovela. Never the less good intentions....

Appears that the writers weren't creative enough to fill each episode with good, well paced, relevant dialogue. So we end up with long pauses, filler back and forth dialogue that contributes absolutely nothing to the story and huge gaps in information as investigation takes place. I hate to simply mimic other reviews, but terrible and unimaginative writing. Acting was either over the top or stiff and awkward, so not believable. Daughter definitely the best of the bunch. Will was not bad, but still something left to be desired. With better writing, perhaps it would have boosted acting, as well. So many holes in storyline! Watching is torturous.

Story line started off good but completely fell apart. These are the most corrupt and inept FBI agents ever! The lead female agent meets a new guy during the investigation (online). Date 1 takes him home to her house....sleeps with him and then 3rd date takes him to the FBI SAFE HOUSE to drop something off before the head out to dinner???? Who does that??? Worst and most stupid cops ever!

The premise was exciting and I expected this would be a really interesting show. Well, I can't tell exactly what made it not great: the acting, the direction, the script? There were stupid decisions by characters, and huge plot holes. One actor seemed to have an Australian accent, then surfer dude accent, then standard American accent, all at different times. Another character hates to wear pants, or shirts and for an interior designer knows how to crack complicated code, as you do. And the mom? Ugh, awful. I dislike her as much as the "bad guys". I'm still watching literally only because I want to know who is behind the code. (I'm on ep 5). I really wish more thought would have been put into making this. It really had promise, but did not deliver.