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The Watchful Eye has an intriguing plot. The show gives us great promise of a really good experience. Unfortunately, irrational deeds of characters destroy magic. Sometimes, the action is even funny. Usually we choose one or more characters to be our favorite. We sympathize and empathize. But I didn't find such a person. Everybody has repulsive negative sides here. Anyway, I want to know, what will be next. I really liked Netflix's series Archive 81. Unluckily, it was cancelled after the first season. This movie has a similar atmosphere and it's wonderful. Sure, not so deep. The mystical part of the series compensates for stupid and empty dialogues. I hope to see more mystics in the next episodes. Howbeit, if The Watchful Eye gets a second season, it will be strange.

I'm through episode 7 of this show and what started out as an interesting creepy premise is just going nowhere. There are long drawn out scenes where nothing happens, just a lot of slow monotone talking with no point. It billed itself as a creepy mystery, but it's just a slow motion drama fest. It's not scary, it's not creepy, it's not funny and it's not all that entertaining. On top of this, there are no likable characters anywhere to be seen. Everyone is annoying, deceitful or just plain awful, and that includes the main character. They have to have a modern agenda, too, so there are as many gay or trans characters as there are straight ones, just for the heck of it. Those who gave this show anything about a 5 must not expect much.

I wonder what this story is going to be about. I usually don't read any reviews before watching at least one episode but in this saga I have seen two. I, however, don't know what to think about what I've seen so far and quickly looked at the rating, which is way above I think it is worth right now. Scenes take so long to get moving, but we get some eerie music to accompany someone walking through creepy passages for no reason as nothing happens. Perhaps I am impatient and must watch some more episodes. I don't know what other viewers think, but I will read these after I have submitted this review.

9 eps in and still waiting. This is a show that requires something else on the side; hence the "needlework", knitting, drawing, or solitaire on the side. It doesn't require full eye attention. How it rates above 6 is beyond me. Glad I'm not paying a subscription to watch it! Hoped it might provide something more interesting than the big N's increasingly long dragged out tales. One thing for certain is there's a lot of junk shows being made these days. Kind of like coffee - I'd rather have one cup of good coffee than 3 cups of cheap coffee. Hopefully all involved are newbies and they come out of this with an awareness of how not to do things. Unless this has a good punch-line finish I can't give it more than 4 as the filming was decent, acting mediocre... maybe 3 as I had to back up to understand some of the mumbly dialogue which might have sounded better if I had a high end sound system - or worse. When all said and done, this could easily been done as a less than 2 hour movie of the made for TV genre. DISAPPOINTED.

The pilot was a bit messy and hard to follow, but episode 2 was much better. Things are unwinding at a slower pace than I'm used to on typical TV shows--and I love that. There's something oddly ominous about things and the acting is pretty nice. It's not a 10/10 for acting, but it's decent enough that you can get lost in the story a bit. Amy Acker alone is a reason to stick around; she's fabulous and I worship her.

I don't expect this to be a 10 star show, not even a 9, but it's shaping up to be a 6-8 star show if the writers keep down this path, pace, and general feel. I'm hoping it ages like wine and myself.

I will update if things go completely awry and this review ages like milk.