Talamasca: A Ordem Secreta

So whilst I understand that the first two episodes are a slow burn, I have high hopes and I'm fully invested. I think it's too easy for people to write off a show after a couple of episodes. We live within a culture of instant gratification but sometimes we have to invest in something for longer than 5 minutes. I've read comments stating that the reviewers don't care about the characters but after two episodes why would you? I enjoyed both episodes.

They tried to mask it up as something special by adding a great actor - a couple of interesting characters. Pretty people and sometimes sexy storylines - in the end it's just boring -I'd love to be wrong - turn it around and make it good. MAKE IT GOOD ... NOT EVEN GREAT - I will continue to watch because everything else is bad, but that's not what you want this CALIBER show to be -I mean the story by ep 1 was predictable, by ep 3 was boring and by 4 made me write this review. Girl, you had me by the premise, you lost me by ... I'll find out.

Was really hoping for something intriguing and enjoyable but the main character, who's supposed to be bright, isn't. Kept thinking about the writers conference where someone threw out the idea that they should make a series with Napoleon Dynamite and vampires. Will give it one more episode before giving up completely.

The Good

Interesting peek into the workings of the organisation.

Vampires, witches and other supernatural occurrences.

Acting, directing, and the rest of the production are all great.

Interesting enough plot and subplots.

The Bad

As has been said, it *is* a bit of a slow burn...

Vampire abilities, magic, and psi abilities aren't popping off every few seconds...it's somewhat understated beyond the first episode. It *isn't* a magical show.

The story so far is quite tight - you do get a glimpse into Talamasca, vampires, witches...but the story isn't *about* them, they're just in it...if that makes sense.

The story could be easily transposed into any other setting...the things the characters do for most of the screen time are pretty mundane and typical of detective/mystery fare. I appreciate that the same can be said for a lot of things, but in this case, it seems even more so.

It's set around central London - it's accurate...therefore it's grey...nowhere near as sumptuous as either of the other series.

Conclusion

I'm attracted by the paranormal elements, but the itch isn't quite being satisfied.

I'm happy to watch it, my score may go up and is unlikely to go down...but...I'm not being blown away.

If it were cancelled after 4 episodes, then the truth is I would be pretty indifferent.

The Talamasca has centuries of history that could have been explored from it's origin story to present day,as a fan of Rice's stories the Talamasca has always been a mysterious organization I wished she would have given more stories about,when I heard about the series I had hoped that it was going to be the Talamasca's story but instead they chose to make it just some generic type of supernatural series with the name Talamasca to rope in fans of the books. It's a shame because there was so much material that was there to be mined,I'm not sure the fans will stick with this series,Iwill watch for a few more eps but I'not holding out hope that it will me what I need.