The Lazarus Project

'The Lazarus Project', a group of secret government agents tasked with stopping extinction-level events in the world, recruit their newest member - an app developer named George (Paapa Essiedu). Using a type of serum, average humans, such as the leader, Wes (Caroline Quentin), and fellow agent, Archie (Anjli Mohindra), can recall "Time Loops" - a cosmic event that resets the universe back to July 1st. Upon reset, those who have taken the serum, and certain mutants, like George, can remember everything prior to the reset.

Without giving too much away on an episode-by-episode basis, this show is quite entertaining to watch! The special effects, acting, writing, and flow are all very well done. There are some open plot holes that I hope will be addressed in the following season(s), but overall, a fresh idea on time travel!

Worth a watch!

Being an SF fan for over 50 years, I found this to be up there with the best of them.

Yes, it's not perfect and has some flaws in some of the acting and storytelling about how people are recruited etc. But, for a well thought out, keep you guessing sci fi, particularly Season 2, do not miss this one.

The story line was meticulously planned to last over the first 2 series and although some of the first series was a little drawn out, it is for that exact reason that all else revolves around, from, to and branching from the initial story that gets you truly involved.

Unlike many other series that no matter how good, get cancelled and leave you frustrated, you find that even if it stops at the end of Series 2, there was a type of closure letting you sit in in a euphoric understanding of the story, that even if no more are made, you are left content but longing for more.

(PLEASE let there be more!) IMHO, take no heed from those that rubbish this fine production, particularly those that choose to call themselves "expert reviewers" I have usually found them to be so full of it that I take no notice of them.

Joe Kmetyk.

First of, a mini rant about review bombing...It's pathetic and pointles. There is a definite pattern to it and I think most people know why. It's ruining the reputation of genuine, respectable review sites. Ok on to the series...absolutely loved it! I thought it was a creative take on the time loop genre and plenty of room to grow. The story is compelling, good character development and mostly great acting. There are minor moronic moments but easily forgotten as the story moves at pace. Look forward to S2 to see where the rabbit hole goes.

Things are going well for George Addo (Paapa Essiedu). He gets a bank loan for his app. His girlfriend Sarah Leigh gets pregnant. They get married. Suddenly, it all goes wrong when a worldwide pandemic hits. He wakes up six months earlier and it starts all over again. Apparently, he's one of the few who naturally experiences time jumps. He's recruited into a secret organization, The Lazarus Project, which uses time jumps as the last resort to save the world. There's a machine and a singularity. Somehow, the group uses all that to return to the previous July 1st. They've done it many times. Their nemesis is former member Rebrov.

This show runs into the same problem as many time traveling shows. They just get so convoluted especially when they keep time traveling over themselves. It starts out great with an intriguing premise. It doesn't really dig into the technical details. There are some unlikely science going on. It's the constant looping that gets in the way. By the second season, the show becomes a convoluted ball of twine. It's canceled after two seasons.

I'm going to make this very short.

Sadly today younger people don't want anything that takes concentration to watch. The reason for this is they want to watch their phones while watching the show. You'll get lost if you do that with a good, intelligent show. So these people stopped watching it because it was too difficult for them to spend time on social media etc. And keep up with what was going on in the show.

That's the way the works us right now so you just have to expect that if you fund a great show you can accept it isn't going to last long. You just have to remember that.

And this was an excellent show.