Pilot

Kiefer Sutherland plays John Weir. He is some kind of a paranoid freelance espionage operative for hire. He gets involved in corporate shenanigans such as driving down share prices so someone else can pick them up cheaply.

A kind of a Robin Hood figure as he has some kind of code of ethics. He is targeting rich corporations who are pitted against each other. What money they lose, they will probably make it back soon after. A cynical take.

The episode begins with Weir want to deflate the ego of some arrogant hedge fund manager. Weir fixed it so he sells off an erectile dysfunction medication as it causes cancer.

His crack team are hired to take some kind of incriminating photos of a Treasury Agent accepting something from a rival conglomerate. It all goes smoothly.

So far Rabbit Hole plays like the Leverage or Hustle. You just need to remember that the show opened with a desperate Weir in the confessional box.

By the end of the episode it is Weir who is the mark. Maybe it is all like the David Fincher movie, The Game. The conspiracy is on him.

Pleasantly surprised on how good this episode was. After so many TV series and watching si many pilots that don't push you to continue watching this was the opposite!

I was just on the edge of my seat most of the time thinking that I knew what was coming and for my surprise the story kept developing I was really into it.

Let's hope the series keep this momentum going and we keep getting these type of series that keep the public intrigued with great writing and acting.

I was excited watching this as I was back in the day with 24 and Jack Bauer, big Keith fan, let's see where this road take us.

I really liked the set-up for this intriguing suspense mini-series, with Kiefer in confessional beginning the flashback story and playing an ultra-smug Michael Douglas-type cad - the sophisticated guy who's rotten but still worth rooting for. The way clues are injected and plot twists explode on the viewer at unexpected moments is laudable.

A mainly unfamiliar supporting cast helps to keep the attention almost nonstop on Kiefer, as in concentrated fashion we get to see him (and his young crew) perpetrate two scams in almost Mission: Impossible fashion, setting folks up for fabricated frameups with amazing ease. So when Kiefer becomes the unwary victim of a similar scam, becoming an instant multiple-murder suspect, the pace picks up and we're left hungry for more action and suspense -tightly identifying with his frightening "man on the run" plight. Use of Manhattan locations is also well-done.