Review by toboer

The first five episodes are frustratingly generic, with one-dimensional stock genre characters and a bag of cliches. The writing was poor, with the FBI trained protagonist showing little security consciousness and surviving through pure luck.

Actually the only refreshing element that offers something different is the love story between the assassins.

The female characters are particularly poorly drawn - the female lead, the Secret Service agent, and the VP's daughter in particular - where arrogance and rudeness seem to substitute for strength and sass; they behave like entitled teenagers and are plain unlikeable.

Thank goodness for Oscar-nominated actress Hong Chau, who transforms herself yet again and brings some class to the proceedings.

From episode 6 the action picks up pace and the characters start to become more fleshed out (a bit late), and the show becomes more engaging (and less annoying).

There's not much chemistry between the two leads, so the romance side plot seems a bit forced (the assassins romance is better!).

The show seems to have done well. So if there's a second season, hope it continues to improve, particularly on the writing.