Helix

I was hoping for something like "Burning Zone" - intense show about a team of brave scientists containing deadly diseases. A show with tense and creepy atmosphere and genuinely frightening moments.

Instead, I got this.

The yellow-blue filter only accentuates the show's low-budget look. Characters spout out generic lines, and every scene unfolds right on cue of a predictable beat. There are no surprises, no scares, no suspense, no sense of involvement with the cardboard characters.

SyFy channel has succeeded at accomplishing the most difficult task of taking a show about infectious diseases and people in Hazmat suits and making it into a banal snore-fest.

Of course, if anyone could do it, it's SyFy.

This show is quite good. It has nice twists and plot cliffhangers.

However, the person who chose the soundtrack should never be allowed to do that ever again!!! It's excruciating!!!!

The first season was ok and had a mystery element. The second series was a bit odd, it started off slow, gradually introducing the old characters. With two time zones (past and present). But the elements in season 2 were a little bizarre.

Overall enjoyed watching the seasons.

Syfy canceled the series.

Example- Those in quarantine shut off the CO2 scrubbers threatening the oxygen supply. Really? You're not in outer space, OPEN THE DOOR TO THE OUTSIDE!!

Sure it's cold, but you've already been outside numerous times with no problem breathing. Open the doors, fill the building with oxygen, close the doors and warm up. Repeat as needed.

See? Stupid stuff.

Someone blows up the satellite dish and everyone just shrugs and goes on with life like that sort of thing happens alot.

And no one thought to bring satellite phones to an arctic medical research station just in case the satellite dish blows up or stops working?

See? Stupid stuff.

I watched the first season until the end. I'm definitely not fascinated, it's never going to be my favorite show. Some events are unrealistic, some characters react in a way "real humans" wouldn't (but then again, it is still unclear how much of that is just bad writing and acting and how much will be explained later on). Still, every episode was interesting and fun to watch.

Sure, there are moments when they watch a virus under a microscope or create miracle drugs in days by mixing few flasks of colored liquids, but if you can let go of the expectations of realism for the sake of fun, I recommend this show.