Damnation

FINALLY something to look forward to on TV! THANK YOU! I don't understand these people who give bad reviews based on historical details or compare it to real life government, THIS IS A FICTIONAL DRAMA TV SHOW NOT A DOCUMENTARY people!! This is a great show and I'm sick of all the great shows getting dropped! If one more good show gets dropped I'm leaving cable TV for good. For the USA network: ratings would probably be so much higher but all At&t customers can't record shows ahead of time anymore. At&t now only allows us to setup recording of a show a few hours before the show however most people WORK and have children and busy lives therefor aren't in front of the TV a few hours ahead of any showtime whereas before we could look ahead many hours even days/weeks to schedule upcoming shows we wanted! We tried using At&t's search option and it didn't come up that way either and it's not on demand, therefor it's impossible for most people to record this show!! We had to watch it on our black box/android box. We did however purchase this show on Amazon in an attempt to try and help its ratings in hopes it will stay on TV but its not likely what most people are going to do. At&t's has the worst on demand services for its high tier customers.

I measure how well done a show is by whether or not I think about it in the days between episodes. This is one of those rare shows that caused me to think about it with anticipation. Damnation will definitely be on my short list of new favorites. The character development drives the story. I took off a star because the pacing wasn't perfect, but for the most part it was spot on.

I do not usually review shows, but I decided to review this one because I was surprised that the overall user rating was so low for the quality of the series. As I suspected, when I read other user reviews I saw that they lowballed it because they do not agree with the political slant, as a result it jaundiced the overall rating. The acting was well done, the cinematography is first rate, I adored the costuming and sets. Basically, I do not understand how anyone could give this show a 1 star because they do not agree with the politics. Do yourself a favor and watch for yourself and decide, unless of course you are too much of a snowflake to watch programming that disagrees with your political views.

Firstly this show is not one of my favorite genres and I decided to give it a watch because I didn't have anything else to watch.

Killian Scott takes one of the lead roles in the show, I recognized him straight away from the excellent RTE drama Love / Hate, he didn't quite have the American accent down but I am sure it will come in time.

Also the brilliant Logan Marshall-Green stars as the main protagonist, I remember him from an old drama called Traveler and more recently in the brilliant Quarry.

I wasn't expecting much from it at all and it started a little slowly but it soon gathered pace.

There are a couple of clever twists and turns in the show and the character development is clever.

I recommend giving this show a chance, the low score would normally have put me off and so I am glad I watched it anyway.

I've really enjoyed the first two episodes. The cast is attractive, can act and the script is well done. The premise of the rich vs the poor is fitting in the current time of our country. There is enough action to keep it exciting, plenty of questions that need answering and enough drama to keep you watching.

I am sad this was cancelled... Killian Scott and Logan Marshall Green are excellent and the storyline is quite interesting. But really, I'm impressed with Killian and his ability to play Seth Davenport since the only thing I've seen him in is the very Irish, but very good, show Love/Hate.