markanderson333
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I must say that my wife and I enjoyed this all the way... to the second last episode.
Acting overall was very good, great characters delivered with believable emotions and behavior. The story line was gripping albeit it sobering and there were enough twists and curves to make it draw us along nicely.
I agree with a few others here the main character was frustrating, made some stupid decisions along the way with most of them being unbelievable in a real life scenario. That said, a solid delivery.
The accents though - wow - hard to understand along with the slang. The old brain really had to work hard on occasions. Do poms from that neck of the wood really speak like that ? A country within a country so to speak.
After all that though - the ending was pathetic. Really. Just dumb and annoying and again given the circumstances and the relationships, no one would do that in my opinion. This is what left us at the end thinking that while the episodes kept us entertained for a number of nights, the end that was scripted, well, for us, was it worth the effort. You decide ... A higher score if not for the ending.
Acting overall was very good, great characters delivered with believable emotions and behavior. The story line was gripping albeit it sobering and there were enough twists and curves to make it draw us along nicely.
I agree with a few others here the main character was frustrating, made some stupid decisions along the way with most of them being unbelievable in a real life scenario. That said, a solid delivery.
The accents though - wow - hard to understand along with the slang. The old brain really had to work hard on occasions. Do poms from that neck of the wood really speak like that ? A country within a country so to speak.
After all that though - the ending was pathetic. Really. Just dumb and annoying and again given the circumstances and the relationships, no one would do that in my opinion. This is what left us at the end thinking that while the episodes kept us entertained for a number of nights, the end that was scripted, well, for us, was it worth the effort. You decide ... A higher score if not for the ending.
Far from being awful, yet far from being a show you are eagerly anticipating the next episode.
Many holes in the plot and frankly it just doesn't make logical sense as you progress. I'm up to episode 4 and trying to hang in there but each episode seems to throw up a writing / plot flaw.
Patrick Heusinger (Nick) is really quite terrible as a key player in this. His acting is well below par and as others have said, he has pretty much one and only one facial expression that reminds me of a sad kid looking for someone to pay him some attention.
"Nick" is by no means a firm decisive FBI agent or a character that is in control whether he is with his wife or on the job. I will put this down to the writing, but intrinsically attached to the that is the very poor acting on his part.
And the cherry on top that makes this a show that is painful to watch, is the way Patrick Heusinger speaks - or should I say whispers. I thought Kiefer Sutherland had that voice play patented but it appears not. As annoying as it is listening to Kiefer in, well all his movies but certainly Designated Survivor, Patrick Heusinger's takeoff of the whisper voice is totally distracting in Absentia and further weakens the character, thus unraveling whatever other attempts are being made to hold this show up.
Many holes in the plot and frankly it just doesn't make logical sense as you progress. I'm up to episode 4 and trying to hang in there but each episode seems to throw up a writing / plot flaw.
Patrick Heusinger (Nick) is really quite terrible as a key player in this. His acting is well below par and as others have said, he has pretty much one and only one facial expression that reminds me of a sad kid looking for someone to pay him some attention.
"Nick" is by no means a firm decisive FBI agent or a character that is in control whether he is with his wife or on the job. I will put this down to the writing, but intrinsically attached to the that is the very poor acting on his part.
And the cherry on top that makes this a show that is painful to watch, is the way Patrick Heusinger speaks - or should I say whispers. I thought Kiefer Sutherland had that voice play patented but it appears not. As annoying as it is listening to Kiefer in, well all his movies but certainly Designated Survivor, Patrick Heusinger's takeoff of the whisper voice is totally distracting in Absentia and further weakens the character, thus unraveling whatever other attempts are being made to hold this show up.
