Eleventh Hour is based on the BBC show by the same name (BBC America was nice enough to show it). One problem I have is that it is completely exactly like the BBC show. I mean the dialogue is the same minus the British accent. So, CBS loses points for lack of originality. Now that that’s out of the way, I liked everything about the show. This show plays more like the X-Files then any other show that has ever tried to copy Fox and Scully. The show doesn’t leave you asking more questions than when it began. Its like what Fringe would be if it were streamlined and you combined Joshua Jackson and John Noble’s characters.
I don’t normally mention this but I do read message boards. There seems to be a lot of people out there on the net who don’t like this show. They fall into two categories, those who like Fringe (and are J.J. Abrams die-hard fans) and calls this a rip-off, and those who are former X-Philes who are still searching for that perfect replacement. As a fan of genre shows, I think this is the best new genre show on T.V. It gave me a self-contained story with an ending, plus planted a seed for a long arc story. Rufus Sewell’s Dr. Jacob Hood is obviously a brilliant scientist, but he isn’t all knowing. I say watch this show, and see how it plays out.
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This post was written by Bedlam on October 12, 2008
