Have you ever ever been so excited for a present, hoping that it’ll steal your coronary heart and turn into your subsequent obsession, just for it to disappoint at each flip? That’s me and Countdown.
I used to be genuinely rooting for it to turn into the following hit as a result of if it’s not clear but, broadcast is dying, and procedurals are in peril. I don’t know what number of new exhibits we’ll have within the subsequent few years if the present developments proceed.
Dramas like The Pitt and NCIS: Origins have discovered the candy steadiness of conventional and fashionable tv, however another makes an attempt have failed miserably (I’m Netflix’s Pulse).
I hoped Prime Video would have a profitable present, and the brand new system will likely be cemented. If experiments fail, which Countdown was one, Fits are scared away from taking dangers.
In the event you’ve been following together with our Countdown Season 1 evaluations, the present misplaced me early.
Most individuals don’t care about critic evaluations, however after I noticed 35% on Rotten Tomatoes, I knew one thing was amiss.
As somebody who has completely examined each facet of it, I perceive what went improper.
Countdown Did Not Lean Into the Energy of Streaming
With out the necessity for advert breaks, streaming permits creators to craft a extra partaking narrative and likewise permits additional time for character improvement.
Nevertheless, Countdown handled Prime Video like a daily broadcast community and produced the episodes accordingly.
At a 40-something-minute runtime, there’s not a lot time to develop the characters to the purpose the place viewers really feel like they know them.
Between that and the present’s potential to spend so much of time doing nothing of significance so far as the primary investigation is worried, it felt like watching paint dry whereas ready for the occasional suicidal fly to interrupt the boredom.
This situation was foundational and confirmed up early on, persisting all through the season. Out of the 13 episodes, solely two episodes stood out, they usually weren’t within the season premiere.
Meachum and Oliveras
Not all exhibits want romance as a result of it could actually bathroom down the narrative. Romance turns into even trickier to drag off when the events are coworkers.
Of their first interplay, Oliveras and Meachum are launched as, for lack of a greater phrase, enemies. The previous is conscious of the latter’s status, and it was insinuated that she disapproves of it.
Quick ahead just a few episodes, and instantly they discover themselves wanting one another. Much more, their will-they/received’t-they turns into central to the present. I’m sorry, however nobody requested for this.
And as a substitute of committing to 1 faculty of thought, Countdown didn’t make up its thoughts about Oliveras and Meachum all the way in which to Countdown Season 1 Episode 13. As a substitute of electrifying chemistry, it felt like we had been being electrocuted every time their scenes appeared.
It’s price iterating that not all exhibits want romance, and Countdown is that present. The Pitt was partially profitable as a result of it didn’t attempt to pressure a connection between two sizzling folks for the sake of it.
These Three Damned Additional Episodes
It’s crystal clear that Derek Haas meant to finish the season after Episode 10. Nevertheless, Amazon pressured extra episodes on him, and he needed to scramble to give you one thing.
As a facet word, who thought it was a good suggestion for one individual to jot down each episode of a procedural? They’re infamous for having a number of writers and present process fast rewrites, so whoever thought one individual might deal with it was mistaken.
Countdown Season 1 Episode 11 undoes all the things the present had been attempting to promote to the viewers by taking an out, permitting it to maintain the characters collectively.
If this present had been to proceed, it ought to have been an anthology sequence. If the duty pressure was created to take care of one risk, it ought to have been disbanded after the hazard was over, and people speculated to die ought to have died.
Countdown Did the Naked Minimal with Its Forged
I get having an amazing forged and wanting to maintain taking part in with them, but when it comes on the danger of the present’s high quality, then it’s not price it.
In breakneck pace, Meachum is healed, a brand new risk arises, and the band is again collectively.
That ought to have been thrilling for the viewer, however I felt nothing! And it is smart as a result of we by no means related with these characters, not to mention your complete crew.
I do know a few of you’ll say, ‘I like Meachum,’ however do you? Do you like him, or would you comply with Jensen Ackles to the depths of hell?
It’s admirable to love an actor that a lot, however Meachum was a drag.
What about Eric Dane?
The person has a magnetic presence on display screen, however he seemed bored and drained in each scene (hopefully nothing to do together with his latest prognosis). Save for a single scoff, the character by no means smiled.
Countdown noticed each entice and walked proper into it. It analysed all of the errors it might have made, and made them anyway.
Individually, these issues dealt a blow to the present. Nevertheless, when mixed, they created a multitude.
However that’s how I felt.
However what about you?
Agree? Disagree? Have a concept?
Tell us within the feedback, or share this text with somebody who will need to argue about it with you.
That’s what makes it enjoyable. And sure, we all know you might have one thing to day about Countdown and Ackles, so don’t allow us to down!
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