Anyone see this?

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SPOILERS It’s a hell of a lot more like Total Recall meets Push than it is The X-Files. The protagonist has Powers, and so do her peers. Myfanwy (rhymes with Tiffany) works for a branch of British Intelligence and someone has wiped her memory, apparently in the course of her killing 8 men without laying a hand on them. She knew in advance she would lose her memory and left behind instructions for her tabula rasa self. To me, this has the potential to remain a bland place-holder of a series, or blossom of into something kinda good. For one thing, it has both Olivia Munn and Joely Richardson in The cast, and I like them both. For another, 3 siblings with the family name Gestalt work at the agency, and they seem to share an interesting hive intelligence. For yet another, there was one really good line. Munn is a US agent dispatched to London because apparently an American agent was one of the guys Myfanwy bumped off (by driving his jawbone into his carotid artery). Munn asks Eliza Gestalt for more access to the English investigation, and Eliza replies, “No. I’m sorry.” Munn says, “That doesn’t sound sincere.” Olivia has good comic timing, and I hope The Rook makes use of it. Also, great legs.

ok thanks,i'll skip it then.

I just finished 1.5, and it improves with each episode. I’d like stronger casting, though I like Richardson and Munn, but that’s probably a decision effected by budget. What I really like is how the narrative keeps opening up, with developments that surprise but also make sense, not just pulled out of someone’s butt as a “twist.” There is a very strong science-fiction element, but—thank goodness—it lacks a comic-book feel. It’s the kind of show that rewards you for paying attention.