| I thought it was good, but it is a short series (only five parts.)
It has been described as a mix of Close Encounters of the Third Kind with the X-Men. The similarities to the X-Files are easy to see, but then the subject matter and Homeland Security team of a man and a woman, would do that anyway. Diana Skouris name is similar to Dana Scully, but she also has a science background. Tom Baldwin doesn't exactly have a belief in aliens, but he is personally involved (like Mulder was with his sister) because his nephew was an abductee, his son has been in a coma ever since, and his marriage has broken down as a result.
Apart from that it quickly develops these characters as very different.
It's not yet clear if every abductee has a special power, but several do at least. Orson can make glass shatter and buildings shake at a distance, Shawn brought a bird back to life, while Maia has precognition of future events. That seems to help her deal with the situation better than some of the others, even though she is the oldest abductee, but the youngest physical age (8). Richard seems to have the hardest problem fitting in, because for him everything has changed. |