If Abrams made A- lias, Netflix’s The Recruit and Treason are basically C+- lias - not exactly bad, but unavoidably in the shadow of a superior original that’s available for streaming if you just head over to Hulu instead.īoth shows also make the very same error in their respective in medias res openings - an error that points to central flaws in both shows. Abrams and company on Alias (at least for a while), which is part of why the in medias res starters for a pair of new Netflix spy shows are so thuddingly disappointing and unnecessary. Nobody did in medias res openings as well as J.J. Yes, that’s the first two minutes of Alias and it’s one of the best two-minute pilot openings in television history. Cut to the same woman, now a brunette, in an ornate, but comforting university exam room, facing the pressure of … finishing an exam. She seems helpless and terrified under the pressure. A woman with bright fuchsia hair is being tortured by men shouting at her in Mandarin. Use Two: The in medias res event and the situation we cut back to are so diametrically in contrast that curiosity is unavoidable. This is a situation that utterly demands explanation, and if you promise me a satisfying resolution for it, I will watch 15 seasons of prelude in order to reach that destination. Gal Gadot Stars in Music Video for 'Heart of Stone' Single (Exclusive)
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