If you watch one TV show this year, make it this one.
The show is directed like a movie; every frame is wonderfully cast, with great historically accurate settings and costumes.
The acting is top notch; the chemistry between Franco and Gadon (the female lead) is incredibly real. The sad moments are heart breaking, the happy ones elating.
The show isn't realistic of course, there is a time machine in a diner, and everything that ensues is historical speculation, but you have to accept the fact that this is fiction before you start watching. Once you do, it becomes that much better, the entire voyage reads like a fantasy journey instead of a rational sci-fi thriller.
The dialogue and plot are both very well curated, it is based on a Stephen King novel after all, but I think this is a really striking factor. So many times I'll find a show with great directing, great plot, great acting, but mediocre, lazy dialogue, and it completely ruins the experience. Dialogue is the center piece of film, and this show does it best.
The ending, without spoiling anything, is one of the most emotional and well made I have seen on any TV show so far.
The show is directed like a movie; every frame is wonderfully cast, with great historically accurate settings and costumes.
The acting is top notch; the chemistry between Franco and Gadon (the female lead) is incredibly real. The sad moments are heart breaking, the happy ones elating.
The show isn't realistic of course, there is a time machine in a diner, and everything that ensues is historical speculation, but you have to accept the fact that this is fiction before you start watching. Once you do, it becomes that much better, the entire voyage reads like a fantasy journey instead of a rational sci-fi thriller.
The dialogue and plot are both very well curated, it is based on a Stephen King novel after all, but I think this is a really striking factor. So many times I'll find a show with great directing, great plot, great acting, but mediocre, lazy dialogue, and it completely ruins the experience. Dialogue is the center piece of film, and this show does it best.
The ending, without spoiling anything, is one of the most emotional and well made I have seen on any TV show so far.