Review of Wanted

Wanted (2016–2018)
2/10
Great premise. Lousy execution.
31 May 2019
Beautiful concept for a movie. Very good concept for a short (6-show) series. But a horrible concept - or horrible execution - for 18 shows. The producers milked this for all it was worth... and then kept milking for two more tedious, increasingly ludicrous seasons. There were dozens, if not hundreds, of "coincidences" that either put Lola and Chelsea in harm's way, or got them out of it, whichever the plot needed at the time. Almost every cop was dirty. The ones who weren't were dumb. And there was a lot of crossover between the two groups. There were dozens of things on both the women's side and the cops' side that simply would never happen. I had to suspend belief for two whole seasons, which is way too long. It became boring, tiring, and predictable early in Season 2, and stayed that way until it ground to a fittingly entirely ludicrous (and merciful) halt. I don't blame the actors. It simply should have been made as a movie or a one-season show.
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