OK, I'm hooked. Like other reviewers, I like the slow, brooding intensity of the plot and the gradual peeling back of the characters' personalities. At the core of the plot are universal themes of love and betrayal; good and evil and that things are not as they appear. In the beginning, it's pretty clear who's the bad guy and who's the good guy – even the characters themselves have made up their minds about what happened to Jean's brother. But Jean's descent into mental illness and Harold's efforts to protect her from herself parallels the blurring of people's perception and reality. I was a fan of Julianne Nicholson from August Osage County and Masters of Sex, but I have to say that Jason Momoa (as Phillip) and Martin Henderson (as Harold) are both superb. In the beginning, the former is a scary sociopath (one look from him and you'd kiss your remaining days goodbye); the latter is the penultimate squeaky clean cop and good dad, trying to hold his family together. Then the truth begins to reveal itself and by episode six, the definitions of "good" and "evil" are no longer so clear cut and you're not so sure about what you thought you knew. What is clear is that people do extraordinary things to protect themselves and the people they love. I can't wait for Season 2.
Review of The Red Road
