A show that's easy to watch and can draw you in simply because the actors are so good at what they do.
As for the plot, I don't mind the unbelievable, which I think makes for good stories. Eg. A main character is easily able to take down a trained soldier three or four times her body weight, even after being tortured. But that's like a knight defeating a dragon in a fairytale - it feels good when she does *because* it wouldn't happen in real life.
And the show doesn't shy away from tying up its characters in the struggles of daily life. That helps with character development and is also what lets the actors show off their range.
Unfortunately, the overall plot lets it down in the end, with just a few too many easy ways out for the writers. Two big let downs were a friendship turned romance, as if the writers couldn't work out how to build a strong enough emotional connection based on the former. And a weird flip in government leader decisions that seems as if it was meant to add tension, but did nothing but distract from the flow of the story and make some side characters seem contrived and two dimensional.
As for the plot, I don't mind the unbelievable, which I think makes for good stories. Eg. A main character is easily able to take down a trained soldier three or four times her body weight, even after being tortured. But that's like a knight defeating a dragon in a fairytale - it feels good when she does *because* it wouldn't happen in real life.
And the show doesn't shy away from tying up its characters in the struggles of daily life. That helps with character development and is also what lets the actors show off their range.
Unfortunately, the overall plot lets it down in the end, with just a few too many easy ways out for the writers. Two big let downs were a friendship turned romance, as if the writers couldn't work out how to build a strong enough emotional connection based on the former. And a weird flip in government leader decisions that seems as if it was meant to add tension, but did nothing but distract from the flow of the story and make some side characters seem contrived and two dimensional.