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Simbiat
Simbiat

Boring. Just plain old boring. And that's even with the fast pacing, which probably requires a separate skill to achieve. There is absolutely nothing, that stands out here and grabs attention. Prison breakout, all prisoners are supposed serial killers, and all of them were supposed to be dead, but we kept alive, because... Just because.

The reason told to us in 1st episode does not even make sense, because all the necessary questioning and following analysis of the answers is done as part of normal legal workflow or, at least, after it. As far as I know convicts are not executed right away, too, there is some "delay", so further analysis can be done, if needed.

The profiler, who is main character, and probably the main attraction is... Not attractive. I am not talking about looks, but about the character. "She is so awesome, that she found a serial killer as a child". So what? That's not interesting enough on its own. But nothing else is given to us in the first episode, we only see "how cool she is",  which also completely eliminates the stakes, that she story should have with all those murderers on the loose.

Seriously, just watch Alcatraz from 2012. It was not that great either, but at least it's sci-fi or "magic" premise gave it enough spice. Or maybe Blacklist? I did not get into that one, but at least it seemed like there is a much bigger and complex story there. And it's not like I am saying that you need  a super complex story, no, you can a show with mostly standalone episodes, that still will be good: Eureka, Warehouse 13, Sanctuary, Haven, lots of others were like that, and they were good, because the writing was good.