Zero Hour

Someone earlier had posted a review stating that this series was like a Dan Brown novel written for first graders - I thought Dan Brown only wrote for first graders. This series takes some familiar elements, a secret society protecting an unknown artifact from an evil force, the everyday device that is actually a clever puzzle that leads the main characters on a dangerous odyssey through strange lands and across history itself, etc - but it does all this in a manner that is really entertaining and manages to throw us a few curves that remind us that this may not be your average secret society / esoteric knowledge show. I really think this series has potential - which means it's likely to be cancelled halfway through the season. I certainly hope it manages to run a few seasons at the very least, if the pilot is any example of what we can expect from this group of writers. I'm off to watch the second episode and really hope that they run at least two seasons - I'd purchase the seasons if it runs that long. Really worth watching. This from a AMORC (Martinist) member.

Predictable plot, mediocre acting. Pretty much drivel. I actually laughed at how bad the dialog was at times. This could have been a great show, but they dumbed it down for network TV. It's like a Dan Brown novel written for first-graders. I'm frankly astounded at how many good reviews there are for this.

Just watched this first episode and it's interesting enough that I am looking forward to seeing more of "Zero Hour". Many questions were raised in this opening episode. There is a lot of potential here to be a pretty good TV show, we'll just have to wait and see how it plays out. UPDATE: After watching the second episode, I get the feeling that this show is going to fall short of being what it could be, but I will continue to watch with hope that it will improve. It is an interesting premise; the cast, script or something is just not making the show very compelling.