I love this show, but I am embarrassed to tell any of my friends how much I like it. The key surely is Sebastian Spence, too handsome for a human to be, with a breathy voice that makes my heart leap every time he says a word. He is for me what "Elvis" was for so many.
The premise is too silly for words. It is not even explainable. At least the writers acknowledge that as Cade vainly tries to convince people he is not a raving nutter.
The plots are delightfully convoluted. There is plenty of emotional intensity. The episode with the rooms that could control emotions was so disturbing I had to turn it off. The episode about the doctors who take over a hospital was perhaps the scariest drama I have seen in years. I feel a bit like a kid biting my nails about the safety of the hero. It does so often look as if he is done for this time.
I just wish Cade were not so unambiguously heterosexual.
Perhaps what I appreciate most about this is Cade does not triumph over the evil aliens; at best he just scrapes by. I am glad to see the lack of species jingoism.
The premise is too silly for words. It is not even explainable. At least the writers acknowledge that as Cade vainly tries to convince people he is not a raving nutter.
The plots are delightfully convoluted. There is plenty of emotional intensity. The episode with the rooms that could control emotions was so disturbing I had to turn it off. The episode about the doctors who take over a hospital was perhaps the scariest drama I have seen in years. I feel a bit like a kid biting my nails about the safety of the hero. It does so often look as if he is done for this time.
I just wish Cade were not so unambiguously heterosexual.
Perhaps what I appreciate most about this is Cade does not triumph over the evil aliens; at best he just scrapes by. I am glad to see the lack of species jingoism.