Not everyone can make it to the theater every time a movie comes out, including myself. That's why people invest in televisions. Almost everyone has at least one show that they watch weekly. One big show that's had a large audience is Crisis.
Crisis is a show that has a plot driven, not character driven story line. The plot is riveting, a man betrayed by the government who has nothing to lose has kidnapped the children of the world's most powerful parents. He manipulates them into doing whatever he wants in with the leverage of killing the children. The kidnapper, Francis Gibson, is by far the best character in the series. He is an interesting man whose motivations fears and ambitions are unraveled with each passing episode. The best thing about the character is the excellent acting we get from him, courtesy of Dermot Mulroney.
Most of the other characters however, leave something to be desired. Susie Dunn, one of the good guys is a prime example of what I mean. Her lines are overly cheesy. I can't count the ways I've learned how to say "do you trust me" from her. Her actions are questionable. Her past is never satisfactorily explained, a missed opportunity, and the acting, courtesy of Rachael Taylor is painfully obvious. What I mean by that is, when you watch the show, you don't see a character. You see an actress, trying to be someone else. You don't see an FBI agent, you see a woman on a set, saying her lines.
Actor Lance Gross does a somewhat better job with his character, Agent Marcus Finley. His actions are always explained, he has about a quarter of the cheesy lines as Susie Dunn has and he is the picture of a hero. One thing missing from this hero is flaws, something I would have very much liked to see some flaws surface in him, but with only two episodes left in the series, expounding on them would be counterproductive.
The daughter of Francis Gibson Beth Ann Gibson, played by Stevie Lynn Jones is forgetable. The acting is terrible. Every one of the kids has better acting then her, and sadly none of them have the same focus from the plot.
The series is simply something to watch, neither good nor bad. I look forward to seeing how the plot will wrap up.
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