Beneath a small town exists The Loop, a scientific research facility. The townspeople end up experiencing an altered version of reality, where impossible things become possible.
This series had potential, a sci fi series with passing similarities to Stranger Things, Dark, Black Mirror and the original (1959-64) Twilight Zone series, all of which are excellent series. However, it ends up nowhere near as interesting or engaging.
The main problem is that the plots (each episode has a separate one) develop at a snail's pace. That wouldn't be so bad if the characters were worth following, but they're not. Not that they're dislikeable, they're just bland.
So you have 1-hour stories that develop very slowly, due to the script being massively padded, with characters that you don't care about. Makes for very unengaging, dull viewing. Time seemed to slow down while I was watching, like everything was happening in slow motion.
Some of the concepts are interesting but by the time you reach the punchline you've already lost interest (and the will to live). It's like an episode of The Twilight Zone, except the characters are less engaging, the twist is less profound or unexpected and the whole thing takes 60 minutes instead of 24 minutes!
This series had potential, a sci fi series with passing similarities to Stranger Things, Dark, Black Mirror and the original (1959-64) Twilight Zone series, all of which are excellent series. However, it ends up nowhere near as interesting or engaging.
The main problem is that the plots (each episode has a separate one) develop at a snail's pace. That wouldn't be so bad if the characters were worth following, but they're not. Not that they're dislikeable, they're just bland.
So you have 1-hour stories that develop very slowly, due to the script being massively padded, with characters that you don't care about. Makes for very unengaging, dull viewing. Time seemed to slow down while I was watching, like everything was happening in slow motion.
Some of the concepts are interesting but by the time you reach the punchline you've already lost interest (and the will to live). It's like an episode of The Twilight Zone, except the characters are less engaging, the twist is less profound or unexpected and the whole thing takes 60 minutes instead of 24 minutes!