Keallach

Expectations were LOW, but a disappointing knockoff nonetheless - essentially Aliens Under the Sea with the usual formulaic action-disaster characters and special guest appearance by Cthulhu. Yawn.

I guess there was some intention of upping the "girl power" factor, but Kristen Stewart is just sooo flat - one more iteration of the same alternating mouth open / lips pursed perpetual consternation as always. Yawn.

Visually uncompelling as well. Yes, the ocean floor is dark and murky, and the probable intention/hope was that would create tensions... but it didn't. Frustrating watch, even on a ginormous screen.

If your pandemic watchlist is getting sparse, and it's available for free... kill some time, I guess. Otherwise, PASS.

We've only watched the first 2.5 episodes of S1, but it looks like that's going to be it. The premise promises a thrilling caper type series, but it's just not that. It's more melodrama and bungling, which isn't what we signed up for or intriguing. We just don't care about any of these characters or believe they could pull off such a heist.

Her Take: I feel baited and switched. I hate that.

His Take: Too many scenes feel like they were included just because someone wanted to film them. It makes the plot disjointed, unengaging and unbelievable.

Netflix has been suggesting this for what seems like forever, so not sure why it took so long to give it a go... but we were hooked right off!

Marty is kind of a darker version of Jason Bateman's "usual" character (who I typically enjoy). But it's a pretty dark series, obviously - money laundering, Mexican drug cartel, the backwoods Ozarks and all the characters who live there. It's going to be dark, and there's going to be violence.

Joint take: It can be a touch slow at points, and Ruth's cursing is a bit much (literally every other word sometimes), but overall, the characters and their development and intersections make for an engaging watch. Marty, don't be soft on Wendy!