This show suffers from ridiculous dialogue, exaggerated plot lines and cookie cutter characters. I have no idea where the high IMDb ratings came from, because this show is so awful.
SPOILER!!!!!! (specific review of the first episode)
For example, the scene where the new detective (McDermott) is assigned to the stalking squad. It's his first day on the job and he is asked by his new superior (Maggie Q, playing the 'seen it a million times' tough, loner cop character) why he chose this particular unit. He answers "I was hoping to meet Scarlett Johansson." He doesn't seem to notice her disgusted reaction, and continues with jokes about training for the job by watching Fatal Attraction and other stalker films. NO ONE could be this stupid, especially a decorated detective!
But apparently he IS that stupid, because afterward he asks his new superior why she doesn't like him, and wonders aloud if maybe it was because he was staring at her chest earlier. In his defense, he explains that he really thought that she would be flattered that he was staring at her chest, because she was wearing red nail polish. Um, what???
The plot line of the first episode is equally ridiculous. It has 2 ordinary guys with good jobs (and who barely know each other), come together to stalk 2 different girls. They murder one girl and try to kill the other - by dousing them with gasoline and setting them on fire. This isn't stalking, and I guess that the show writers can't come up with an original idea, because it looks like a storyline right out of Criminal Minds.
As if the show wasn't ridiculous enough already, you find out at the end of the first episode that the new detective to the stalking unit is a stalker himself. Yep! In fact that is why he took the new job, to be in the same city as the woman he is stalking.
If this show trying to be ridiculous, then it deserves 10 stars. Otherwise, they should cancel it and put it out of its misery as soon as possible.
***UPDATE***
Since I reviewed the show after only a single episode, I decided to give it another chance in case my opinion was too perfunctory. Unfortunately the second episode is not any better and confirms my original impression. McDermott's character is as creepy and oblivious as ever, and the storyline of the second episode was just as ridiculous as the first. As other reviewers have mentioned, the "stalkers" on this show are in fact murderers and kidnappers, so their cases would never be assigned to the stalker unit. The unit would also be investigating multiple cases at once, instead of assigning all of their agents to one case - imagine the backlog! There are also spontaneous confessions of the guilty parties which never happen in real life. This show is made for gullible teenagers - if that isn't you I'd skip it.
SPOILER!!!!!! (specific review of the first episode)
For example, the scene where the new detective (McDermott) is assigned to the stalking squad. It's his first day on the job and he is asked by his new superior (Maggie Q, playing the 'seen it a million times' tough, loner cop character) why he chose this particular unit. He answers "I was hoping to meet Scarlett Johansson." He doesn't seem to notice her disgusted reaction, and continues with jokes about training for the job by watching Fatal Attraction and other stalker films. NO ONE could be this stupid, especially a decorated detective!
But apparently he IS that stupid, because afterward he asks his new superior why she doesn't like him, and wonders aloud if maybe it was because he was staring at her chest earlier. In his defense, he explains that he really thought that she would be flattered that he was staring at her chest, because she was wearing red nail polish. Um, what???
The plot line of the first episode is equally ridiculous. It has 2 ordinary guys with good jobs (and who barely know each other), come together to stalk 2 different girls. They murder one girl and try to kill the other - by dousing them with gasoline and setting them on fire. This isn't stalking, and I guess that the show writers can't come up with an original idea, because it looks like a storyline right out of Criminal Minds.
As if the show wasn't ridiculous enough already, you find out at the end of the first episode that the new detective to the stalking unit is a stalker himself. Yep! In fact that is why he took the new job, to be in the same city as the woman he is stalking.
If this show trying to be ridiculous, then it deserves 10 stars. Otherwise, they should cancel it and put it out of its misery as soon as possible.
***UPDATE***
Since I reviewed the show after only a single episode, I decided to give it another chance in case my opinion was too perfunctory. Unfortunately the second episode is not any better and confirms my original impression. McDermott's character is as creepy and oblivious as ever, and the storyline of the second episode was just as ridiculous as the first. As other reviewers have mentioned, the "stalkers" on this show are in fact murderers and kidnappers, so their cases would never be assigned to the stalker unit. The unit would also be investigating multiple cases at once, instead of assigning all of their agents to one case - imagine the backlog! There are also spontaneous confessions of the guilty parties which never happen in real life. This show is made for gullible teenagers - if that isn't you I'd skip it.