What’s extremely effective is the relationship (and chemistry) between Sequoyah and McLaughlin. You will find yourself rooting for them and hoping nothing comes between them.

Sequoyah is an appealing presence, doing what she can with an impossible wonder-kid role. And Cuarón is incapable of creating a boring shot. But he won't direct every episode. The only actor in the pilot who seems to be having any fun is Sienna Guillory as a hitwoman.

Believe does require a few leaps of belief from viewers. The law seems surprisingly indifferent, for instance, to locating this escaped Death Row inmate. Still, with its seriously flawed “hero” and a girl who’s hard to resist, Believe could be an interesting ride.

The pilot is at its best when Cuaron's visual choreography takes center stage; at its worst, when any of the characters open their mouths.

Neither the plot nor the characters are sufficiently evocative to suggest that viewers will want to spend months, much less years, following them.

Believe substitutes mawkish sentiment for character development and thinks mysterious incidents and procedural beats constitute a story.

Darkly shot and dimly plotted, the premiere episode never comes close to firming its grip. It instead plods and meanders, inviting viewers to invest elsewhere rather than buy into this poorly put-together jumble of something or other.

I really like this show. It is engaging and the character development is really getting good. Cannot wait to see what is going to happen next. I really hope this does not get canceled because now I am hooked on the show. Love the casting it is perfect.

I have looked forward to Believe for a long time, I was disappointed by the Pilot as it did not explain what had occurred previously or what was to come. The acting was not good and the female assassin was dreadful. I will watch the next couple of episodes. On its present performance there will not be a season 2.

Darn. I started out really liking this show. The little girl is great; the relationships worked. By the 3rd episode, though, I realized I wasn't looking forward to it, and I was tired of it before the episode ended. The entire plot seems to consist of we-nearly-got-'em-this-time chases, combined with, oh, suprise, the girl risked everything yet again to run off an help a stranger. Plus, I've lost count of how many shows (Crisis, Intelligence, 24, Person of Interest, etc.) rely on the worn-out all-knowing surveillance net as the key driver of the plot -- come on, people, Enemy of the State already did that better back in 1998, it's boring.

Wanted to like it but it is boring. Kid gets mad throws a car, run from police, etc. Slow and if wanted would watch the movie Fire starter. I'm done after four episodes. No plot movement, acting is ok, but same thing diff episode.

Zzzzzzzzzz. What's in this week's episode? Oh look - there's an amber alert and they're evading everyone while mostly failing to hide in plain sight! OK - how about next week? Let's see - there's an amber alert and they're evading everyone while mostly failing to hide in plain sight!