Silbane

Highly recommend. Honestly, this might be the best hour I spent watching something lately. It's not changing my life, but it **** me in completely. Henry (played brilliantly by Maddie Hasson) captures the amazing dichotomy of victim/survivor trauma. She flits between imagining herself as the victim, aggressor, and then how it might have been if nothing had happened. To me, the teleportation is almost a side thing right now, (except for the other thread of that guy saving his family and Keegan-Michael Key's abandonment on an iceberg), but as a writer I think the story so far has been delivered with the right pacing, mystery, and style that makes me want more. Is it a CW superhero story? No... CW has rules you have to follow for conduct amongst heroes in primetime tv. Is it less funny than primetime? YES, thankfully! Why would you ruin this script with unnecessary humor and blatantly forced humor? Nothing in the first two episodes that happens to Henry is funny. Whatever humor might manifest itself will be best served if under a gallows noose. Let it be dark, as befits the theme. This girl's origin story is triggered by assault, and I admire that though her step-sister 'arch-enemy' also portrayed amazingly by Sarah Desjardins, starts out as a complaining 'she's not my real sister' **** the assault that brings them together quickly strips away the stupidity of teenage angst (which we've all seen and experienced) to show us what most teenagers are about: mostly nothing until something happens that they care about... then nothing will stop them. She becomes this stalwart friend and confidant of a step-sister she definitely didn't want, but now sisterhood binds them. I think their growth feels more real than most things I've seen portrayed lately. Finally, I'm intrigued by Enuka Okuma, playing Deputy Anna Hulce. She's new to the department and confronted by a sheriff she clearly has doubts about. She's sharp, but so far has been stymied in her attempt to dig deeper, mainly through bureaucracy. Will she find a way to figure out what's going on? I'd urge anyone reading this to give the first episode a chance. It starts out slow. I'd agree with other comments that the pace could be sped up, but it's also nice to see a supernatural / hero story take its time. We (hopefully) have seasons ahead, so I'm in no rush... just like Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul. Good characters need time to develop and I hope this doesn't fall into a CW style YA hero cliche. Given the quality of its writing and acting, there's no indication it will. Highly recommend. 5/5 stars.