Fallen TV Series

I remember seeing the first installment of Fallen some time last year. It wasn’t earth shattering, but it was okay. I also remember being disappointed that they wouldn’t finish the series until some months later. If anyone’s got an answer for that one, please let me know, because it still doesn’t make any sense to me from a marketing standpoint. Needless to say, I enjoyed the show, puzzled over its timing, and promptly forgot about it until very recently.

The final installments have just aired and I find myself unable to feel strongly about the show as a whole. It was good, but not great. The story was better suited for a full show than a mini series. Pretty much everything else was sub-par, including the acting, the dialogue, and the action. All in all, I’d give it maybe two stars, two-and-a-half tops.

That being said, I don’t see it becoming the cult hit that it seemed designed to be. The early episode airing seemed like a stunt to build interest. How much of a fan base can you build, though, when the series is barely better than an average TV show? Frankly, I’ll be surprised if the series goes anywhere after this. I expect it will be little more than a Sunday evening cable movie from here on out.