Review embargo lifts sometime tomorrow apparently

Ok my bad I got it wrong lmao, review embargo lifts tomorrow not today

Reviews are piling in now & they’re overwhelmingly positive

Lindelof does it again

HBO is just a name bro and they are going through massive restructuring

My goat

As long as Casey Bloys is leading it, it’s a lifestyle, and I’m all about it

I keep mistaking the lead in this for Jodie Comer

Anyone watch it yet? Pilot out now!

first 4 episodes r out, ima peep tomorrow

Watched the first episode which is f***in bonkers lol lots of fun though definitely going to keep watching

Yeah there’s gonna be a ton of ppl who are gonna tune out after the first episode lmao, this show goes full sicko mode in just the pilot alone

I’m down with it though. Kinda miss when Lindelof was super polarizing

hmmm this 5 episodes in ? its time for me to marathon start

Looks Ike this will either be a limited or anthology series

Still need to check this

first couple episodes i wasnt sure but i love it now

weirdly i dont really care about the main plot but all the characters are just so good

Idk if I’m alone but there’s certain parts of this show where I have no clue wtf is going on

ah the holy grail

this is my favorite show out rn. absolutely love it. i say, out loud, at least once an episode "ah man, i like this show." lol. it's so weird and fun. like the resort was. peacock kinda just goes for it. i respect the vision.

buffalo wild wings

Yes.

I was definitely able to follow the major plot points, but there were also minor things throughout where I just accepted that I didn’t understand what they meant/were talking about.

Alright so I finally finished this. It was both an extremely Lindelof show, and also an extremely different show from anything he’s done up until this point.

Big Lindelof things about it:

• very clearly defined broad themes about our society and what it means to be human
• good character development
• cool/unique world creation visually

Things that were very different from his past work:

• EXTREMELY light hearted — to the point where you could even say this is a full on Comedy rather than Drama (I’m assuming this is likely due to Tara Hernandez being co show runner)
• the plot was very “mission” based. There was a very clear goal that was constantly propelling the plot with very few detours compared to past things he’s done
• some of the themes were…dare I say, some of the most “generic” he’s ever done? Just like basic mommy/daddy issues stuff? And the love interest stuff? Maybe it was deeper than what I took from it but just felt super stale. Again, maybe has something to do with working with someone from Big Bang Theory? Lol

And just overall:

• the acting was alright for the most part, I think Betty Gilpin did a good job leading (but she would have stood out more if the generic parts of her character I mentioned above weren’t included). Chris Diamantopoulos and Andy McQueen were the biggest standouts by far
• it was a fun watch but no where near close to Lindelofs best work (Watchmen and Leftovers were both absolute GOAT level to me, and I loved Lost). I would be disappointed if I heard there was a 2nd season because I would see it as a waste of his time