SummaryDeep cover FBI agent Martin Odum (Sean Bean) returns from an assignment to learn he may not be who he thinks he is in this adaptation of Robert Littell's novel of the same name.
SummaryDeep cover FBI agent Martin Odum (Sean Bean) returns from an assignment to learn he may not be who he thinks he is in this adaptation of Robert Littell's novel of the same name.
When it isn't outlandish, it has a more seriously entertaining side in the mystery of a hooded man who was mortally wounded while trying to tell Martin that even his identity as Martin is not real.
The high concept is poorly served by a conventional, lazily executed case-of-the-week structure. The show is exec-produced by Howard Gordon of 24 and Homeland fame, and if only he had brought his A game the way his star brought his, Legends could be more memorable.
It's no fault of Bean's, who is riveting as he occasionally morphs into character before his colleagues' amazed eyes. The rest of the series could use a personality transplant.
Obvious similarities to the Jason Bourne films and other espionage stories are only part of the derivative drama's problems. The lurching plot turns are preposterous. The supporting characters are thinly drawn. The structure is terribly disjointed. And the dialogue ranges from ham-fisted to stilted.