SummaryThe drama series based on the Jason Mott novel The Returned (not inspired by the French show of the same name) follows the lives of families in Arcadia, Missouri who discover family members long dead have returned as if nothing had happened.
SummaryThe drama series based on the Jason Mott novel The Returned (not inspired by the French show of the same name) follows the lives of families in Arcadia, Missouri who discover family members long dead have returned as if nothing had happened.
It's not as atmospheric and artful, nor does it exude the same visceral sense of place [as French series "Les Revenants"]. But taken on its own, it is an absorbing, well-paced, thoughtfully rendered production with a quality cast that ranks as one of the better new winter shows.
When Resurrection focuses on Jacob and his family, the actors and the concept carry it. But hours must be filled, and the more the show expands to include other Arcadians, most of whom are tiresome, the weaker it becomes.
The first 20 minutes of Resurrection are terrifically emotional and engrossing. When the focus is on Jacob and his parents, the show is a real heart-tugger. But then it gets into family soap opera territory (what big secrets have family members kept from one another!) and the mystery returns when another dead person is found to be alive.
Resurrection starts out well enough.... All too soon, however, the mystery turns into soapy melodrama, and the supernatural is superseded by the clichés of network drama.