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- NBC
- Sep 20, 2010
- NBC
- Sep 20, 2010
- NBC
- Sep 20, 2010
- NBC
- Sep 20, 2010
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
67
64% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
32% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
67
64% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
32% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Will The Event turn out to be another "FlashForward" or the next "Lost"? I'm betting cautiously on the latter.
The Event seems prepared to make its characters as complex as its storyline, always an event worth attending.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 150 User Ratings
6.3
53% Positive
80 Ratings
80 Ratings
29% Mixed
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
18% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 150 User Ratings
6.3
53% Positive
80 Ratings
80 Ratings
29% Mixed
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
18% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
I love this show, it is like one long very engaging movie. It is very well filmed, great cinema photography, a nice balance between action, dialogue, character development and plot, fun and intriguing story lines, and lots of sex appeal. It is also very thought provoking, especially as the show starts to come together. It now seems the show is being canceled, and I for one am in disbelief. I think it is NBC, and I do not know whether to applaud them for coming up with such a great show, even though they are now canceling it, OR whether I should ban/boycott them for being so stupid as to cancel it. I am certainly leading toward the latter.
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SEASON 1
The Event" is an event you DON'T want to miss indeed. With well supported hype and ads, THE EVÃ
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SEASON 1
There's always a need for a pulse-pounding mystery with a little paranormal thrown in. If The Event proves it can let out the story while reeling viewers back each week, it could be something special.
Will it mete out enough answers to keep viewers tuning in? And can it sustain the mystery all season? We're dubious, but we're already engaged enough that we'll give the show a chance.
Watching these post-Lost sci-fi-mytho-mystery series, you also watch yourself watching, and the thrill of alertness passes for decent entertainment even when other pleasures are in short supply. When Sean returned from a day trip to find that his girlfriend had vanished as if redacted from the file of life, I was kind of glad to see her gone. With her murky disappearance out of the way, we were on our way to achieving clarity-or at least toward failing to achieve it.
After all those promos, people have the feeling they've seen the whole first episode, which they probably have.
Maybe there is some steak to accompany this sizzle, but I wish somebody would bring it to the table already. It seems rude to extend an invitation to so many people without delivering an event.
I have watched The Event hoping it would get better. Instead I hate the Timeline back and forth because it tells the viewer absolutely nothing. We know that these people/aliens are in the present so what is it telling it us with the constant time shifting. The acting is excellent but every new week they add one more ridiculous thing to the subplot. In 24 there was bloody murder without apology. In The Event Thomas must apologize for hurting a fly. At some point they have to let the viewer in on what is going on. I will give it just a few more shows before I pull the plug on The Event.
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SEASON 1
Despite the frankly ludicrous amount of jumping back and forth between different time-lines The Events pilot episode certainly had enough intrigue and mystery to bring me back for the following episode. From then on however, obviously inspired by the success of Lost, the show became needlessly convoluted to a point where the creators seemed to being trying to make things seem more complicated than they really were. By the mid-season break we had actually learnt very little. Without the pilot episodes constant jumping around it also quickly became clear that both the writing and acting were mediocre at best. As a result by the time the show returned after its extended break it was very difficult to muster any sort of enthusiasm.
Deservedly cancelled after its one and only season this is not a show I would recommend even to the most ardent sci-fi fan.
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SEASON 1
Really don't care about any of the characters. None of the actors stand out. And the multiple timelines and plots have jarring transitions and not much appeal. Hope it gets better quick because there are a lot of other things I can spend my time on.
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