WHY HAVE 1 JACK BAUER WHEN YOU CAN HAVE 5 IN JENNEN ACTION ‘Action-Packed New Prime Video Show

Ever Since The Show Left With Two Unsatifactory Endings, i’ve Long Awaited A Propper Successor to Jack Bauer’s Missions on Tv in 24as its mix of real-time storytelling and high-stakes plots for some of the Most Engaging Television in History. While Kiefer Sutherland Himself Had some Solid Follow-ups to the Show, Particularly Designated SurvivorThe Propper Successor SEEMS to Finally Have Come With The Jensen Ackles-Let Countdown On Prime Video, Eve IF Has Some Problems.

Created by One chicago Co-Creer Derek Haas, Countdown is set in los angeles and revolves around a group of workrs from the LAPD, FBI, DEA and Secret Service Who Are Enlisis for a Covert Task Force to Help the Sudden Murder of A Homeland Security Office. Over the Course of their Investigation, the Group Finds Thermves Having to Adjust to Each Other’s Varying Work Styles, while Also Discovering a Bigger at Play As a terrorist is planning attack threatetening millions.

Countdown’s full is exactly what you are expert & that is not always a Bad Thing

IT DOES FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD’VE ENDED SOONER, THOUGH

While haas haas has plenty of Experience in the world of CRIME ACTION Storytelling with Both the One chicago franchise and FBI: InternationalOne Thing That Helps Countdown Stand apart from his prior work is the show’s serialized apprroach to it Story. Rather than Having a loose overarching threat broken up by case-of-the-week mysteries, every episode of the show nicells upon the previous one’s new leads and character moments.

The Most Welcome Surprise From Countdown‘s full is Certainly Its Sense of Stakes, As it estabishes right from premiere that no character is truly safe in the story. Nor the season continues, the Certain Characters Who Feel on the Verge of a Personal Breakthrough or Primed to Get An Episode Chronicling More of their Backstories Find Find on the Receiving End of a Deadly or Grand Explosion. Though this can hinder some of the show’s attempts at Character Development, IT DID GIVE MEMORIES OF 24‘s most unredictable moments.

Howver, i found myself somewhat mixed on Countdown‘S 13-Episode Run, Particularly Sine of Was Only Given the first 10 episodes for review. Without Having Seen the Final Three Episodes of the Show, It ‘Hard to Entirely Say Whether It Concludes on a Solid Note. What’s Frustration About It is episode 10 Feels like a solid enough season final and set up for a new thread in a potential season 2. SO I’M LEFT WONDERING IS NECESTARY TO CONTINUE FOR THREE MORE MORE EPISODES.

Though One Could Argue This Hinders Some of the Show’s Attempts at Character Development, IT DID GIVE MEMORIES OF 24‘s most unredictable moments.

Beyond the Uncertain Ending, The Biggest Issue With Countdown‘s full is that it plays Out Mostly Straightforwardly. Apparent plans to CAPTURE The Main Antagonist Early Are Clearly RED HERRINGS THAT WILL TO HIS ESCAPE AND PAD OUT THE ROUTHER THAN ADD A SENSE OF SUSPENSE, DOES Next Big Break, or to Focus on Fleshing Out Its Characters.

Eight Still, that not always the world, as haas, who wrote all 13 episodes of CountdownMakes use of the Show’s Real Estate for Some Exciting Set Pieces. In Particular, a seququence in which the task force, while working undercover, must try and smuggle a delivery trick acres the mexican border with utilization officer channels to avoid raisiting with their gang leader contras an effective to Its to It. Direction and Acting.

Some of the Characters Get Some Meaningful Development

Meanwhile, others are left by the Wayside

Event while the Show KEEPS ITS PURCHASE LARGELY FOCUED ON ITS EXPLOSIVE CENTRAL THREAT, Countdown was most intriguing when it is focused on its character drama. Whether IT’S Jensen Ackles’ Meachum Struggling with the Increasingly Troubles Symptoms of a Terminal Illness, Jessica Camacho’s Olivelas in the Throes of Readjusting to the Normal World A Deep Undercover Stint, Including a Druz Habit Habit Lasting Lating Lasting Habit Habit Habit Habit Habit Habit Lasting Lating TIME, or Elliot Knight’s Bell Trying to Get Out from the His Father’s Shadow to Forge Own Law Enforcement Legacy, there are some meaningful moments for itsmble.

That said, there are a few Countdown Characters Who Don’t Get the Same Fleshed-Out Treatment As Others. It seames like eric dane’s blythe has something going on with outside the job, though we have no insight into his personal life unilit the end of the season, while violenett beane’s shepherd is alluded to have darker backsory, but from what we see. Confrontation as the rest of the cast.

One of the Biggest Examples of a Countdown Character literally brimming with a lot of emotional material left unmined is that of Jonathan Togo’s Drew. From the season’s premiere, it”s hinted that drew has undergone some kind of personal tragic with his son, dedicating to stlicating the assistant coach for his little league team, even an unlysecified reasson, he no Long to play. But every time it fes like the show is ready to tackle this, it eather moves on to it action or to a different character’s arc.

Countdown’s Action is Very Thrling & Well-Shot

The Mix of Different Kinds of Setpieces Also Makes for Fun, Diverse Action

Regardless of some of my problems with the show’s narrative, Countdown DOES LARGELY SUCCEED THANKS TO ITS Stylish and Effective Action. Whether ITIA a FAST-Paced Foot Pursuit Through Crowded La Markets, Tense Shootouts or Car Chaces Having a Mix of Hand-to-Hand Combat and Vehicular Action, Haas and HIS Creative Delive of Excting Setpieces THAT MOVING THINGS.

The first three episodes of Countdown Begin Streaming on Prime Video on June 25, with New Episodes Airing Weekly on Wednesdays.