I usually will watch a series that I have not seen before at least the first season before I jettison it. One of the rare exceptions was Falling Skies (which had it all: bad acting, rehashed plot line done terribly, etc.) and now this series.
Most of the plots are somewhat interesting and the idea of the Pattern being investigated does hold my interest to some extent. The problem for me lies in one of the main characters: Peter Bishop. Could he possibly be more arrogant and unlikeable? Are his comments about his father's mental illness supposed to be funny? I don't think I have ever seen anyone with less respect for his father. He is the main reason I can't watch anymore! Mulder was much more enjoyable to watch, to put it mildly.
Olivia Dunham, on the other hand, plays Scully's role fairly decently and is likable (sorry to use that word again). I just wish that after Peter Bishop says that he is done and is leaving (like he does every episode) that she would let him go! Alas, no.
The arrival is a moderately suspenseful episode although I am still baffled as to why the people who killed all the guards/scientists at the first holding area for the 'cylinder' did not take it...probably would have ended the show 25 minutes too early. The 'cylinder' showed up in 1987 also and for some reason it hung out for awhile and then with a bang went back into the ground. It does the same here with no explanation as to why it showed up...perhaps so 11 people could get killed?
The episode ends with references to the 'bald man', a mysterious figure a la Roy Thinnes from the X Files, sort of. They appear to be trying their best to be like the X Files and if there already wasn't a show called the X Files out there then I might find the whole thing quite interesting. As it stands, though, one X Files was plenty good enough!
Most of the plots are somewhat interesting and the idea of the Pattern being investigated does hold my interest to some extent. The problem for me lies in one of the main characters: Peter Bishop. Could he possibly be more arrogant and unlikeable? Are his comments about his father's mental illness supposed to be funny? I don't think I have ever seen anyone with less respect for his father. He is the main reason I can't watch anymore! Mulder was much more enjoyable to watch, to put it mildly.
Olivia Dunham, on the other hand, plays Scully's role fairly decently and is likable (sorry to use that word again). I just wish that after Peter Bishop says that he is done and is leaving (like he does every episode) that she would let him go! Alas, no.
The arrival is a moderately suspenseful episode although I am still baffled as to why the people who killed all the guards/scientists at the first holding area for the 'cylinder' did not take it...probably would have ended the show 25 minutes too early. The 'cylinder' showed up in 1987 also and for some reason it hung out for awhile and then with a bang went back into the ground. It does the same here with no explanation as to why it showed up...perhaps so 11 people could get killed?
The episode ends with references to the 'bald man', a mysterious figure a la Roy Thinnes from the X Files, sort of. They appear to be trying their best to be like the X Files and if there already wasn't a show called the X Files out there then I might find the whole thing quite interesting. As it stands, though, one X Files was plenty good enough!