Let's be realistic.

Awesome Movie

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I had the dubious pleasure of having been given the complete series of this show and from the very first episode it felt as if it were computer designed. Start with the never-smiling black leader who, naturally has a major chink in his armor. Next are a bevy of ladies...tough, yet sensitive...capable of beating up fellow team members if necessary yet also capable of cuddling a list puppy.....GAG!!! Of course we have to have an overweight wannabee tough guy with a soft heart...and a criminal history as well. Naturally we needed a genius/nerd and there he is...I.Q. 200+..unlikely since he mispronounces at least a half dozen words in episode 1 alone. The plots as well are of the typical vanilla-computer-generated variety showing absolutely NO imagination at all. Was this TRULY a computer-generated series?? Gagging my way through series 1 I then felt I was only capable of keeping down my supper if I only 'sampled' the other seasons....but it made no difference....like cookies from a factory each and every episode was a thinly disguised clone of it's brother....cousin...uncle... If you are an attention deficit sufferer then there MIGHT be some excuse for watching this....at 42 minutes it's neither fish nor fowl. There are 2 other GOOD reasons for watching it....an I.Q. or an age in the 1 digit group....otherwise....as an intelligent HUMAN.....pass it by.

There is virtually nothing wrong with this program. The cons are likable the story lines aren't recycled and the idea is creative, it's not predictable. The relationship between characters helps you connect easily, even the Marshall's have a story that in some way makes them less boring and all for the rules. Makes them as interesting as the cons who come across well, they are treated as they are suppose to as they are violent, they are real criminals they aren't in prison for petty crimes. Which makes the whole story more interesting to watch and intriguing when it gets down to what they will do. Overall it has the right amount of humour for this kind of program and the right amount of action and suspense not to make the story boring and repetitive.

The premise of the show alone compelled me to watch it. I like the cons and find the profiler very entertaining. But the Domenick Lombardozzi character has to be softened up or written out - there is virtually nothing likable about the guy. The leader of the outfit has been given the most predictable lines of anyone and he's an almost totally useless character. They treat the cons like sh#t while asking for their help - I would think there'd be a little more compassion for them considering none of them are in for violent crimes. The US gov't has long acquired crooks to better their work force...and it's not a bad notion. This show could be developed into something a lot more than just crushing the cons and expecting the audience to feel good about it. A good premise...bad writing and mis-casting.

It's a show about US Marshals who track down escaped convicts by using a team of other convicts for absolutely no reason. Nothing about the basis of this show makes any sense. The only conclusion I can come up with is that there's an untold back story regarding the two marshals and how nobody else will work with them because they are so terrible at their job that they need criminals to help catch criminals. Every episode is the same. Somebody breaks out, they come up with a list of places that person might be going and then they catch him. So why are other criminals offered reduced prison sentences when they have no special skills that could aid in the capture of these fugitives? Probably because it's the only way to come up with a different hook from every other police drama on television. Avoid this show.