good back-story, and good acting

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

While sometimes hard to watch due to the central character's poor choices, the consequences of those choices are also shown and the series delivers a satisfying plot and ending. The episodes are well written, the twists and turns keep you guessing, and the acting is also exceptional. One of the best network TV shows I have seen. I see that IMDB shows the series rated TV-MA, but it was TV-14 when aired so I'm not sure why there is confusion about the rating.

The only good thing about this show is actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. But even he can't save this uninspired series. I was not intrigued by the plot or the dialogue. Nor do I like any of the characters. This is not the fault of any of the actors, it's the story-line. Just not enough there to carry a whole series. Maybe just a two hour tv film would have worked. Child abduction is not high concept, it's been done too many times. And there's nothing new in the story line or plotting that keeps the viewer interested. Kyra Sedwick is a so-so actress at the best of times, but her character is quite unlikable in this series. Very bad writing. I'm not surprised this show was cancelled.

After watching the third day and getting drawn in further, I wanted more and looked in IMDb.com to feast on any crumbs of information I can grab. While loving the story so much I am disheartened by the negatives in the reviews. This is an excellent show with depth in the act of child abduction, sexual promiscuity, addictions and the seemingly unimportant lies we tell others and even ourselves. I'm addicted to this show and how each actor acts and reacts to the flow of revelations in the story. This show and multiple plots, ie each characters back story and motivation is captivating, I am drawn in by trying to determine if each individual is acting solely or to the benefit of another, or, being played by another persons ends.I think the fault of others reviews are caught up in failing to see into the story and viewing superficially at the actor and not the character being portrayed. Show Kyra as much as you want, she is the star, that's how that rolls. Keep up the good work crew, I'm Your fan...

We are introduced to Ms. Sedgewick's character Jane Sadler while she attempts to remember incidents in her traumatic childhood by parents more interested in parties than their children. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree as this first time TV producer, uses Ambien, wine and coke within a couple of hours of putting her daughter to sleep.When the police arrive and take their time before even looking for the young girl I couldn't help think of Kyra's hit show the Closer. In that Los Angeles, when a child was missing the LAPD declared a Critical Missing, launching the full resources of the LAPD to find them.Sandler is so concerned for her daughter's safety she lies to police then goes to work. A likable character she is not.As this is just TV there's no reason to care about the daughter. I will continue to watch to see what a terrible person Sadler turns out to be.