the audience applauded

That was an excellent one.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This is a great series in some ways a shame it ended after 13 episodes but in some ways a bonus as American shows can drag on too long to get to the finale. It's clever and builds over the episodes just like many series not really given a chance but at least a chance to conclude . What has annoyed me is all those that reference Dan Brown clearly those who reference have only seen the films and are actually not that well red! All though the story is different In lot's of ways no Nazis's I would say this is much closer to Michael Cordy and Miracle Strain recently renamed Messiah Code check it out and them start bleating ! If you get the chance do check this series out.

Starts of with the usual "Nazis after religious artifacts" plot in 1938 - OK - been done before but not a problem.Anthony Edwards as an owner/editor of a sceptic magazine which specialises in debunking all sorts of conspiracies and stuff suddenly starts believing all sorts of things The plot is about a secret society that were hiding The Cross (remarkably preserved after 2000 years even submerged in water for so many years). The cross is moved to a Nazi sub to be hidden in a secret place. Apparently our "hero" is somehow related to a Nazi officer who was also a Christian dedicated to protecting the cross - Anthony Edwards again with the worst German accent ever (in flashbacks. Hero wants to know why the Nazi has his face. Later the Ashton Kutcher lookalike eye candy for girlies comes up with the explanation "It can only be time travel or reincarnation". Hero's wife is kidnapped by a terrorist who is after 12 clocks which point the way to the location of the newly hidden cross (terrorist is by far the best actor - he was in the original Steig Larssen Millennium trilogy). Enter the female FBI agent who was a Peace Corps worker who joined the FBI to avenge her husband's apparent murderer (it's the terrorist) - she seems to be able to speak every language on the planet which is pretty handy as her and the hero globe trot on the trail of the terrorist murderer/kidnapper.OK - a bit cheesy so far but still could be decent entertainment The thing that really ruined it was the incredible leaps in logic that somehow keeps them on the tail of the baddie - massive "thinking outside the box" moments that the hero comes up with and everyone nods in agreement like it's the most obvious conclusion I saw the "twist" in episode 5 of 13 - I'm sure there are people who got it even earlierThe ending was so bloody nice and fluffy I almost gagged I know most shows are dumbed down for general viewers now (and American shows are the worst at doing that) but I found it an insult to my intelligence that we are supposed to take these leaps of logic (and faith) as Gospel (pun intended)Not sure if I should give it 4/10 or 7/10 because I got as confused as the plot

I just finished the show and was SO pleased by it and equally disappointed that it wasn't renewed. It was sent to Saturday nights after just a few episodes.Problem one was -very difficult for a new show- you absolutely could not miss an episode and had to give the whole hour the attention you give a movie. Unfortunately when it looked very Da Vinci Code AND included Nazis I rolled my eyes and let it drop off the radar. As post-apocalypse and vampires and werewolves have taken popular fiction - fringe religion and Nazis tend to dominate anyone pulling out history with a hidden agenda. But when you really sit down and watch it has the religious acuity of Dan Brown, the murder-mystery feel of Agatha Christie or Poirot, and yet characters that demand enough sympathy, despise, conflict, or quagmire. Hank is a little too skeptical at times but it shows the human fault that he's holding onto reason with as much irrationality as the droves of priests want to call everything a miracle. This show had me begging for the next episode each time and I was really sad to see it go. Shall we all bombard the network clocks and see if they'll bring it back before these diverse and talented actors are snatched to another show?

I really do enjoy the show. The background sounds have been too loud though, maybe it's my TV, but sometimes the music or crowd/street noise is over-powering the characters speaking. It's still worth watching. Something else I just noticed, because I have been watching the Alias series, was the similarity to the Milo Rambaldi concept, again OK. I wondered if J.J. Abrams was involved in Zero Hour? Then to even make it more similar Arvin Sloan's dead wife shows up in the last scene of last week's show appearing to be a villain!? Still like the show and hoping to see Jennifer soon!! If they can get her for an appearance or two that should take care of any cancellation issues!