Last year I head of this but simply didn’t have time to get into it. I recently had some downtime to go back and watch this first season.
It is hard to type because the list of superlatives in my brain keeps floating in front of my eyes and obstructing the screen.
“One man against the world” is always a popular fictional theme. But rarely is it done in such a massive way while still managing to seem credible. These writers and producers have done it. They have taken the ultimate underdog, a prison convict, and put him up against global masters. The table-turning in Gladiator is not nearly as far-reaching nor as believable as this. It is every bit as suspenseful as 24, only without the super agent vibe. The protagonist does his work without anyone backing him.
I resist saying anything more because I don’t want to spoil anything.
I watched some of this a year or so ago, and without fail, depsite my other intentions, if I watched more than 2 minutes I simply could not stop. I had to watch the whole thing.