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beamdriver t1_je72yvy wrote

Started watching this on Sunday and finished it up today. It's not a great show, but something about it kept making me want to watch the next episode.

The action is pretty good, for the obviously lower budget, and the story zips along at a good clip.

My main complaint is that the two leads have no romantic or sexual chemistry at all. When they finally fall into each others' arms it's like...eh...I guess they had to.

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jingleheimerschitt t1_je7894x wrote

No romantic chemistry but they do make a great pair nonetheless.

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fredothechimp t1_je7eb76 wrote

Tbh it was kind of nice to not have weird tension/chemistry throughout the whole thing.

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Valkyrid t1_je7zlex wrote

Im honestly so sick of tv shows shoehorning in a romance.

Just let platonic close friendships exist between genders without sex for fuck sake.

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One-Relationship-628 t1_jeachn2 wrote

Cannot agree more. I don't know about you but if I was being chased by assassins trying to kill me, the last thing on my mind would be getting laid or falling in love. It works in some cases like The Bourne Identity because the film is about him finding his humanity again, so a love story helps with that, but for a lot of shows or films a love story doesn't help, like you say a platonic friendship can work just as well.

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eekamuse t1_jeew8ay wrote

When they kissed I saw the vomit emoji. I knew it was coming, not because they had great chemistry, but because the show is such a cliché. I wonder if the actors felt it was as out of place as we did

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10HP t1_je85hvz wrote

Netflix already have The Recruit for that.

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fredothechimp t1_je8icpt wrote

The Recruit was better imo, but they're a slightly different tone?

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zsreport t1_jea7fkj wrote

They're a very different tone, with The Recruit leaning heavily into batshit crazy.

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whatsinthesocks t1_jeaeeg4 wrote

I kind of feel the same way you do about it. The first few episodes were a chore to get through with all the other stuff going on. I just have like two episodes left. Probably won’t watch the second season though.

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