The Copenhagen Test

The Compshagen Test, I am pleased to report, is a rather admirable piece of intellectual architecture-clean in its lines, confident in its purpose, and refreshingly unwilling to pander to the impatient or the inattentive. It possesses that rare quality of assuming its audience is capable of thought, and indeed deserving of it.

I gave it a nine, and did so without hesitation. The experience is brisk, lucid, and-most importantly-honest in its ambitions. One senses, behind its construction, a mind intent on clarity rather than spectacle, on substance rather than ornament. In an age increasingly besotted with the gaudy and the superficial, this alone is worthy of commendation.

If I withheld the final, perfect tenth point, it was only because the test, for all its virtues, left me wanting a touch more detail-an elaboration here, an explanatory flourish there. Not verbosity, mind you; merely the sort of additional refinement that transforms a very good instrument into a definitive one.

Still, the Compshagen Test stands as a commendable achievement, and I should think anyone submitting to it will come away with the agreeable sense that their time was not merely spent, but invested.

At first I saw the low to mediocre reviews, but decided to give it a try for myself. I found it entertaining, captivating, and found myself going back for more. I like the lead in Shang Chi so that helped. Watch the first episode or two and you'll know if it's for you. Form your own opinion, everyone says something different.

THE absolute worst intro scene to a series so far.

Looks like they skimped out on hiring an expert to guide the field operation, because everything is wrong. Lingo, gear, standard operating procedure, it was a clown show.

Then the pilot slowly redeems itself into an interesting premise, and actually made me start the 2nd episode.

You only get one chance at a first impression, and this was bad, but the sum total might just sway to a net positive, hence a 6 our of 10.

Hopeful, but not yet convinced.

The concept of the show seems simple enough. A government agent gets his eyes and ears hacked but the show throws many twist and turns that do keep you entertained and wanting to find out what happens next since each episode almost end on a cliff-hanger each time.

The show does lose two stars for me because it starts off very plot heavy when this show best aspect isn't it's plot but more so the characters . However once this shift happens mid-season its takes you on a twisty ride that does keep you coming back for more to just finish the show.

Performance wise: Simu leads very well with a leading character you do grow to root for as he is just trying to prove himself and Simu handles the action scenes as well as you'll expect a marvel star too.

Melissa Barrera does extremely well with a mysterious and layered character that at times made you want more of story as the character is truly a classical spy mystery woman.

Stand out for me was Sinclair Daniel who I never seen before but playing a role that on paper seems thin, she brought it to life with such care and passion that you wouldn't expect from an analyst .

Overall I think this is a fun action series to watch and binge. It's very different from other things we have on right now and it will make you think .

8/10.

The first 8/10 and OMG 10/10 reviews are shills and worked on the crew. Duh.

For premium streamers like HBO, Apple, etc. I'd bash this hard. But from NBC? With everything they turn out being repetitive leftover schlock that has become unbearable to watch, what happened to Law and Order? Dumb Dumb!

This is formula romance/spy schtick like Mr/Mrs Smith, etc. @ E2 they haven't hooked up yet, but they will. No one has the patience anymore for a Blue Moon, or C. B. Strike "Friend Zone" spy/crime couple, who knows, maybe they work the tease, we'll see. My bet is hook up by E4.

This is a step up on NBC's curve. NBC once brought us Hill Street Blues. This ain't HSB, but I am 2 episodes in, and it's watchable and fun if you aren't too nit-picky and require a metric ton of Tom Clancy and the plot twists of David Cornwall (John le Carre), can you suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the schmaltz?

The gal that plays the Honey Pot is a smoker, and I'd watch her read the dictionary. Very easy on the eyes, although in true life, operatives with her skillset are more Red Sparrow or Nikita than cheerleader with a big ass knife. That big knife? No way, no one cc's a Bowie knife, Clancy would have a meltdown. Equip her with a T-Bone and a pencil gun. Lss showy.

But she is killer hot. She adds 2 full points for me. 4.5+2=6.5

One reviewer wrote something like:"..he has no sex appeal" or similar. I dunno, but he seems cool, and looks like Front of House staff to me, I'd think that he does fine with the ladies, wingman material for sure.

But the comments about real world spy stuff, affirmative, this is more parody than thriller, watered down for the NBC grey haired demographic. NBC only has two dramas, Chicago too many and Law and Order, make it stop! So this is a Big Step for them, be encouraging! It is a big improvement over the recycled garbage they have been selling.

Consider this: a very similar recent show on CW, Wild Cards, is rated 7.2 today. That is cheesier, and the gal is hot, but so damn annoying, I can't watch that show. I don't like her character. Borderline Karen.

Copenhagen is a better show so far.

Last bash is the first fight sequence.

No. NO! Nononono, NO! Real life and death fights are over in milliseconds, usually who sucker punches first wins. If both are ready? It gets ugly fast. Not a choreographed ballet. I hate this; it's lazy, annoying, and fills up screen time. If I want Jackie Chan? I can find him.

But that's what 10 second hop is for.

It takes a new show 2-4 episodes to find it's groove, I'll give it that long and report back.

Not Tom Clancy... But also Chicago SOS, Law and Dis-Order, or the usual NBC pablum.

Did I mention how hot the lead woman is?