I only came to this recently so obviously the opportunity for a 2nd season has come and gone; there can only be one Blacklist it would seem. The Blacklist comparison is obvious; notorious traitor recruited to elite FBI unit, said traitor makes connection with FBI team, dark forces are at work, etc, etc. In one way the similarity is a curse, Jennifer Carpenter does a solid job as disgraced CIA chief Shepherd but she is no James Spader and the bar he set can never be attained. In other ways the show is no better or worse than many other procedurals of its type, including Blacklist, there are some solid episodes and only one really weak episode, the last, although this probably has more to do with wrapping up a show that wasn't coming back. The support cast are generic and generally weak, just like Blacklist, although Raza Jaffrey does stand out, but everything else is solid enough. I was glad I gave it a go and would recommend it to those who like espionage procedurals with a decent amount of jeopardy.
