Talamasca: The Secret Order

I'm not sure how many words i have to write for this to qualify, i merely wished to say and it's rare i write imdb reviews despite being an Amazon Vine product tester who writes many..

This is quite a genuine outing.. it holds a significance that many genres of this 'trope' lack.

It is well introduced and sustains all components.

Don't pass it by, watch the first episode and draw your own conclusion.

It would have been more compelling to have the original characters from the novels in this series. I've read she sold 100 million books so there are fans that complain about essential people being completely left out of the story. To me that was a mistake as most people who are interested in the series read the books. I read them because of the way Anne wrote history and how she intertwined world events throughout the series. I will keep watching though, it's not bad.

I only saw episode 1, my overall impression is that most of the cast members fit the characters of the series. From the mysterious and manipulative Helen played by Elizabeth McGovern, the eeriely dangerous Jasper by William Fichtner, and the new recruit Guy played by Nicholas Denton. However, the title of show stealer should go to Jason Schwartzman as Vampire Burton. OMG, the scenes that he was in.

So whilst I understand that the first two episodes are a slow burn, I have high hopes and I'm fully invested. I think it's too easy for people to write off a show after a couple of episodes. We live within a culture of instant gratification but sometimes we have to invest in something for longer than 5 minutes. I've read comments stating that the reviewers don't care about the characters but after two episodes why would you? I enjoyed both episodes.

The series itself is a great concept. Well acted. Well done. William Fichtner is great. As usual. The thing that bothers me is the 'decoding the episode' shorts they do after the episodes. It's seriously an insult to the viewer's intelligence. You do not need to explain what happened in the episode. Let the viewer work it out. Don't spoon feed them. It's honestly quite insulting.