Countdown

I've been looking forward to Countdown ever since I first saw the trailer for this. I started watching this with my brother the day it came out and we both loved it. It all starts and ends with another strong performance from Jensen Ackles. He plays LAPD detective Mark Meachum, who is recruited to a secret task force with undercover agents from all different types of law enforcement. They're brought together to hunt for a killer who murdered an officer with Homeland Security. As they investigate they find out a plot much worse than one murder victim. From there they have to race against time to save millions of people. There is plenty of action and drama to keep you wanting more. I can't recommend this series enough.

Someone mentioned how this reminded them of the show Graceland and I definitely agree because of the joint law enforcement task force. Only thing I didn't like was how the season was set up. One plot ended about halfway through the season and then it started another one and ended on a cliffhanger. Hope it's getting a second season cause that season ending was a big gamble.

Ok but of a slow start but it really finds its footing. Very entertaining and enjoyable. Jensen Ackles is always a treat and he seems like he's really having fun with this. Eric Dane is also doing all the right things and looking great doing them. The whole cast is a perfect fit. Give this a watch an enjoy.

This is one of the best shows for a while and I can't fault any of the actors, they all give great performances.

I was really glad the first story was resolved because I hate it when they string you along and then you don't get a proper ending until they make another series, which unfortunately is what they've done with the second story.

The Old cliffhanger trick should be consigned to the past because unfortunately so many shows get cancelled nowadays for various reasons that very often we never get another series so we're left with a terrible unfinished story.

I really hope that doesn't happen here but in this day and age they should complete the story satisfactorily every series just in case they don't make any more.

For this reason I have deducted a point from my score and another point for various plot holes which I won't go into now so as to avoid spoilers.

Also a point deducted for my pet hate which is all too prevalent nowadays and responsible for ruining potentially great shows, that being the ridiculous trend to have different directors of episodes! It's a recipe for disaster and here there at least 8 different directors throughout 13 episodes which is just crazy. I can only assume it's because the makers want lots of their friends to get some easy money and extra on their CV's so do them a favour.

Unfortunately it doesn't help any series because they all have different ideas and it ruins the flow of the story and in many cases it makes you wonder if they've even seen the other episodes!?

How can you leave season 1 on a huge cliffhanger and the show has not been renewed? That's Bad Form. Now we have to hope Amazon picks this up, which is highly doubtful since the review score is under 7. Jessica Camacho was awesome in this show. Ackles, he was outstanding. Just hate the way the series ended. BAD FORM!