The Crossing

I've heard people complain that this plot has been done 100 times before after only watching one or two episodes. I don't know about you, but when I watch a new show, in the first couple episodes, I can usually pick out things that have been done 100 times! But then it got better & in my opinion, the Crossing does too. So Steve Zahn plays a Sheriff named Jude in a small town (I don't remember what it's called). Jude has a past & to make a long story short without the spoilers, he was in a big city, some stuff went bad, so he comes to idyllic small town where nothing usually goes bad & things go bad.Admittedly, that's been done a few times.) Of course Big Brother Government shows up & takes over. It turns out that these people aren't illegal aliens trying to escape a war torn situation. They're actually Americans trying to escape a war torn situation. This show was cancelled but I still don't want to spoil anything so I can't say anything more about where the people are from or how they got there. There's a lot going on in this show, which is why I wish people would've stayed with it. Every episode, something new happens or we find out something new about someone. It's mystery, sci-fi, action, comedy, love story, and drama all in one show. I'm very disappointed that more people didn't give it a chance.

Another show canned prematurely by a tv network that doesn't understand the concept of audience building. They completely unrealistically expect 10m+ viewers on the first season of a new series, then scrap it when it misses the mark. So many good sci-fi shows lost to this BS in recent years.

An above-average series with a nice and interesting premise, definitive potential, dedicated acting, but with a semi-lethargic flow and some dragging episodes.

It lacked intensity, character and "leadership"; on the other hand, it was finding its footprint and developing at its own pace, slowly but surely, with a brilliant cliffhanger.

It doesn't take genius executives to understand the potential this series had. All it took was looking past the initial ratings point, which would have surely increased with a smoother and more suspenseful season 2 bringing more fans to the field.

Unfortunately, the Network didn't give the show a second chance. The mindset between real success and failure.

Now, it can keep counting on its "stellar" soap-opera series with two-digit seasons.

• Screenplay/story: 8
• Development: 8
• Realism: 7
• Entertainment: 7
• Acting: 8
• Filming/cinematography: 8
• SFX/VFX: 8
• Music/score: 7.5
• Depth: 7.5
• Logic: 7
• Flow: 7
• Drama/suspense: 7
• Ending: 8.

Too bad ABC cancelled it! Wow, I don't understand what they are thinking. About one of the best new sci-fi series in a long while. I'm done with ABC as well.

Sad to see there will be no season 2.Really got into this show from day one :((((