Cypher

Could have e been a good show- poor writing poor acting and hard to track Would have been better if the story flowed better and believable and the acting was less forced Should have paid more attention to the acting and story plot line than the styling and trying to cover every character

The premise was exciting and I expected this would be a really interesting show. Well, I can't tell exactly what made it not great: the acting, the direction, the script? There were stupid decisions by characters, and huge plot holes. One actor seemed to have an Australian accent, then surfer dude accent, then standard American accent, all at different times. Another character hates to wear pants, or shirts and for an interior designer knows how to crack complicated code, as you do. And the mom? Ugh, awful. I dislike her as much as the "bad guys". I'm still watching literally only because I want to know who is behind the code. (I'm on ep 5). I really wish more thought would have been put into making this. It really had promise, but did not deliver.

The acting is so cringe, some of scenes are literally hard to watch. There are some major stupid aspects of the script too like an FBI agent casually dropping by a safe house on a date. The storyline has potential but the acting and the production is just awful.

Saw the popup for the "Free Premiere" on the Roku splash screen and figured, why not? Not sure if the bad writing, worse acting, or terrible direction was responsible, but the 43-minute pilot felt like two hours. It's one bad line, one cliche, one hackneyed plot device after another.

On the bright side though, the photography is actually pretty good, so at least the crew has a good career ahead of them.

As much as I do like the storyline of this series, I have a hard time overcoming the dull and unimaginative dialogue. It is slow to say the least. The acting is not top shelf either but suffices. I am forcing myself to watch just to see where the story goes.