Cypher

The 2 FBI Agents acting suck, even if they did it for free. It still to high of a cost.

Like the Roku devices not quite there yet. Some bad acting plus a strange vibe like a cheap telenovela. Never the less good intentions....

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.

Story line started off good but completely fell apart. These are the most corrupt and inept FBI agents ever! The lead female agent meets a new guy during the investigation (online). Date 1 takes him home to her house....sleeps with him and then 3rd date takes him to the FBI SAFE HOUSE to drop something off before the head out to dinner???? Who does that??? Worst and most stupid cops ever!

The actors deliver their lines like they're still in high school, overacting in every scene. The mother is a lying witch with her 8 yr old daughter, and has ZERO redeeming qualities.

The story has so many errors, holes, giant gaping plot issues, it's almost unwatchable.

When the writer couldn't figure out how to move the story along, they wrote these genuinely boring (transition) scenes where one actor divulges a private, over-emotional moment, with all the subtlety of an explosion. Those scenes are nothing but filler, and don't move the plot along, or reveal anything about the characters.

I love spy shows and action-driven dramas. This isn't that. This had a promising premise, particularly regarding the actual cypher, however it was such a small part of the first 3 episodes, it just never develops.

Boring, badly acted, poorly directed, edited, and just not interesting.

I seriously hated almost every minute of it.