A Traveler

This is my first written review, so apologies.

I'd like to start off on the single positive note, I quite enjoyed the acting of most of the cast. The problem, and I'd guess this lies in the directing because Steven Yeun is a quite capable actor, that the one character this episode revolves around is done horribly.

It's hard to go more in depth for spoiler reasons, but the episode lacks any kind of intrigue or mystery. It is completely transparent to the point where it figuratively crams the last sense of questionability down your throat.

I was really looking forward to The Twilight Zone, but this episode just left me disappointed. If I could give Twilight Zone a fitting analogy, it's if you took Jordan Peele's lack of subtlety (Which is one of the few criticisms of his objectively good movies), boiled it down and created a pure extract of that.

Peele's The Twilight Zone revival started off with "The Comedian", which had many flaws, but in the essence, was a decent episode. I thought it would get better by each episode, but "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" and "Replay" turned out to be predictable stories with not much to offer in regards to a "revival". With " A Traveler", The Twilight Zone revival finally has a story that deserves to be branded as twilight zone-ish. Steven Yeun's haunting performance also contributes to the eerieness of the episode.

Decent work!

There are many things I liked about this episode, the conversation of culture alienation between Christmas and the traditions of the Inuit people, the great choice and timing of the music which strengthens each scene, and the great acting of Steven Yeun, Marika Silva, and Greg Kinnear. It was all executed well until a certain point was reached, then the narrative changed. It's like the story did a 90 degree turn just for the sake of being unexpected. All the suspense that was built up within the last 30-40 minutes just vanished, then by the time the ending arrived it left me feeling disappointed more than shocked or confused.

I was intrigued by the premise of a stranger appearing in a jail cell, but then as the story unravels it gets too confusing and muddled.

The main actress is not very convincing and the dialogue is pretty awful.

That was not fun. Don't want to give away spoilers but I will say one thing to help possible viewers; don't waste your time. I was so excited for this show but the show has been bad. Great actors and promising ideas but it feels to me, they wrap it and no one is watching the final product. It's been bad, please fix it, their is still time.