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A cheap knock-off of the Bond movies, but instead of an Aston-Martin, our hero drives a Dodge Charger.

I don't think it's INTENTIONALLY funny, but . . .

"If we can find the graviton we can develop the anti-graviton - then we shall have the ultimate propulsion system: complete weight control. The space agencies would pay millions for a thing like that."

"I think there's something cooking in that kitchen besides chop suey!"

"Mr Chang this device we're going to place over your head has the capability of forcing you to reveal information against your will. It's a painful process and it can cause permanent brain damage." (surprise: it's a hair dryer)

"One of the rules of time travel, Kitty, is to never kill anyone in the past. It might start a chain reaction that could indirectly affect your own life." "Press firmly on this side, you activate the future. On the other side, you activate the past. All right, let's try it."

This is definitely a contender for silliest apocalypse movie ever, though there's a LOT of competition for that title. But in this one the quintessence of suffering is losing your wi-fi connection and not being able to stream your favorite sitcom. Oh, there's some other random bad stuff, an anonymous dead body and a bunch of deer standing around like a deer in the headlights. Ethan Hawke has to deal with a stranger speaking Spanish, and the generic teenager gets a poison mosquito bite or something.

Worst of all, the actors have to perform almost nonstop to random inappropriate songs and generic "ominous music" on the soundtrack .

I wouldn't call this a spoiler because there's nothing to spoil, but the happy ending here is that the teenager with no wi-fi finds a DVD to watch. Okay then!

-- The first episode is promising, the second episode falls off a cliff and it just goes downhill from there.

-- The show was apparently loosely based on (or "inspired by") a book, which one reviewer called "a fleeing fugitive story ruined by absurd plot twists" -- and at least as regards having absurd plot twists the show is faithful to the book.

-- Jeff Bridges pretty much carries the whole show - watching him pretend to be interested while Amy Brenneman spins out her back story is a master class in acting.

-- The two actors who play "young Jeff Bridges" and "young John Lithgow" do a decent job of channeling their models, but unfortunately they are wasted in clumsily explanatory flashback scenes.