Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
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Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
Synopsis:
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Episode 2 of 13
Good start after episode 1. They set up an interesting premise and left me as a viewer wanting to know more.
Again, if you missed the Pilot last week it's online:
http://www.hulu.com/persons-unknown-tv
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
Just finished watching the first ep and I really liked it. Reminded me of a Stephen King miniseries, which I'm a sucker for. It seems like something that should run about six episodes, so we'll see how well it will stretch out over thirteen.
Does anyone else think the lead guy is a dead ringer for Christian Bale?
Does anyone else think the lead guy is a dead ringer for Christian Bale?
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
We loved the premiere. Looking forward to this and coming episodes!
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
I haven't watched this weeks ep. yet but did notice NBC is skipping next weeks ep. for some fireworks show and they haven't scheduled a replay for it throughout the week either. The show will resume for me on ep. 4. And they wonder why we turn to "other means" to get our shows.
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
I haven't watched this weeks ep. yet but did notice NBC is skipping next weeks ep. for some fireworks show and they haven't scheduled a replay for it throughout the week either. The show will resume for me on ep. 4. And they wonder why we turn to "other means" to get our shows.
http://www.nbc.com/schedule/
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
Yep, just my local affiliate. My Tivo is reporting some 3 hour Target fireworks special for next Monday from 8-11pm eastern.
I did notice Comcast has this On Demand so hopefully I'll be able to just watch it there shortly after it airs.
I did notice Comcast has this On Demand so hopefully I'll be able to just watch it there shortly after it airs.
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
Edit: No response to my e-mail but TitanTV now shows it 2-3 AM, Wed., June 23.
Last edited by OldDude; 06-17-10 at 05:51 AM.
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
Watched this episode tonight.
I liked it. It took more of a "Twilight Zone" spin, especially with the invisible force field surrounding the town and when the group tried escaping and ended up back in the town again. I can see how this series was originally developed for the SyFy Channel.
I knew the Night Manager was full of shit and wasn't a victim like them. Obviously now they aren't going to get any answers from him.
Did those people in the group seriously believe that Moira was a Psychiatrist?
I'm not sure I quite get what transpired with the reporter. He tries getting some information about Janet and then someone involved with the people behind the kidnapping steals it from him? Well, at least he gets laid.
I want to know what's up with this whacked town. I'm in untiil the series finale.
I liked it. It took more of a "Twilight Zone" spin, especially with the invisible force field surrounding the town and when the group tried escaping and ended up back in the town again. I can see how this series was originally developed for the SyFy Channel.
I knew the Night Manager was full of shit and wasn't a victim like them. Obviously now they aren't going to get any answers from him.
Did those people in the group seriously believe that Moira was a Psychiatrist?
I'm not sure I quite get what transpired with the reporter. He tries getting some information about Janet and then someone involved with the people behind the kidnapping steals it from him? Well, at least he gets laid.
I want to know what's up with this whacked town. I'm in untiil the series finale.
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I will say that the bright light that brought them right back to the town certainly changed the game for me. What the hell is going on?!
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That guy that roughed him up and took the information was the same detective that Janet was talking to in the first episode before she got taken. He was trying to find her husband. I sort of thought that he was now working for Janet's mother since a lot of the information mentioned were in reference to her tainted past (including absuive mother).
I will say that the bright light that brought them right back to the town certainly changed the game for me. What the hell is going on?!
I will say that the bright light that brought them right back to the town certainly changed the game for me. What the hell is going on?!
The bright light jump could have been creative editing. Bright light, they black out and are taken back to town and setup in the van.
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
Not buying it. People don't just "black out". And they've all removed that remote-controlled ampule that does that. If that were the case, why wouldn't they have been shown as groggy? In fact Janet was still in the exact same position when they got to the "Welcome Back!" sign, gripping the wheel to make Blackham continue into the bright light. You can't just leave a bit like that out...
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Not buying it. People don't just "black out". And they've all removed that remote-controlled ampule that does that. If that were the case, why wouldn't they have been shown as groggy? In fact Janet was still in the exact same position when they got to the "Welcome Back!" sign, gripping the wheel to make Blackham continue into the bright light. You can't just leave a bit like that out...
BTW the female leads microwave facial injuries cleared up half way through the episode. I thought it was a continuity error, but maybe not.
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A continuity error I'd believe. After all in the "previously on" segment, they showed Janet reading her fortune which was one single line on the slip of paper, but when she checked it again in this episode, it was split into two lines. So who knows?
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
Just a little nitpick but the continuity director on this series should have been fired. The fortune cookie messages kept changing in every shot. The "y" in "you" is capitalized in one shot, then not, then capitalized again. (I noticed this because I thought it was odd that "You" was capitalized in mid-sentence.) The message to our heroine (whats-her-name) is all on one line in one shot, two lines in the next. There were a few other things as well but I can't remember now.
[Edit] Oops -- just read the whole thread and see someone beat me to it. And yes, the face was the other thing I couldn't remember.
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Re: Persons Unknown -- "The Edge" -- 06/14/10
Did anyone else find it disturbing that Tori chose to dance topless for the surveillance camera, while every other time she has addressed the camera she states her belief that her father is the one watching them?
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At 1st I thought Janet's mother may be involved, but I agree I'm not so sure now. Now I'm wondering how Janet's daughter made that garbled phone call to her.
^^ Wasn't that scene before Tori assumed her father was behind it? Nah, I don't think it was disturbing.
Yeah I agree the continuity errors were hilarious.
^^ Wasn't that scene before Tori assumed her father was behind it? Nah, I don't think it was disturbing.
Yeah I agree the continuity errors were hilarious.
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I thought that the road just circled around and brought them back to the town. In the confusion and the storm they wouldn't have noticed that they were circling around. The bright light was there to block the view of the town so they wouldn't know they were going back until they got there.