Myfanwy Thomas wakes up on the Millennium Bridge with no memory of who she is and a note in her pocket from the person she used to be. This is a suspenseful thriller set in a world where people who have special powers (think: mutants) are recruited into government agencies or hunted down by international slavers.
(This show is very loosely based on a book by the same name. But where the book is a supernatural comedy, the tv show is very much a sci-fi thriller. Many book fans hate the show because it's so different.)
- Intense interpersonal relationships, loyalties, and shifting alliances
- All the usual mutant drama (traumatic power manifestations, social isolation, being hated and feared and hidden)
- So much competence porn! Especially for the field agents
- The push/pull between the need to trust people in the agency and the fact that everyone is keeping secrets
- Gestalt, one of the mutants, is a single consciousness in four bodies (three male and one female), with all the complications and weird social interactions that come from that
The Rook (tv)
Myfanwy Thomas wakes up on the Millennium Bridge with no memory of who she is and a note in her pocket from the person she used to be. This is a suspenseful thriller set in a world where people who have special powers (think: mutants) are recruited into government agencies or hunted down by international slavers.
(This show is very loosely based on a book by the same name. But where the book is a supernatural comedy, the tv show is very much a sci-fi thriller. Many book fans hate the show because it's so different.)
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WHAT MAKES IT GREAT:
- Intense interpersonal relationships, loyalties, and shifting alliances
- All the usual mutant drama (traumatic power manifestations, social isolation, being hated and feared and hidden)
- So much competence porn! Especially for the field agents
- The push/pull between the need to trust people in the agency and the fact that everyone is keeping secrets
- Gestalt, one of the mutants, is a single consciousness in four bodies (three male and one female), with all the complications and weird social interactions that come from that
- Oh, and the plot actually holds together
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: streaming on Hulu