I had high hopes for this show because I really like Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever. They have great chemistry and their characters are funny and interesting, and I thought this was going to be a sexy, fun rom-com with tones of a fast-paced thriller.
Then Archie Panjabi, who plays the former PA to Gleeson's motivational speaker, dies after jumping out of a window and being impaled while escaping from Gleeson and Wever with a bag full of Gleeson's money. And the two leads FLEE THE SCENE! It makes no sense, and now we're watching two bumbling fools on the run for basically murder when we all originally signed up to watch two ex-lovers slowly divulge their secrets to each other and decide if they want to run away together or not. Panjabi's death comes totally out of left field and changes the entire dynamic, and genre, of the show. What was once an engaging, realistic, will-they-won't-they dramedy is now a bewildering, slapstick crime thriller that is insulting to the viewer.
Then Archie Panjabi, who plays the former PA to Gleeson's motivational speaker, dies after jumping out of a window and being impaled while escaping from Gleeson and Wever with a bag full of Gleeson's money. And the two leads FLEE THE SCENE! It makes no sense, and now we're watching two bumbling fools on the run for basically murder when we all originally signed up to watch two ex-lovers slowly divulge their secrets to each other and decide if they want to run away together or not. Panjabi's death comes totally out of left field and changes the entire dynamic, and genre, of the show. What was once an engaging, realistic, will-they-won't-they dramedy is now a bewildering, slapstick crime thriller that is insulting to the viewer.