The Passage

Gotta say I’m impressed with Mark Paul-Gosselaar. Not bad for the Saved By The Bell guy. The pilot falls a bit flat at the midpoint and I‘m not sure Fox is a great home for The Passage. Would have loved to see it on AMC or HBO, but hey I‘m glad they are making one of my favorite books into a tv show. As I said Gosselaar shows surprising depth in this role. And the little girl is off to a strong start too. I hope they can keep the show going at this level. Btw, music selection for the show is great!

Not scary enough to be good horror, and not enough character depth to make a compelling drama. Starts off pretty good, but ends up middle of the road... There's nothing really unique about this show. It's DNA is made up of a fusion of much better horror shows. This has a lot in common with "The Strain", but I'd much rather watch "The Strain" over this. There is a lot of potential here, but instead of taking risks everything is played fairly safe leaving this show one of the most forgettable ones I've seen recently. Also I feel like there was a whole political angle of the plot, from the government experimented on death row inmates to the cure for the plague residing in a orphaned black girl but the politics of the setup are sadly skimmed over and not even briefly acknowledged by the show. All around disappointment.