Intelligence: Discussion Thread

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Intelligence: Discussion Thread

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Intelligence

INTELLIGENCE is a dramatic thriller starring Josh Holloway as a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain. With this implant, Gabriel (Holloway) is the first human ever to be connected directly into the worldwide information grid and have complete access to Internet, WiFi, telephone and satellite data. He can hack into any data center and access key intel in the fight to protect the United States from its enemies. Leading the elite government cyber-security agency created to support him is Director Lillian Strand (Marg Helgenberger), a straightforward and efficient boss who oversees the unit’s missions. Strand assigns Riley Neal (Meghan Ory), a Secret Service agent, to protect Gabriel from outside threats, as well as from his appetite for reckless, unpredictable behavior and disregard for protocol. Other skilled members of the Cybercom team include Chris Jameson (Michael Rady) and Gonzalo “Gonzo” Rodriguez (James Martinez), two resourceful federal investigators. The brains behind the design of the chip is Dr. Shenendoah Cassidy (John Billingsley), whose son, Nelson (PJ Byrne), is jealous of Gabriel’s prominent place in his father’s life. As the first supercomputer with a beating heart, Gabriel is the most valuable piece of technology the country has ever created and is the U.S.’s secret weapon. Michael Seitzman,

René Echevarria, Tripp Vinson, and David Semel (for pilot) are executive producers for ABC Television Studios in association with CBS Television Studios.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-nqhGQeniM

[Ann_SS]

Ugh, Josh Hollaway's hair is atrocious. So Ruby, Red Riding Hood, has a new gig. Good luck to them both.

[reallyhateskateonlost]

The pilot was sort of meh for me. They through in son of a bitch!

It will be against The Blacklist on Monday

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[YRBB]

I really enjoyed the pilot & the second episode is great so far as well!

[P.J.]

I'm having a really hard time with a less-abrasive version of LOST's Sawyer. And I really don't understand giving Gabriel all this angst of a missing/dead traitor wife only to blow her up (after she's been missing for five years) in the second episode.

[YRBB]

That's a good point. I thought this would be a season long (if not series long) arc, which is why I didn't believe that it was his wife until he clearly saw her. I guess they just wanted to start off with a small arc to hook viewers? I hope it doesn't get less and less serialized as it goes.

Of course, since we didn't actually see her blow up, they might pull out a "she's not really dead" thing, which come to think of it sounds possible if not plausible. It might have been a way to get Sawyer off her trail.

[P.J.]

Well, I suppose it could be a fake-out...but I don't understand doing that either in a second episode. Even assuming there's only 13 episode "season", this question of whether or not his wife was a traitor and how he tries to find out what happened is a pretty decent hook to go a little deeper than the whiz-bang graphics/techie aspect.

[YRBB]

Oh, I agree. I would have liked it to be a season-long (if not more) question. Now that they have (apparently) resolved it, I am curious to see how they handle it from now on. I'll probably stop watching if serialized elements were only used to hook people in before they adopt a self-contained format.

[YRBB]

Wow, I didn't realize the show had a TEN MILLION viewer drop from episode 1 to episode 2. That is crazy.

[YRBB]

Very disappointed in them already resolving they Mei Chen storyline, and in such a lame way. They pushed a few buttons on the computer and that's it? Not exactly exciting. I expected her to become a serious nemesis of Gabriel's, a better version of him. So far, that's 2/2 things I expected and they didn't do.

The creator of the show was nice enough to respond to one of my tweets about the show, though, and he was very nice.

[P.J.]

Well, there was very little chance of it keeping those huge-after NCIS numbers. (I sincerely believe NCIS:LA would tank in six months if it moved, but that's another discussion for another day)

That said, it's not a very engaging show. I don't know exactly what it is. It's just bland. I mean POI is low-key, and as tightly wound and closed off as Mr Reese is, you got bits and pieces of his story and found out why he's that way. There's nothing in this show that seems original.