The idea isn’t necessarily new as most of what we see has already been done before in one form or another, yet maybe not all combined into one series as it is here. It is on one hand part LOST, on the other part TWIN PEAKS and still on another voyeur. And still yet elements have been done before in films such as THE CUBE and HOUSE OF 9.
Seven strangers are kidnapped, drugged and carted off to an unknown location where they are locked away in a hotel. Not knowing anything about their predicament or their fellow captives, suspicions, paranoia and distrust runs deep as they try to figure out what happened to them and why.
We are quickly introduced to Janet (Daisy Betts) who is with her daughter at a playground in San Francisco. There some random guy questions her about money and her husband that has run off. But before we can learn any more about this she is kidnapped right in front of a closed circuit camera. This is important as a local newspaper reporter gets the camera footage and begins an investigation into her disappearance. He finds her creepy mother now taking care of her daughter and where a camera is filming their conversation and every move.
Those same cameras are found in every location of the mysterious town where Janet and the other six kidnapped people are placed. And the town is odd, it has a functional Chinese restaurant (complete with chefs), it has a sheriff’s office (complete with a shotgun), clothing stores, Laundromats, a swank hotel (complete with a night manager) and more. But for the most part minus these random individuals, the town is deserted.
The other people in the town include Joe (Jason Wiles), a bit of a mystery man with possibly military connections or something else, McNair (Chadwick Boseman), a Marine sergeant, Moria (Tina Holmes), a possible mental patient or pharmaceutical salesperson and most likely a mole considering she was the only one not to show her implant, Charlie (Alan Ruck), a husband and businessman, Tori (Kate Lang Johnson), professional party girl, and Liam (Alan Smyth), a shaky car salesman.
They are a motley crew to say the least and with seemingly nothing in common yet all find themselves in the same situation and under some damn odd circumstances. But with only Alan Ruck as a recognizable face on the show, it may have a talent problem as everyone else are unknowns – although granted the same could be said about every on LOST (minus Matthew Fox).
There are obviously plenty of questions that need answering, which is half the fun of a series such as this. The question will be whether or not viewers will have the staying power to stick with it especially as it gets even more crazy and question-filled. If they do and if it is done right, this could be a heck of a series.
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