Lost: Complete Series (2004-2010) – The very definition of high-concept television, this addictive survival series turned metaphysical mystery is arguably the most successful and certainly the most richly and deeply woven show of its kind. What began as an exotic Gilligan’s Island through The Twilight Zone turned into a mind-bending show with supernatural echoes and […]
Person of Interest: The Complete Series – The high-concept melding of vigilante heroes and vast conspiracies in a world of cyber-surveillance launched to great success in 2011 as a mystery puzzle in the modern world where big brother is watching you and a supercomputer is cross-referencing your data, but it wound down in the ratings […]
Person of Interest is one of my favorite shows currently on a broadcast network, and after four years it has managed to keep its high-concept premise—a covert homeland security surveillance program identifies potential murders that a private team of operatives attempt to stop—in focus while expanding the series with characters strong and consistently interesting and […]
Big brother is watching you in Person of Interest: Seasons 1-3, a clever melding of surveillance conspiracy, urban action, cyber thriller, and spy show created by Jonathan Nolan for CBS in 2011. There are now four seasons of the show and a short fifth season arriving in early 2016 (the ratings have dropped since its […]
