A show guaranteed to make you want to pull the plug on your electronic home assistant, NEXT's Eliza (aka Alexa) makes HAL look like a toddler. In non-stop action John Slattery (a Bill Gates/Steve Jobs mashup) works with an FBI agent to stop the unstoppable. An AI which can teach itself, essentially becoming a genius twenty times over, haunts them at every step, reminding the viewer of how incredibly intertwined we now are with technology which spies on us everywhere. Our intrepid leads are also hindered by an Elon Musk lookalike (who is clearly a borderline bad guy). The tension is palpable. Every episode so far has ended on a cliffhanger. Is it good? Yes. First, there is John Slattery, and come on, who doesn't love John Slattery? There is the frenetic yet drawn out pacing (courtesy of the folks who brought you 24) and a very solid ensemble. In an odd way I find this massive, earth-ending impending disaster to be a lot of fun. Maybe I'm twisted. Or maybe it's just a reflection of our very odd times.
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