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Shame it didn't get a second season

posted 8 years ago by metatron (119)
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The show did have it's share of flaws. Episode 13 is a disaster of epic cringe proportions. Watch it if you enjoy train wrecks but otherwise feel free to read a summary and skip it.

Overall though I found myself enjoying Limitless. Yes, it's experimental nature didn't always pay off. But it gave the show a freshness and vibrancy as a whole. I also think they handled the show as a continuation of the movie extremely well. It felt organic and like a natural evolution of the concept. The idea that the longer people are on NZT the more advanced they became had a lot of potential for the plot moving forward.

Some criticisms have been lodged against the characters. Brian isn't liked by all but to me he felt real. He wasn't just a one dimensional caricature. Part of why it worked so well was how they showed all aspects of his life without it feeling forced. It was definitely his show but the rest of the cast grew on me as well. Really wish they'd given it another season.

[–] sleepingtiger (712) 7 years ago

I saw a couple of episodes of the show when it came on, since CBS promoted the heck out of it, and was starting to like it--particularly since British actor Colin Salmon played a double role of good guy and villain on one episode (he used his real British accent whole playing the bad guy, which was interesting,lol.) Completely forgot about this show, came across something about it, and wondered why it wasn't renewed, because it did have a sense of humor about itself. Oh,well.

[–] ExTechOp (2770) 6 years ago

I think sleepingtiger is confusing Colin Salmon (Sands) with Michael James Shaw ("Mike" / Darryl)

Series is worth a rewatch if you liked it - it's actually a satisfying, standing alone.

There's no real cliffhanger, other than believing Brian and his "squad" are out there chasing Morra and catching NZT abusers.

[–] SamNoyoun (6012) 3 years ago

I agree! I watched it at the time it was on, and I just watched the whole season on DVD; It was a unique blend of comedy and drama and very well done...Well worth a watch!