![]() It's better than average but also decidedly lacking which is why I give it a 6 out of 10.Dispatches From Elsewhere is utterly unlike anything else on television right now, with all the highs and lows that sort of ingenuity has to offer. I don't want to say ground breaking, although the original game/experience clearly was. To be fair this is one of those shows that really only makes sense to be one season. ![]() Funnily I think if the final episode had been left off the show would have ended satisfactorily and even have some room to do another season if someone really wanted that. The message is over all hopeful but uncomfortably forced when it arrives in the final episode. First an interesting exploration of a real world event that apparently took place some years ago, while at the end becoming something of a self-reflective vanity project for Jason Segel. Where it failed for me is that the show feels like two different things by the finale. The acting is excellent, especially Jason Segel's portrayal of Peter and Eve Lindley as Simone. Whether that's the empty / lonely Peter, the fearful transgender Simone, the detached / cerebral Fredwynn, or the caregiver Janice. For me it fell down in some places, while excelling in allowing you to be able to latch on to the real struggles that each one of these four individuals experience. Each of the first four episodes inviting you to see the game through the lens of each protagonist before pulling out wider as we follow along, trying to understand truth from fiction. Is it a game? Of course that's the question. Overall premise is four protagonists get pulled into a mysterious game. You probably won't like it if you like all the questions and threads being tied up neatly by the end (or 4th wall breaking experiences). Quickly, I think you will probably enjoy the show if you like other shows like Amazon's "Undone" where reality is in question. I'm putting it at a 6 because I found the show mostly positive. You probably won't like it if you like Intriguing curiosity What a difficult show to rate. Intriguing curiosity What a difficult show to rate. This won't be for everyone, but I think it's worth giving a shot at least to see the very first scene. Though there were things I'd like to do differently as a whole I was impressed by this. I particularly think the latter two may have given some of their best work. Grant as both the narrator and organizer of the game. The cast is all great, my favorites being Sally Field, André Benjamin (also known as André 3000), and Richard E. ![]() I did not get what I wanted, but I respect the boldness of it. I'm not talking in a Games of Thrones way, though. While they are both interesting characters, I do feel that there are times that they are given more screentime than the writers have to say about them.) The ending is going to be very controversial. (The first two episodes heavily focus on the characters of Peter (Segel) and Simone (Eve Lindley). The show doesn't kick into high gear until the third episode. To be honest, it is the center seven episodes where this season really shines. There are clever visual choices strewn throughout, including a couple that are downright brilliant. This is one of those "mystery box" shows, but rather than be a story with life-and-death circumstances, this is a dramedy about the human experience and universalism. However, is everything as it appears? This is a very unique series. This is one of those "mystery box" shows, but The first season of Dispatches from Elsewhere, an AMC anthology series created by and starring Jason Segel, is about a team of four people entering an alternate reality game. The first season of Dispatches from Elsewhere, an AMC anthology series created by and starring Jason Segel, is about a team of four people entering an alternate reality game.
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