Quantico [ABC] [** Spoilers **]

JP Liz V1

Thrill wrote: »

Pilots ordered by ABC


Quantico

It centers on a group of young FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, who battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia.

As the show intercuts between their hidden pasts and their present training, it also flashes forward to the near future, where one of the recruits will turn out to be a sleeper terrorist responsible for the most devastating terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.




http://deadline.com/2015/01/runner-quantico-mix-la-crime-of-kings-prophets-pilot-orders-abc-1201356859/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRnFFinkCFA

I like the look of this Homeland meets Revenge, kicks off tonight

Mr E

Very strong opening episode. Some nice twists and surprises to keep us guessing, and a great hook for the season. I really liked this.

It was good, but the twist with the twin was a little, well, silly.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Oh this is a good one. Nice pace, likeable characters, interesting plot, just the right amount of mystery - I'll keep watching this one. Hopefully it doesn't get cancelled now like lots of the good, interesting shows.

Mr E

There are lots of candidates for cancellation this year, hopefully this one will get through. This could be a great one season story.

Preset No.3

I enjoyed the first episode. Some interesting stories that will play out. I see Priyanka Chopra is a big Bollywood actress. 11 million twitter followers.

expectationlost

this is so stupid, **** network tv, they think the audience are so stupid.

Sudden Valley

This sounded better in in a summary then before I actually watched it. A woman with a piece of a 9/11 plane a Jew that lived in Gaza- so they are not going for realism at all. I didn't like them revealing so much about the characters in the first episode. I think this would work better as a movie.

squonk

On a bang for buck basis this is the best season opener I've seen so far. Very likeable overall and a nice bit of mysetery involved. It's on it's feet from almost the get go and keeps the pace going nicely. Definitely much better than I was expecting. Hopefully a combination of just being a good show and Priyanka Chopra's populatiry will keep this away from the clutches of the cancellation bear. That being said, please just leave it as a one season show... please!

Skerries

Preset No.3 wrote: »

I enjoyed the first episode. Some interesting stories that will play out. I see Priyanka Chopra is a big Bollywood actress. 11 million twitter followers.

she doesn't look 33 either

bpb101

Skerries wrote: »

she doesn't look 33 either

Howdy folks ,New to the thread.

Looks like a good show. No , she looks 28 max.
Still dont know the actors and actress names but sure, it will take me 5 seasons to even get there stage name right

They have removed any sort of Indian relationship between her and alex. She really shown as American.


looking forward to episode 2. Its great that its on sunday night

Agent Coulson

She is former Miss World as well.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Second episode was great as well. If they keep this pace throughout it should be pretty consistent and hopefully there'll be no filler episodes...

Mr E

Yeah, I loved it. Great to see a strong, well written female lead too.

Looks like they're going to reintroduce the characters one by one after the attack - a reverse process of elimination.

FortuneChip

I'll give it marks for pace, and the action has been decent too.

But boy is it silly.

The shoehorned suggestions that nobody is who they seem with vague references to some ulterior motives (and how most of this made it past the initial screening),seems awfully contrived in terms of plot, and impractical in terms of strategy on the FBI's part. They can't even properly screen agents, but they're playing side gambits as well (Ryan & the twins for example).

That "test" in the 2nd episode was terrible as well. The shows tries to highlight intelligence, but then employ a test where the rules are basically made up as they go along, childlike logic.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

FortuneChip wrote: »

I'll give it marks for pace, and the action has been decent too.

But boy is it silly.

The shoehorned suggestions that nobody is who they seem with vague references to some ulterior motives (and how most of this made it past the initial screening),seems awfully contrived in terms of plot, and impractical in terms of strategy on the FBI's part. They can't even properly screen agents, but they're playing side gambits as well (Ryan & the twins for example).

That "test" in the 2nd episode was terrible as well. The shows tries to highlight intelligence, but then employ a test where the rules are basically made up as they go along, childlike logic.

Sometimes you're just supposed to enjoy a TV show for what it is, dude... Not everything is gonna be like The Wire...

It's still better than the majority of the crap out there.

jesseps

It is an enjoyable show. You can't trust anyone.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I think the non-linear storytelling works especially well for this show. The Quantico days are just as interesting as the Post Grand Central Bombing conspiracy stuff.

Loved the song at the beginning of episode 3 as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlijcmM1qzs

bpb101

will be interesting to see if its dragged out much.

Skerries

hopefully it is just a once off thing like Crisis last year

JP Liz V1

http://tvline.com/2015/10/13/quantico-full-season-order-abc/

Also Starring LeVar Burton

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://tvline.com/2015/10/13/quantico-full-season-order-abc/

Great news. Strange that it's only 6 more episodes and not 9, but they could still order more a little further down the road.

Agent Coulson

It kind of reminds me of Revenge in that it is probably the perfect one season show with a beginning middle and an end mapped out but if the ratings grow and it gets renewed it will become more soap opera and have to many twists that were never planned even if they do say they have a planned 5 season arc.

bpb101

season going well.

Mr E

I think this is my favourite new show this year (so far). Really enjoying it.

bpb101

Mr E wrote: »

I think this is my favourite new show this year (so far). Really enjoying it.

What new shows are you watching E? Anything good going?

The Black Oil

I tried the first episode. It's alright as far as character introductions go. It's super networky. Heavy terrorism theme going on, general mystery. FBI instructors do not actually talk like that. :pac:

Do all ABC shows have the same tone?

Mr E

Another good one this week... and next week is

the...biggest....twist....yet

according to the promo. Is next week a mid-season finale?

Mr E

bpb101 wrote: »

What new shows are you watching E? Anything good going?

The only new shows I'm watching this year are Quantico, Limitless, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Blindspot, The Player and Heroes Reborn.

The Player is toast after episode 9, so don't get too invested in that. The others are very good.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Mr E wrote: »

Another good one this week... and next week is

the...biggest....twist....yet

according to the promo. Is next week a mid-season finale?

Yeah, really good episode this week. Seems a bit early for a mid-season break, so I wouldn't bet on it. Usually they'd run through until the start of December, and with Quantico being the most successful of the new ABC shows this year, I'd imagine they wouldn't want to leave a massive gap after only 8 episodes, but you never know.

Speaking of episodes, I haven't seen an official confirmation of this, but I've seen in a few places it being said that a further 3 episodes have been ordered, bringing it up to a full season of 22 episodes (rather than 19 that was previously reported).

Also with NBC having renewed Blindspot for a second season today, I'd imagine ABC will want to quickly follow suit and renew one of their shows, so I wouldn't be surprised to hear of season 2 renewal for Quantico over the next week or so. Which would be great news, assuming they can keep a consistent quality going forward...

Mr E

I got a feeling last week that they were getting to the end of the bombing storyline. Not even close.

Some nice surprises this week, but the writers are starting to tie themselves in knots. Layer upon layer upon layer - it's starting to blur what made the original premise so strong.

The long long wait for episode 12 (March 6th) will kill any momentum that this show had.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Mr E wrote: »

I got a feeling last week that they were getting to the end of the bombing storyline. Not even close.

Some nice surprises this week, but the writers are starting to tie themselves in knots. Layer upon layer upon layer - it's starting to blur what made the original premise so strong.

The long long wait for episode 12 (March 6th) will kill any momentum that this show had.

Honestly, I think it'd work better as a one and done type series, so I'm hoping that it ends season 1 with some sort of conclusion - so whether it's renewed or cancelled at least there's a decent stopping point.

Too many concept shows like this just run for too long and if anything that will be Quantico's downfall.

I'm still very much enjoying it though and fingers crossed Eliza Coupe will be kept around for the second half of the season. Weird not having her in the usual comedy role, but I'll take what I can get - she's a criminally underused actor, who should be in more.

bpb101

Feck sake Mr.E. Didnt get to watch it till last night.I got an email when i woke up saying somebody replied. Was avoiding boards like the plague.

Yeah Good finished. The bomber seems quite random. Dont recall seeing him.
I hate when bombs in tv shows are stop always on 1 second left. Makes it too well, obvious. And every bomber knows to set a digital timer countdown.... Hollywood for you, but ill take what i can get.

Walter Bishop

Terrible episode. Moved from 'so bad it's good' to just 'bad' territory now.

silverharp

Im only on episode 4 , I like it but its no Homeland, there aretoo many characters to keep track of and Im getting bored of every progressive meme being in every show, gay guys..check!....black woman boss trainer...check!

Mr E

Mr E wrote: »

The long long wait for episode 12 (March 6th) will kill any momentum that this show had.

Boom. Exactly what I predicted. Last night was very convoluted. Who was the suicide guy? Have they just introduced a whole new set of suspects? I could barely understand the robotic phonecall at the end.

A bit of a mess, to be honest.

krustydoyle

Bored now so I'm giving up on it..

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Gotta agree, with what has been said, the new episode was quite a let down and to be honest after the 3 month gap, I'm not really invested in the characters anymore.

Might give it a couple of more episodes, but if it doesn't manage to return to the same form as the first half of the season, I'll probably drop it (especially since it's already been renewed for Season 2 and if they just intend to drag the arse out of it, I'd rather call it quits before feeling I need to watch it out of some weird sense of loyalty).

Mr E

This week was a big improvement (including a major casualty), but the exercise of the week was a bit tedious.

Great acting by Priyanka Chopra in Ryan's apartment.

Cupra280

I've just watched the first episode on Alibi, and that was after seeing and hearing quite a few promos for this show. I was expecting great things.

But it really didn't grab me. I had just finished Season 4 of House of Cards when I watched the first episode, so I guess that did not help either.

I had initially set this for series link, but I deleted that as soon as the show ended.

Yggr of Asgard

I was about to give up on this because I got bored watching Alex mess up again even when the new characters injected some fresh life into it.

However the scene between where Will Olsen (Jay Armstrong Johnson) confronted Caleb Haas (Graham Rogers) in the dorm room made the episode for me and now I want to see more of this show and Will.

It's hard to keep up with the amount of story lines sometimes but overall it's not a bad piece of telly, even if it's completely removed from reality.

bnt

I had an unplanned day off work today, so I binge-watched episodes 5-10, and it works very well in this form. It does stretch the limits of probability at times, but it's very much focused on the characters and their secrets. Literally everyone has secrets in this series, from the newest FBI trainee to their instructors and up the chain of command. After Ep. 10 they're closing in on the Who and the How, but the Why is still some ways out of reach.

edit: I particularly enjoyed Anne Heche's guest spot in ep. 9. Several "whoa!" moments in that one.

Mr E

Did anyone else think "AH COME ON!" for that twist? FFS... :rolleyes:

EoinMcLovin

Mr E wrote: »

Did anyone else think "AH COME ON!" for that twist? FFS... :rolleyes:

Yeah thought the same. Finale next week so haven't a clue what they can do for Season 2

Mr E

Apart from the suspect physics of underwater nukes, that finale was pretty bloody good. The recap at the start from Liam's perspective was well done too.

I just don't see how Quantico as an institution will figure into season 2 without bringing in a whole new cast.

mel.b

I actually thought it was a bit of an anticlimax. I much preferred the first half of the season to the second. Anyone else think next season should be called

langly

rather than quantico?

Agent Coulson

So will it be renamed The Farm next season.

bnt

I don't mind admitting I enjoyed the whole season. My early guess about the identity of the bomber turned out to be correct, but there were always doubts, and I didn't mind the torturous route it took to get to that revelation in the end. (I watched Revenge to the end, if that tells you anything.)

I think the producers deserve credit for the diversity of the cast, and I don't just mean the skin colours but also shapes & sizes. (Within reason - it was the FBI Academy, after all.) OK, it didn't hurt to cast a former Miss World in the lead role, but one of the leading men had a full beard by the end, and not an ironic one either. The Muslim twins weren't just walking bundles of grievances, but were more individual, rounded characters with different aims and ambitions, and their religion didn't interfere with their training. (I bet the FBI will get more Muslim applicants this year.)

CastorTroy

So I'm watching this on Alibi and have to laugh at the fact that when they killed Vasquez, they seem to have also erased her from training at Quantico. Don't think she's appeared in the past since her death. I assume she left or was fired, since ones who left one timeframe remained for the other timeframe

bpb101

Starts back next week shes in the cia i think

Agent Coulson

From Forbes.

Despite this being her first American lead role Priyanka Chopra got paid $11m for the first season to be the 8th highest paid actress on American tv.

To put it into prospective Julianna Margulies 9th got paid $10.5m for the Good Wife.


But she still has a long way to go to catch Sofia Vergara who made $43m last year.