How is such mediocrity getting great reviews? Are sci fans so starved of ideas that we'll latch onto anything? Or is the cop genre so exhausted that viewers will welcome 'something different'?

The show has an intriguing premise - a cop *appears* to have traveled back in time and *seems* to be on a gene hunt in a bid to solve the mystery of someone's identity, possibly his own. But the mystery and intrigue is offset with obvious stories unworthy of the premise.

The time travel scenario just seems to be an excuse to nostalgically revisit cop shows of yesteryear - whilst pretending to look askance at the 70's through modern eyes.

Sometimes the show astounds - usually when the test pattern comes alive - but the general approach is unimaginative and drawn out. The stand alone episodes don't really have a leg to stand on in this day and age (too generic or old shat), and the overall narrative arc tends to drag its heels by retreating into the background or the margins.

All said and done: why is everyone so excited by the trip down memory lane?
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