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Review – Outcasts – Series Premier (S01Ep01)

You can tell I am serious - I have a gun, beard AND a scarf!

Synopsis:
In the year 2040, Earth went to Hell in a handbag. Nuclear weapons, riots etc. Things were bleak. So Colony Transporters set out to inhabit a new found planet. The show picks up after the firsts colonists have been on Carpathia  for ten years when another Transporter has arrived. This is no picture postcard planet. Humans are still humans, filled with secrets and lies enhanced with a large dose of survival.

This week:
Hoban (Bamber) returns to discover he has been betrayed and has murder on his mind. We meet the bulk of our main characters. There are big secrets out there. Families are broken. Minds are read. Fireworks.

Pluses:
Damn it all but Jamie Bamber can sport a light beard like nobody's business.
Hermoine  Norris!
Stellar cast.
Nice and gritty.
Good mix of characters and well introduced without it seeming contrived.
Lots of clues out there.
It isn't the great things that make us human, it is our flaws.
Power.
Loss.
Tigers.
Stunning scenery - now way this was shot in GB.

Minuses:
Oh Jamie tell me it ain't so!
Want to know more NOW!

There is a fair bit of subtrefuge in this show. Everyone seems to have secrets or hidden agendas. My mind is reeling with one hypothesis about a decision Tate made.  Thankfully the next episode (shown the following night in the UK) is DL'ing now. Just hope I am not disappointed.

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