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John Farr’s updated version of John Wyndham’s 1957 sci-fi novel is, despite a few eye-rolling “as if” moments, a lush, bingeable treat, even though it sometimes moves at a glacial pace, possibly to stretch the elastic to seven episodes.
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No spoilers but suffice to say, after a mid-series slump, the show blossoms into a captivating conspiracy thriller with an enjoyably explosive finale.
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As it is, we are left with no more than an adequately told, already known story dragged out for at least two hours longer than necessary while using about 10% of the talent its actors have to offer. Damn.
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This adaptation is so humourless that it treats the immaculate conception of hypnotic schoolkids like it’s the News at Ten.