This is, almost purely, a character and actor review.

Jack Quaid: Comes across as both naive, sensitive and as a man with a mission - he just keeps getting better and better. Karl Urban: Plays the same gritty/violent/edgy character he's played so many times before - for the love of Bob, give his character more depth - he can do it! Antony Starr: Wow... talk about a total uplift! This guy has really raised his game here. Erin Moriarty: Awesome ability. This is a lady to watch. Dominique McElligott: Excellent - pity that her role was so poorly implemented. No depth of character whatsoever. Jessie T. Usher: Again - not enough depth for the actor to gain momentum (pun intended) - but one to watch out for. Chace Crawford: Brilliant performance - despite the script doing truly weird event turns with his character. (Obviously someone wants him gone.) Tomer Capon - Absolutely wonderful. At times I could almost believe that he was talking from personal experience. Bravo! Laz Alonso - Good performance within the narrow bounds of the (clichéd) writing - not his fault, you can only work with the lines drawn. Elisabeth Shue: Fantastic as always - though, again, the characterisation was a little stilted. Simon Pegg - A British actor with a remarkable film career of his own... and you can see and hear the experience that allowed him to take a 'bit' role and make it his own. Jennifer Esposito: Why, oh why did she bother? Surely this fine actress could have been better utilised... what a waste of her and our time.

Overall: Despite the lack of depth of any of the characters (and realising that these are not 3 hour long episodes) - the show is superb. It's extremely rare to find something new these days... mostly it's just a rehash of the same boring old themes. So far, this series has comedy and action - I hope to see some actual drama and pathos soon - and more rounded characters. This series is great - it could be groundbreaking - so go for it, please!