The first three episodes of "Devs" are simply great: the show really sucked me into the mystery and I was wondering what this secretive department of Amaya was doing. Unfortunately the reveal is not as satisfying. From the fourth episodes onward, the series just becomes boring with plenty of pointless dialogues. There are tons of long and tedious sequences where basically nothing relevant happens. Some narrative arcs are introduced, but then ends up nowhere. Clearly screenwriters did not know how to progress the story and they filled the series with useless sequences to reach the eight episodes mark. In my perspective, there was not enough material to create so much content. I am pretty sure that this could have worked way better as a two and a half hours movie.

The acting quality went downhill as well. In the first two episodes it was somewhat decent, afterwards the cast got worse. Sonoya Mizuno is one of the worst lead actresses that I have watched in the last few months, she cannot carry any kind of emotion and she is just extremely annoying. I honestly do not know where they found these actors, they are all cold and unexpressive with the exception of Nick Offerman, who was the only one that delivered a pretty good performance. To be fair, "Devs" is a technically solid series and I have really enjoyed the photography. The soundtrack helps to create an ominous ambience and worked greatly for me. Unfortunately good visuals are not enough to make a good show.