Devs is typical Alex Garland, innovative, interesting story, competent directing but the casting is just unbelievable, it's almost as if they chose on purpose the blandest of mediocre actors with the least charisma, it defies reason, better actors could have propelled Devs to amazing heights. The lead has already been commented on, most people seem to agree she was a poor choice but it's not just her, the entire Dev team is one bizarre, ridiculous choice of actor after another, Sergei was just as bad, even the spies are boring, which you probably have to work hard at to make happen, uncanny really. Granted, some of the lines in the show are cliches, the black Dev guy's for instance, but the dialogue between the Russian handler and Amaya's head of security, with a different couple of actors it could have been the stuff of legends. Even the extras look selected for non-descript, grey mouse, uncharismatic screen presence, or lack thereof. All in all, the story does grip you overall but the actors, every single on of them, are a bitter pill to swallow.