Good.. first Drama Episodes, then Treasure It's less National Treasure and more twenty-something's drama but it's definitely watchable. Here's a breakdown:
Pros:
Good set design, great opening intro. Definitely doesn't feel low budget but does feel made for TV.
Catherine Zeta Jones & Lisette Olivera are great in their roles, with a few others.
The inclusion of characters from the original films such as two FBI agents and even Riley Poole was well placed.
Cons:
There was far too much teen angst and the build-up to a love triangle than required for a treasure story. Honestly it was rather distracting and unnecessary for the story's progression.
Oren's acting was abysmal. Script criticism aside, the dude's delivery was consistently cringy-worthy. I kept wondering how he got the role or why there was the unrealistic 'sneaker obsession/convention's. And with facial expressions from third grade acting class---I'm sure someone else has to have noticed.
Gotta mention Tasha, the token black friend with forced sassy attitude.. and somehow hacker-like abilities? Seriously why did you drag in feminism, woke culture, and environmentalism (I think?) and drop it into one character? And the whole hacking thing was terrible, you can see all that flight data on websites for free. No TV antennas required.
There's more plot holes and obvious movie/tv show ploys such as the fake magical compass, attempts to use technology in absurd ways, or the dumbed down nature of the script that insisted on explaining things far too much without letting us come to our own conclusions... but it's not all bad.
I think it's a decent enough Disney Plus show. It's not unwatchable, or deserving of all the hate it seems to have received.
Though it's not the National Treasure we remember, the last episode does bring back at least a taste of nostalgia we've been missing and it would be worth it to give this a try...