As a huge fan of the original series, with Edward Woodward. I was hoping for more insider homage references. No, it does not translate directly from the original, but you can tell who the characters are supposed to be: Chris Noth, roughly as Robert Lansing/Control, and Adam Goldberg as Keith Szarabajka/Mickey Kostmeyer. The plot and story line of this pilot pretty much align with a lot of the original Joel Surnow scripts. Exactly how a such a case would fall into Robert McCall's lap. Out of left field. Robyn McCall has a better support infrastructure than Robert McCall. Not as much of a true loner. Queen Latifah's fight scenes remind me a lot of Christian Bale's in Batman Begins. They are filmed so close up and so fast that you can't tell what's going on. Maybe a good thing? I have not watched any of the Denzel Washington iterations. to make a comparison. After what Tom Cruise and Paramount did to Mission: Impossible, I did not want to chance being severely disappointed again. This is worth a second look.