So, I have to admit that I loved The Blacklist - until it seemed that the entire world was out to get Liz, and everyone either worshipped at her feet or needed her dead in order to live their lives. It just stretched the bounds of incredulity. So, I had high hopes that Redemption might be a bit of a refresher - even without the wondrous James Spader who is simply AMAZING as Red.
Sadly, I have been sorely disappointed. I struggled through the first episode and ten minutes of the second and couldn't take it for another moment. I mean, I knew that Famke Janssen had one persona, which she limps from one role to another, but this was just painful. Did she get surgery done, or is she choosing not to move her face at all?? Even the other actors being moderately better and more engaging couldn't salvage this. And even if we could get around the fact that Scottie is old enough to be Tom's mother - which, technically, Famke Janssen is - just - but the overt (and somewhat gross, to be honest) 'sexuality' she is meant to be portraying is just nauseating.
It's a shame, as this could be a really good show, given another female lead, and a slightly more plausible story line, but I'm not willing to give up what feels like years of my life in order to find out.