And so the mystery begins! As the pilot wears on, we are slowly introduced to rest of the show's central ensemble. A few minutes later, Henry's wife Lucille (superbly played by Frances Fisher in an emotionally-engaging role) and the Langstons are stunned at the resemblance between the young boy and their Jacob. Bellamy tells Henry that he has his son Jacob, upon which Henry responds that Jacob died 32 years ago. Bellamy and Jacob arrive at the home of Henry Langston (brilliantly played by the great Kurtwood Smith of "Robocop" and "That 70s Show" fame). Bellamy, a former cop with a tortured past, takes a special interest in Jacob and figures out that he is from Arcadia, MO (the show's setting) and drives him there to reunite him with his parents. Martin Bellamy (excellently performed by veteran Omar Epps of "House" fame). Found by the villagers, Jacob is soon turned over to INS Agent J.
FINALE 2014.5 WHY DOES TITLE NOT SHOW UP IN PARTS SERIES
When watching an episode of this show, I almost don't care WHY these dead people are returning! I'm just enjoying how the characters are dealing with it! The series jumpstarts (literally!) with an 8-year old boy named Jacob (played by child-phenom Landon Gimenez in a stunningly convincing performance), who rises from a watery slumber in a Chinese village. Whereas "Resurrection" puts the characters at the forefront, and leaves the mystery/sci-fi explanations to play second fiddle. This is what makes this show different from shows like "Lost" and "Invasion", where the underlying mystery always seemed to be at the forefront, perhaps at the expense of character.
Having just concluded it's short freshman season (only 8 episodes), I can without hesitation say that this amazing new ABC series RESURRECTION (2014) should have serious staying power! Provocative, emotional, powerful, moving, and last but not least, uplifting, this series has a unique quality and perspective in that, rather than focus too much on the sci-fi and mystery elements that permeate throughout, it instead focuses on the human interactions and relationships. It's a stupid show with a stupid story that could have been better. If that's how you want to be remembered as a writer then good for you but I just think it's meaningless. Too bad because now everybody lost interest and so you wrote during two seasons for nothing because your show will be forgotten in a couple of weeks. And that's not how American writers work. So revealing the plot too early would cause them to stop the show prematurely. But it's a typical American series that they try to milk out until the last drop.
If they would at least give you an explanation about why they all come back it might have been better. You actually despair because every time one of them dies you know he's gonna come back because apparently nobody ever dies in this show. The actors are pretty lame besides maybe one or two. It's just not good enough compared to other brilliant series. Because honestly I totally get why the show has been canceled. I don't even know why I watched this series until the end because after a while you know this show will be canceled so it has no point of continuing watching it.
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