Tuesday 18 April 2017

The Whispers (TV Series)... TV Show Review by Shoby

The Whispers (TV Series)... TV Show Review by Shoby

Aliens have arrived and they have literally invaded here. The biggest problem is, they are using world's most harmless & innocent entity (i.e. children) against humanity and turns them into the most dangerous weapons to achieve what they call "Dominance".

Just like its one-liner, ABC's science fiction drama series The Whispers is equally interesting courtesy its strong script & screenplay. What would one do, if someone uses his own little kids for personal gains, in fact to destroy the very  living world.

The very first scene of the pilot episode "X Marks The Spot" shows us the little adorable kid Harper talking to an invisible entity (called Drill) who asks her to play a game and become his friend forever. The game turns out to be the ugly incident hurting her mother near to death.

Special Agent Claire Bennigan has a deaf & mute son Henry and both of them are coping up with a three months old aeroplane crash accident which cost Claire's husband (Captain Sean Bennigan) his life. In the mean time, Defence Department operative Wes Lawrence visits Sahara desert to investigate the plane crash and finds out that pilot Sean is missing, whereas Sean is found standing near the locations where different incidents including a bomb explosion leaving Claire so confused.

Just like Harper, many other kids including Henry, Minx, Cassandra are also possessed by Drill as he makes all of them his friends. There is only one aim of Drill and that is to use these apparently harmless children against the people living in the world. Whats happens next in the show is a real treat to watch .

Although it was a sci-fi series but to me, it acted more as a super natural mystery thriller with handsome dose of drama & emotions. It visibly lacks so much of scientific approaches and relies more on the mystery thriller part. For all the thirteen episodes, the series never looses the grip. In fact interest of the viewer increases with every coming episode.

On the acting front, Lily Rabe (Claire Bennigan) and Barry Sloane (Wes Lawrence) were the winners in all aspects. Kylie Rogers (Millicent "Minx" Lawrence), Kyle Harrison Breitkopf (Henry Bennigan) and Abby Ryder Fortson (Harper Weil), these three children simply stole the show by their superb acting prowess.

To me, fourth episode of the show Meltdown was the showstopper. With an excellent narrative, this episode was high on drama and an absolute stunner with a memorable reunion of Bennigan family in the end. From this episode onward, the show takes a high jump and there starts a roller coaster of emotions, drama and thrill.

First season of the show ends on a very high note with aliens ending the game by taking the children along with them. In an attempt to save Henry, Claire goes in the light, thus going with the children. 

Overall, it was an excellent series and really deserves a much needed second season as Game is not Over yet even after the Season's finale (Game Over). I am wondering why the second season was cancelled.

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