Perception had silly aspects. It had cop procedural aspects. It had feelgood aspects.
Nevertheless, it was clever. Darn clever. And it ventured into dark territory here and there.
Eric McCormack has proven his range before, with the flippant neurosis of Will in Will and Grace, to the weary, borderline suicidal soldier and leader of Maclaren in Travelers.
In Perception, he got to bounce from the comedic to the very dark in the arc of a single character. And the writers just kept coming back with new and ingenious hallucinations to drive the plot forward.
Rachael Leigh Cook and Kelly Rowan were perfectly fine as foils, but I personally felt that Arjay Smith ran away with his superb character Lewicky and invested him with truly un-foreshadowed depth.
Perception also had some resonances with Elementary, another US series I loved, and I wish it had gotten a similar run.
Great stuff. We need more shows like Perception.
Nevertheless, it was clever. Darn clever. And it ventured into dark territory here and there.
Eric McCormack has proven his range before, with the flippant neurosis of Will in Will and Grace, to the weary, borderline suicidal soldier and leader of Maclaren in Travelers.
In Perception, he got to bounce from the comedic to the very dark in the arc of a single character. And the writers just kept coming back with new and ingenious hallucinations to drive the plot forward.
Rachael Leigh Cook and Kelly Rowan were perfectly fine as foils, but I personally felt that Arjay Smith ran away with his superb character Lewicky and invested him with truly un-foreshadowed depth.
Perception also had some resonances with Elementary, another US series I loved, and I wish it had gotten a similar run.
Great stuff. We need more shows like Perception.