The trends and the tropes of Television are usually pretty obvious. If a show has some success, networks want to duplicate that while the trend is happening, even using the actors involved in that previous hit show, if possible. This is an example of that TV trope.
The Television program "Lost" was unique for a lot of reasons, not the least of which was it set up a core question: Science vs. Faith. Maybe it was a core struggle, because the debate was played out by two leaders who survived the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 - a surgeon who wanted the proof of everything, and a paraplegic who was suddenly ambulatory on this island and never questioned it.
Of course, it took awhile for viewers to get to that point, but the fact is, all of the intrigue of the location, all of the backstories of the characters, all of the connections and Easter Eggs and mysteries that were dropped into that series had fans obsessed. They even created an "unofficial" official website for the show: "Lostpedia," which covered everything surrounding the series, including the online promos and extras that weren't even a part of the events on the program!
There were a bunch of shows in the wake of "Lost" that featured supernatural elements and/or mysteries as a motif, and several of them included actors from that series.
Here, Terry O'Quinn, the "Man of Faith" from "Lost,"' is on a different magical island: Manhattan. He plays a Billionaire named Gavin Doran, who, along with his wife Olivia, played by Vanessa Williams, own a strange building, located at 999 Park Avenue. It's a luxury residence hotel called "The Drake," but it seems... that it seems like... it's more than it seems.
As the series begins, the Dorans had just hired another couple, Jane (Rachael Taylor) and Henry (Dave Annable), to be the new co-managers of the hotel. The previous managers, we were told, moved "someplace warmer."
Jane and Henry are pinching themselves that they are assigned to run one of the prime properties in one of the most affluent parts of town, with a spectacular apartment of their own to live in. Olivia takes Jane shopping for a new wardrobe, and then Jane finds some unique items, several with a figure of a dragon, in the storage space below, that she starts to research.
People's wishes appear to be coming true, but it also seems like people are disappearing and are never heard from, again. The clear implication from both the events of the program and its title is that the Dorans are a couple of demons and the whole thing is a front to capture the weak.
The saving grace seems to be a teen resident, Nona, played by Samantha Logan. She tries to keep a low profile, but apparently Nona is both aware of the elements going on around The Drake and has some supernatural abilities of her own that may help track and rescue some of these poor devils. But what is she all about?
New York plays a part in that there's always mysterious things going on, and many people believe you must have sold your soul to live on the Upper East Side.
Most importantly, the edifice at the center of the show is crucial. The Ansonia is a well-known landmark, famous for having been the home of Babe Ruth when he was playing for the New York Yankees. The ornate, intricate and unmistakable architecture of the building lends itself to being ominous and odd, as it also played a similar part in the movie thriller, "SWF." However, it's nowhere near Park Avenue; it's at Broadway and 73rd. Still the look and the cinematography of the setting is sufficiently creepy to get you in a properly disturbed frame of mind.
The question is why would the Dorans hire a couple that wasn't in on the plot from the start, and who might be finding out a lot more of the things the Dorans may not want them to know? Were they attempting to "ease" them into the idea, grooming them to eventually take over for themselves? Were they hoping they would happily follow their rules and do whatever is asked of them? Or might they simply be the next pair sent "someplace warmer?"
That always seems to be the problem when it comes to these shows with unexplained phenomena; maybe the writers didn't actually come up with the answers that would have made sense of the story, and then poof! The program, and all its unsolved mysteries, suddenly disappears.
The Television program "Lost" was unique for a lot of reasons, not the least of which was it set up a core question: Science vs. Faith. Maybe it was a core struggle, because the debate was played out by two leaders who survived the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 - a surgeon who wanted the proof of everything, and a paraplegic who was suddenly ambulatory on this island and never questioned it.
Of course, it took awhile for viewers to get to that point, but the fact is, all of the intrigue of the location, all of the backstories of the characters, all of the connections and Easter Eggs and mysteries that were dropped into that series had fans obsessed. They even created an "unofficial" official website for the show: "Lostpedia," which covered everything surrounding the series, including the online promos and extras that weren't even a part of the events on the program!
There were a bunch of shows in the wake of "Lost" that featured supernatural elements and/or mysteries as a motif, and several of them included actors from that series.
Here, Terry O'Quinn, the "Man of Faith" from "Lost,"' is on a different magical island: Manhattan. He plays a Billionaire named Gavin Doran, who, along with his wife Olivia, played by Vanessa Williams, own a strange building, located at 999 Park Avenue. It's a luxury residence hotel called "The Drake," but it seems... that it seems like... it's more than it seems.
As the series begins, the Dorans had just hired another couple, Jane (Rachael Taylor) and Henry (Dave Annable), to be the new co-managers of the hotel. The previous managers, we were told, moved "someplace warmer."
Jane and Henry are pinching themselves that they are assigned to run one of the prime properties in one of the most affluent parts of town, with a spectacular apartment of their own to live in. Olivia takes Jane shopping for a new wardrobe, and then Jane finds some unique items, several with a figure of a dragon, in the storage space below, that she starts to research.
People's wishes appear to be coming true, but it also seems like people are disappearing and are never heard from, again. The clear implication from both the events of the program and its title is that the Dorans are a couple of demons and the whole thing is a front to capture the weak.
The saving grace seems to be a teen resident, Nona, played by Samantha Logan. She tries to keep a low profile, but apparently Nona is both aware of the elements going on around The Drake and has some supernatural abilities of her own that may help track and rescue some of these poor devils. But what is she all about?
New York plays a part in that there's always mysterious things going on, and many people believe you must have sold your soul to live on the Upper East Side.
Most importantly, the edifice at the center of the show is crucial. The Ansonia is a well-known landmark, famous for having been the home of Babe Ruth when he was playing for the New York Yankees. The ornate, intricate and unmistakable architecture of the building lends itself to being ominous and odd, as it also played a similar part in the movie thriller, "SWF." However, it's nowhere near Park Avenue; it's at Broadway and 73rd. Still the look and the cinematography of the setting is sufficiently creepy to get you in a properly disturbed frame of mind.
The question is why would the Dorans hire a couple that wasn't in on the plot from the start, and who might be finding out a lot more of the things the Dorans may not want them to know? Were they attempting to "ease" them into the idea, grooming them to eventually take over for themselves? Were they hoping they would happily follow their rules and do whatever is asked of them? Or might they simply be the next pair sent "someplace warmer?"
That always seems to be the problem when it comes to these shows with unexplained phenomena; maybe the writers didn't actually come up with the answers that would have made sense of the story, and then poof! The program, and all its unsolved mysteries, suddenly disappears.