Underground

Season 2 Official Trailer (HBO)

Synopsis:

A group of slaves plan to escape from a Georgia plantation.

Cast:

• Aldis Hodge ("Straight Outta Compton (2015)", "Leverage").
• Jurnee Smollett-Bell ("True Blood", "Eve's Bayou (1997)").
• Christopher Meloni ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "Man of Steel (2016)").
• Reed Diamond ("Minority Report (2015)", "Wayward Pines (2015)").

Ratings:

IMDB: 82%
Rotten Tomatoes: 72% (based on score of 7.2/10 critics), 70% (based on score of 3.5/5 audience)

Length:

season 1: 10 episodes.

Notes:

There are a few painful cliches, but it's a fun show with an interesting opening. Reed Diamond seems to get cast as an asshole a lot. Most recently, he was the defense department rep that tried to exploit the psychics in "Minority Report". Here he plays a cruel plantation owner. Certain characters (notably the plantation owner's wife) could use a little more subtlety from the writers, but for the most part the others seem to have a lot of potential depth. The music in the first episode is stellar, overseen by exec producer John Legend. It helps make the show's goal seem geared to be entertainment, rather than politically correct social commentary.

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