The Passage & Project Blue Book quick first season reviews

A few TV shows I watched this winter wrapped up their first seasons last week.

The Passage

The Passage was incredibly average, which for a network sci-fi horror drama is probably the best-case scenario. That being said, I really enjoyed the final episode of the season that was set after the vampires had broken out of the facility holding them and had spent a month sucking their way across the country, turning thousands, if not millions into sun-phobic blood-suckers. This isn’t the post-apocalyptic setting of The Walking Dead it’s the actual apocalypse where the government and military are still around fighting back, which hasn’t been done on TV before as far as I’m aware. However, the series looks to jump 100 years into the future and go straight to post-apocalyptic territory next season.

If there is a next season, that is.

Project Blue Book ⭐⭐

Slightly better than The Passage, and one series that’s definitely getting a second season, Project Blue Book ended in The X-Files territory with the UFO chasing events of the first season leading the characters to Washington DC where it seems the conspiracy of wanting to hide the UFOs from the public goes right to the top. I’m guessing the creators of this History channel series will keep looking for the truth behind the UFOs for many, many seasons to come.

What I’ve been watching lately

Umbrella Academy: Everyone I know really digs this show and I like it quite a bit, I just wish it didn’t move at a snaaaaaaaaail’s paaaaaaaaace. ⭐⭐

The Punisher: I’m slowly working my way through this one since it was recently cancelled by Netflix which means this will probably be the last of the Jon Bernthal as the title character. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Project Blue Book: A decent show, Project Blue Book really plays with the truth as episodes of the series are based on real-life UFO events that turns out to only be slightly based on these events. ⭐⭐

I Am the Night: Six episodes into this one and I’m not sure there’s really a story here yet? ⭐

Corner Gas: I’m re-watching this Canadian sitcom on Amazon Prime and like it as much now as I did when I first watched it years ago. ⭐⭐⭐

The Passage: I had high hopes for this one and The Passage is alright if a bit stuck with the typical drama contrivances that seem to plague network series these days. ⭐