![]() ![]() ![]() Each is rendered in a slightly different tone, and while of course any viewer will have their preferences, it’s mostly a compliment that none is dramatically more interesting than the others. ![]() The series’ core storylines are carefully chosen to offer a cross-section of experiences. Particularly in the first half of the nine-episode season (of which critics screened the first eight hourlong chapters), The Power too often relies on archetypes over complex characterizations, and talking points over nuanced conversations - though by the final installments, it does manage to generate enough sparks to make a theoretical second season look much more promising.Ĭast: Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, Auli'i Cravalho, Toheeb Jimoh, Josh Charles, Eddie Marsan, Ria Zmitrowicz, Zrinka Cvitesic, Halle Bushĭeveloped by: Raelle Tucker, Sarah Quintrell, Naomi Alderman, Claire Wilson Its narrative encompasses half a dozen leads spread out over three or four continents, and includes plotlines as intimate as a teenage romance and as sweeping as national political movements.īut if the broadness of its scope is intriguing, the broadness of its storytelling sometimes comes as a disappointment. Like the Naomi Alderman novel it’s based on, it’s set in a world transformed by a quirk of biology that suddenly gifts teenage girls the ability to generate electric jolts from their fingertips - and like the Alderman novel, it attempts a forest- and-the-trees approach to the premise. Amazon’s The Power does not want for ambition. ![]()
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