Not sure why they promoted/labeled this as a comedy. I guess the marketing people saw Chris O'Dowd and they assumed it was a comedy (and not in the Greek sense)? You will not laugh with this. You might smile a bit during some sweet and tender moments, but no funny moments. Expect comedy-seekers to be very dissapointed and give real bad scores. Sci-fi people will give a fair score (as mine). A machine shows up in a town, which uncovers people's "potential". You'll have many theories about how it determines the "potential", but it definitely shakes these people's small-town lifes. It's well paced, keeps you watching without boring you, throwing a bone now and then, being smart (not "really smart", but smart enough), it doesn't feel gimmicky, all flows fine,... It's not rivetting, and it's very definitely not a comedy. It's not brilliant, but it does feel sincere and is well done. Clearly better sci-fi than most of the stuff out there. Will watch future episodes. Thanks to the guys making it.

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