Movie #1562 ........................."Absentia"

Movie #1562 "Absentia" Season 1 --- it's a t.v. show starring "Castle" actress ( Beckett) Stana Katic.  That's actually why I looked this one up and watched it.  I noticed that Castle is having his new show debuting in the fall , and I wondered what Miss Katic was up to after "Castle" and found this show.  I watched the whole thing (10 episodes, hour long each) in a couple of nights and really enjoyed it.  Her acting pushes the show along, as she tries to put pieces back together after being an government agent who is kidnapped and disappears.  When she returns, it was intriguing to me  to see how she  deals with a child who has gone from 2 years old to 8 and has another mom, how she deals with a husband who has remarried, & how she deals with a life turned upside down and she is now being blamed for the murder of her possible kidnapper.  The show is tense every minute & thus  tough to watch so it isn't for everyone.  What I esp. liked about it is the turns it takes in the story line, and I'm not sure how the writers did it, but they managed to end every episode up in the air so you wanted to continue to the next one in 25 seconds..... In that way, it reminded me of the early Castle episodes which I always marveled at because I would try to be guessing who the murderer was and the twists and turns made me change my mind or continually be surprised as one piece of evidence covers up the importance of the previous one.  There's stuff I didn't like --- like the previous husband --- he mumbled a lot ---some of the secondary people (like the cop heavy on her tracks) needed stronger acting chops, and the ending could have been more satisfactory --- some of the tie ins seemed stretched, but the balancing act they were trying to do without was pretty good.  I recommend it, but not for the faint of heart.  I wonder if there will be a season 2.  Oh, and another cool thing is that it was filmed in Bulgaria (which according to this show hardly ever sees the light of day) and the cast and crew are quite diverse in cultures.

"ABSENTIA"    t.v.   season 1             4 out of 5 stars

After being declared dead in absentia, an FBI agent must reclaim her family, identity and innocence when she finds herself the prime suspect in a string of murders.

Creators:

 Matthew Cirulnick, Gaia Violo

Stars:

 Stana Katic, Patrick Heusinger, Cara Theobold