May 10, 2021
During the Great Depression in the US 1933, steel company heir Sheldon Sampson (Josh Duhamel) began to have strange visions of an expedition to an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. He gathered a group that included his elder brother Walter (Ben Daniels), his best friend George Hutchence (Matt Lanter), a lady reporter Grace Kennedy (Leslie Bibb), a laid-off factory worker Fitz Small (Mike Wade) and a medical doctor Richard Conrad (David Julian Hirsh). After their ordeal, these six people emerged with superpowers.
In the present day, America is protected by a group of superheroes called the Union, led by The Utopian and his wife Lady Liberty (both with Superman-like abilities). The other senior members of the Union are Brainwave (with powerful psychic powers) and The Flare (with energy manipulating powers, now a retired paraplegic inventor). Under them are a younger generation of superheroes, that included their children. Their chief nemesis was their former partner Skyfox, a persistent threat whose current location is unknown.
The original Union swore by a Code which provided that one should not to kill anybody in the line of their work. But nowadays when their similarly powerful foes were actually killing off their teammates, should the Union still uphold this "no kill" policy? In one crucial fight, both the Utopian and Lady Liberty were about to get killed by a powerful supervillain until their son Paragon (Andrew Horton) went against the code when he smashed the enemy to death. This sent serious shock waves within the Union organization.
The series constantly shifted from present to past throughout the entire eight episodes. Unlike other superhero films where the origin of the powers were condensed into a short narration in the beginning (like "Thunder Force"). This series made what happened in the past of equal footing with what was happening the present. Actually by the end of the eighth episode, there are still events in the earlier history of the Union that influenced the story in the present that had not been fully elucidated yet.
The blurred fine line between good and evil superheroes is tackled in this series, like between "Justice League" and "The Boys." There was a stark contrast between the original sense of pure altruism into which the original Union was formed, with the chaotic existence of the Union now among its members, both old and young. Case in point was Chloe Sampson (Elena Kampouris), the rebellious daughter of Utopian and Lady Liberty who decided to forego being a superhero to become a fashion model with self-destructive habits.
By the end of the 8th episode, there was still so much of the current story to be developed. There were still several character relationships that need elucidating. There was still a lot of back story that remain to be told, particularly details about where Sheldon's visions and their powers actually came from, and the reason why the original six were chosen at all. The ethical questions which had been proffered were still left hanging in the air. This entire first season felt like a long-winded set-up for more to future seasons, if they come. 7/10.
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