![]() ![]() ![]() Grant is having a blast Benjamin should work more often Field is always great. Presuming “Dispatches from Elsewhere” finds more of a footing in subsequent episodes, it will remain worth watching because of its cast. Believe it or not, there are some shows that are better spread out than consumed in a row, especially programs this purposefully left-of-center. It may simply be a show that works better in weekly doses-this critic had to watch it consecutively in order to file-than it does binged. There are moments of grace and beauty through all four episodes of “Dispatches from Elsewhere,” but its overall tone of forced eccentricity and lessons about life started to wear on me over time. Each gets a major episode, with the other three playing supporting roles, of course. Fredwyn is a wealthy genius who becomes obsessed with the game-its purpose, its puppeteers, its endgame. Janice has been a dutiful wife and mother for years and tragedy is now pushing her back into the real world she always thought she’d be more a part of when she was young. Simone is externally confident but internally anxious, and wishes she could feel as comfortable in the world as she does when she’s alone. Grant), but there are other figures pulling strings from “Elsewhere,” setting Peter and his new friends on a wild goose chase that somehow seems to open them up to a new world and new ideas.Ībout those friends-Peter is partnered up with three people who are the focus of the other three episodes: Simone ( Eve Lindley), Janice ( Sally Field), and Fredwyn ( Andre Benjamin). It seems to be run by a mysterious leader named Octavio Coleman ( Richard E. Making a call from a random flyer, Peter finds himself a part of some massive game-clues hidden throughout the city that lead to new discoveries and more clues, many of them about finding someone named Clara. He can’t remember the last time anything interesting happened to him, or the last time he had a real human emotion. Peter is an average guy living an average life. The premiere introduces us to Peter, played by Jason Segel in a purposefully flat performance that nonetheless threatens to become so minor that he literally disappears. ![]() Technically, AMC only sent what could be called the introductions as the first four episodes of “Dispatches from Elsewhere” all center on a different member of a quartet of protagonists. ![]()
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