Last night I watched the early premiere of the pilot of
the new Fox series Ghosted. The series is about
two men who lost their previous careers due to happenstance and gross
misunderstandings. The characters of Leroy Wright and Max Jennifer (played by actors Craig Robinson and
Adam Scott), who are kidnapped from their mundane lives by a secret government group
known as "The Bureau Underground". The duo's assignment is to find
the Bureau's missing agent with the promise of restoring them to their previous
lives. Leroy was an LA cop, and Max is a scientist that believes in the paranormal,
and UFOs, but thought crazy by his colleagues.
Ghosted's pilot introduces a slow and lackluster comedy that does not offer anything new. The series lacks
an original and engaging storyline,
because the attempt at humor overshadows and drowns out any dramatic portion in
the main plot. Meaning, the tales of how their lives changed so drastically was
played out as well scripted, but without much true emotion. As for some of the
comedic stunts, I've seen them many times.
To me the series is uninteresting, but it will not surprise
me if Ghosted gets a second season. After all, we are still stuck with . . . The
Exorcist.
Ghosted premieres Sunday, October 1 AT 8:30/7:30c on Fox.