Was that not already clear? Besides being a near-as-dammit accurate portrayal of various underground science and technology cultures, managing to balance levity and drama, and being progressive in its characters, it's also really, really exciting. And horrible. And nasty. And fun. And cool. And is the next episode on yet? I need to see it! The series starts off by settling into the familiar structure of a police procedural, as Sarah steals the identity of her suicidal clone who, it turns out, was a cop. So she masks her Cockney accent, dresses up and tries to blag her way through police investigations, the threat of being caught at any moment ever-present. That's tense, right? And that's before we really even know anything about clones and the scientists/zealots who love them. And before Sarah's daughter is in peril, and before one of the clones turns out to be less friendly than the others... There's a lot going on, basically. Luckily, the badass characters are all ready to deal with the situations the show throws them at, from Sarah's ongoing ingenuity from her Artful Dodger days (an early highlight: downing soap in a bathroom so she throws up to get out of a tribunal) to Alison's ongoing acceptance that her perfect suburban life is anything but, and that's why she needs to tie her husband up with masking tape and torture him.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
