I was looking forward to Persons Unknown to fill my summer television schedule. When the show was marketed, it was supposed to be a 13 week mini-series event. "Great," I thought. A show that I would fill my summer and come to a good conclusion at the end. No waiting for six years as I had done with Lost.
The show had a great premise. Thirteen strangers were kidnapped and brought to this unknown town. They had to learn about each other and also try to figure out why they were brought to this town and how to get out.
Many things affected what could have been a good show. First, they switched the day that it premiered. It moved from Monday nights, a good night in the summer to sit at home, to Saturday nights. A couple weeks were skipped here and there to show sports. Which left one episode to be viewed online. Then being in the Metro Detroit region, WDIV preempted the show three additional times, even during the finale! Instead of showing the first hour of Persons Unknown, they aired Wheel of Fortune and an infomercial. So I was completely lost when the second hour of the finale was aired.
Throughout the summer, NBC kept claiming that you will find out what it all means by the last episode. So after following this show through schedule changes and catching up online when it wasn't aired, I find out on the last episode that NBC lied. It's not a mini-series, with all the questions answered. It looks like they want to have a second season, which has not been verified. They answered nothing, and just left us all hanging, saying "welcome to level 2". Seriously! I just wish the questions were answered and I could go about my merry way. Not wondering what the company is, how many people are involved, and what was up with that board of directors.
Am I the only one that feels lied to about this show?
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