Astute critics will immediately shun Quantico down marking it as
a version of the famous TV Show GLEE except that the quite flawed plot with some loopholes unfurls in the setting of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI.
If I were you, I wouldn't take those accusations seriously. The plot may seem forced and the
characters may feel like the result of a college campus focus group but it's a show not a TV reality program- so you can't expect better.
The show is technically well made. The
photography for the most part is well done, the sound is good, etc. The women
are beautiful to look.
Mystery, suspense, thrill and a string of complex psychologically-trapped characters, Quantico serves great brain churning content and a passionately intriguing hunt for the truth that is painted in a twist-crafted chronology.
Personally, there are 3 essential reasons I kept watching Quantico.
1. Priyanka Chopra -
Alex Parrish
Priyanka Chopra is
one of the most admirable women celebrities I have known and that for several
reasons. She lives in different places, weaves so many different careers at the
same, exudes such a dignified power in her own persona. She's someone I greatly
look up to. She is the first Indian to ever be cast in the lead role in a TV
show and went to win People Choice's Award for her debut with Quantico
September last.
Priyanka Chopra is
the strongest human asset in Quantico with her arresting lead role. While everybody in the US is raving about her looks,
here’s what we have to say: PC is definitely much more than just a pretty face.
She oozes confidence and wit, and is second to none on the show. Her accent,
while Facebook and Twitter trolls would not stop making fun of it, is perfect.
She doesn’t try to go over the top, rolling her tongue or not finishing words
as the Americans usually do. She speaks each syllable of the word and is very
easy on Indian ears.
Alex isn't your average lady cop and for an FBI
novice, she exudes an unapologetic confidence that doesn't cross into
annoyingly smug territory. She's smart, she's sexy, she's sassy. She's the
quintessential woman. The director does a fine job with the plot with her
status as the #1 FBI trainee of her batch is established in a very charming way
and style to see through people easily.
You cannot take your eyes off Priyanka
throughout the episodes, she twists you around her little finger.
2. Style of Narration
What mainly blew me away was Quantico's nonlinear narrative. No, do not expect the show to follow the direct causality pattern of the
events featured. If you are among those who have issues with keeping up with parallel distinctive plot lines, dream immersions or
narrating another story inside the main plot-line, Quantico is not for you!
There is no label at the bottom of the screen to tell you when in time the sequences of events you are being shown happened, so you have a lot of your own grey cells to invest in determining the correct order of actions and words spoken.
In movies and television, several camera techniques and
special effects have evolved to alert the viewer that the action shown is a
flashback or flashforward; for example, the edges of the picture may be
deliberately blurred, photography may be jarring or choppy, or unusual
coloration or sepia tone, or monochrome when most of the story is in full
color, may be used. Do not wait for those signals. The challenge is for you as the audience to figure things out. And this makes it way too exciting.
3. The supporting
cast is diverse
Alex is the lead, but the other, very very diverse recruits are just as interesting.
The casting is evidence of modern TV
done right. Quantico's cast is incredibly diverse—the principal
characters are white, black, Hispanic, Indian, Arab, and gay—but the chemistry
among them is organic. It's the perfect 2.0 moment: The show satisfies the
appetite for diversity audiences have been asking for over the past few years,
but because the characters live in a world that brings together people of all
backgrounds, nothing feels forced.
Also: It's really cool to see a woman in
hijab (Nimah, above, is played by Yasmine Al Massri) on a prime-time American drama and she one beautiful woman. I cannot take my eyes off her (or her).
Quantico Season 2 will be aired this September, I suggest you catch Season 1 before that.
Until Next Time,
Much Love!