Now that it’s the weekend, I have time to catch up on some of the shows that I’ve been putting off. Such as Quibi’s The Fugitive. I had previously reviewed episodes five through seven, now let’s talk about episodes eight through eleven. Boyd Holbrook’s Mike Ferro is still on the run. Though, things have gotten stickier for Ferro now that the actual bomber has pinned another bombing on him.
Let’s Give Some Characters More Dimension
The first thing I want to touch upon in this article is Kiefer Sutherland’s character. Detective Clay Bryce is pushing past the ‘seasoned, old-school’ detective cliche. He’s straight-up abusing his power. Not only is he undermining his team, but is undermining other people’s jobs by literally punching people to get what he wants. I’m not sure if the creator behind this show wrote this character so cartoonishly out of line as a satire of real police. Or if Sutherland is just playing the character that way.
Sutherland is aided by the overzealous reporter Pritti Patel (Tiya Sircar). As someone who is a journalist to a degree, I do recognize that the media does love jumping on reports without doing a great deal of research. That plenty of people (like Richard Jewell) have been slandered by the news. That there’s now thousands of innocent people in jail serving time for crimes they never committed. But, I do wish they would have made these characters a little more well-rounded. The world doesn’t deal in two extremes – there’s shades of grey everywhere. It’s only the side characters that seem to have a deal of humanity behind them. Such as Patel’s disgruntled superior Jerry Conwell (Glenn Howerton) and Bryce’s team member Det. Sloan Womack (Genesis Rodriguez).
Boyd Holbrook is Still Great
I may be pointing out the aspects of The Fugitive that I am having issue with, but don’t get me wrong. I’m really enjoying the show. Boyd Holbrook has been one of my favorite actors since I’ve seen him as Detective Steve Murphy in Netflix’s Narcos. I feel incredibly bad for Mike Ferro. Genuinely, he’s just trying to give his family a new life after having it been destroyed just a few years previously. Which, new information is given as to why Ferro spent all that time in jail. And if he actually committed the first crime he was accused and imprisoned for.
In these episodes, Ferro starts becoming less “hopeless” and “helpless” and shows his smarts. Not only is he using his brain to stay one step ahead, but he’s evolving into more than just this squeaky clean blue-collared worker, and showing he’s no pushover. Which, makes him entirely more interesting than before. Now that he knows that this bomber is putting his family’s life in jeopardy by framing him, he’s in “game mode”.
Rating: 3.5/5
The show is really speeding up and with most Quibi shows, I find myself wanting more. There’s scenes that should be allowed to breathe, but they can’t because they need to keep moving forward. At the same time, this sort of format drives home the idea that Ferro is literally racing to clear his name, help his family, and save the lives of innocents.
Have you been watching The Fugitive? Let me know!
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