Mortal women tend to achieve their butts in terms of classical mythology. See them fall into simple, poor fate victims, or, in more complex cases, into literal monsters of crimes they have not committed. The princess and the laundry were both overwhelmed by the unfortunate gods, which was almost progressive, but only "almost".

This is a prism Alarmbut only "almost". Thematic coherence and tone consistency are difficult to obtain in the performance of references.

Created by Molly Smith Metzler (maid), Alarm is a radical Hodge-register that attempts to blend very broad irony, very broad melodrama, very broad and formulaic thriller elements as well as very extensive exercises of affluent porn. Sometimes, especially in the first few episodes, when I appreciate how Metzler solves so many different elements, but by the time these elements fail to blend, apart from the superficial irony, my attention is mostly held by a very powerful, insatiable casting.

The series begins with the mysterious Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore) standing on the edge of a cliff, releasing a falcon into the air, which will remind some residents of the inhabitants that the sirens are half-human half-birds who draw sailors into the rocks with their beautiful voice.

"Sirens" is also a code word between sisters Devon (Meghann Fahy) and Simone (Milly Alcock). Why are their signals for development emergencies? Literature is convenient, mainly.

Devon, who first saw him freed from Buffalo prison after a tough night, tried to summon Simone, but Simone ignored a lot of news. The source of an emergency? Their father, Bruce (as always adds value), suffers from premature dementia, and his condition worsens. Devon gave up her nonspecific desire to support Simone after her mother's tragic death, but decided she was tired of being the only help.

Simone left on some of the rich islands - imagine Martha's vineyards or Hamptons or Lotus Eaters' land - serving as the core of Michaela, a socialite, bird conservation advocate and a small group of women, whose life changed. It's the end of the summer, Michael (Michaela, the wife of hedge fund billionaire Peter (Kevin Bacon), is preparing for a grand charity party. Simone's job is to make their jobs unrestrained for other servants of the family (including property manager Jose (Felix Solis), chefs Patrice (Lauren Weedman) and Missy (Britne Oldford) (Britne Oldford).

So Devon didn't even drizzle Hoosegow, beer rides a bus and a ferry to surprise you/collect Simone until she saw her Yale-educated sister had become a newcomer with new blonde hair, new nose and wealthy, wealthy, age-old boyfriend Glenn Howerton's Ethan. Devon, a recovered alcoholic and non-recovering sex addiction addict, decided that Simone was in a cult, and she tried to discover several dark mysteries - Peter had a missing first wife - and freed her sister.

In addition to the title, references to myths are all over the debris Alarmuntil Zeus, the virtual assistant of the house. The frequency of characters calling people "monsters" or reflecting on the rocks that people are broken on the bottom of Michaela's appropriately named Cliff House is tired. There is, throughout, a sense that everything that happens on this island is out of a fairy tale or possibly a nightmare, underlined in the opening episodes by director Nicole Kassell, who bathes Moore in a perpetually gauzy glow and leaves Fahy in the hardest and hardest lighting imagine (in part so that when Devon gets a Michaela-sponsored makeover, we'll be shocked that Meghann Fahy looks like Meghann Faxi).

It's a visual conceit that fades or fades as the show goes on (even if Michael Abers scores range from fantastic to memorable), partly by intention, it's by intention-the demarcation between fantastic and real endings is clear-partly because no one plays Kassell in the director's chair, but rather because of the director's drama, it's a story based on Metzler, which is Metzler's story, Elmeno and.

There are a series of recent shows trying to stay rooted in the real world while being permeated into the real world by fantasy, folklore and the Bible – see also Apple’s change and Government cheese. I found this conceptually an interesting approach, but rarely succeeded in execution. Without promising a consistent aesthetic, dabbling into whimsy is a sure way to make your performance feel semi-baked. Many aspects Alarm Feeling half a lifetime.

For example, I did not specify correctly Alarm Indeed, on many more successful perspectives, it is a comedy. It's a story, the alienation between husband and wife is exaggerated by the declaration: "Do you no longer care about the protection of raptors?". This story is often accompanied by three assistants, two of whom speak in unison (sometimes singing "wap" together). It's a story in which Devon is prepared to find himself in a drunken tank with a passionate former NXIVM member. And don't let me start using Howerton's outfits.

If you calibrate tragedy and irony incorrectly, it will become a slogan. most Alarm Despite having a fairly effective five-hour run, I was relieved at the same time that almost all games could be better despite no halftime, despite having a 90-minute break.

Metzler does a great job of combining pain and joy maidThis is a frequently collapsed criticism, in which the irony burst is the release valve. Here, this is just a hollow comic beyond mystery that will never be involved on any emotional level. I think if a lot of the class criticism here would be more substantial Alarm Interested in providing a complete view from the downstairs/below perspective. But, despite the ability support players like Solis, Oldford, and Weedman Try, only Solis has almost a fully developed role.

The actor who best reflects the tone balance of performance desires is Fahy White lotusshe is an outstanding person; and Netflix's Perfect couplethis will not be confused with Hulu's Nine perfect strangersanother rich porn is the godmother of the genre, Nicole Kidman. The show happens to be back in its second season this week - this closeness does not support both seasons Nine perfect strangers or Alarmespecially since Kidman could definitely play Julian Moore's role here, in fact, Moore may just be playing Kidman's new-age cult leader with a different name. None of these has anything to do with Fahy's outstanding performance, giving skilled line reading and selling empathy, and the character's reliable decisions don't always feel motivated.

Fahy has no chemistry with her hastily drawn love interests - Trevor Salter's kindness Morgan and Josh Segarra deserved Ray, but the sisterly hostility between Devon and Simone feels real. Just like she is dragon dragonAlcock slew smoothly between glowing and wallflowers, suitable for a young woman who sacrificed her identity for the borrowed charm. Should we leave Alarm Have any thoughts about Simone's true personality? It won't hurt, but I understand why it's absent.

Alarm When the 21st century American wealth is similar to the rights of ancient Greek divine, the isolation and rights of these modern rich people distort these modern rich people, they lure grand and lure their employees and entertaining mortals. Our hollow cult of the “cool” billionaire is fleshed out in Bacon’s performance as a tycoon, sometimes smoking or inviting to help him into the clam chowder without giving up on his chills.

If you want a show that includes this contemporary allegory more thoroughly, you might want to look for something that is not perfect but interesting Gao JinyuNetflix ordered, with little promotion, and then hastily cancelled. At least Alarm It is closed.