Review – 1899

The parallels between this and Lost are too self-conscious to ignore, right down to the over-stylized trick of starting episodes with close-ups of eyes. It’s a meandering steamship in the title year rather than a crashed airplane, but it’s still a set of disparate characters up against situations that appear to have been designed to flummox them. Considering how nonsensical and repetitive the action becomes, it’s a good thing this sticks with one season rather than stretching to six. See if desperate