Urusai Yatsura The series wants to be serious & mysterious, like some dark X-Files-episodes, but despite the good intro it doesn't quite accomplish it. For the viewers most mysteries get revealed & explained during the very first episode already. After that, we just follow the characters as they reveal them on their own. To be really clear: even the last episode wont give any more answers than the very first one. The plot is thin in general and could be the script of one or two episodes of any other mystery-series like X-Files or Fringe. Even with only 8 episodes, the series still needs several filler episodes who lack any character or plot progress whatsoever. Everything is repetitive in general and gets boring really soon. I am pretty sure that they simply created this show because they liked the idea and had no other successful mystery series airing at the time. Otherwise they would have used this in there.Despite her young age, Millie Bobby Brown (known from Stranger Things) outshines everyone. She somehow manages to portray a scary villain at one time and an innocent child at other times. You never know if you want to hug her or just run away as fast as you can. Her performance is clearly the best part of this whole show and for most people the only reason to watch it. The other actors are pretty much parodies of their own. Literally nothing they do makes any sense. They do weird things at weird times and forget everything right after. They repeat the same dialogues over and over again, don't develop in any way and whenever they get confronted with some kind of revelation, they don't learn anything out of it. Even in the last episode, everyone acts still the same as in the first one, which doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Viewers who don't suffer such memory issues will get annoyed by the characters incompetence really fast and barely attach any positive emotions to any of them. Normally movies and series are told by character perspectives and that's for a good reason. It helps the viewers to identify with them. Without that, we are just watching some silly people doing silly things over and over again. This works good in comedy sitcoms, but it definitely doesn't fit to serious mystery series. There is clearly no intention to make viewers laugh in here.To top it all off, the ending gets as anti-climatic as possible. Nothing gets resolved. No more questions get answered. Not a single plot-line gets finished.After all, I would only recommend this series to fans of the actors (especially Millie Bobby Brown) or film-students who want to see what it looks like when someone makes a movie or series with such little plot and bad characters. Everyone else will feel bad for wasting his time. The show is not bad enough to be entertaining again and not unintentionally funny enough to make you laugh anyway. Its just bland & boring.

hortonstrip very disappointed with this, in fact after about 5 episodes i gave up, but then finished watching the series merely because i felt i had to, otherwise i would have wasted 5 hours of my life! The plot line was complicated in a not fun way and also full of holes, the acting was generally poor, (especially John Simms terrible American accent, and everything he said with it), the direction was shabby, the tension was non-existent after you found out what was supposed to be happening, Jihn Simms characters "journey" was not very convincing, and it was basically just poor all around. Plenty of genuinely intelligent and original sci-fi and horror without having to resort to this cod-mysticism.Don't bother

viper_3 BBC America brings us a supernatural paranormal mystery thriller that surrounds a mysterious secret society named Qui Reverti, which for centuries has known that immortality can effectively be attained by taking control of another person's life. The premise is rather simple. Each person has two souls. Prior to the death of a member of Qui Reverti , their consciousness, and/or soul, is activated through the use of a trigger. (An object familiar to them in that life.) A Shepherd is given the task of activating them both prior to death, and again with that trigger once a life has been found that is suitable for intrusion. At least this is what we know so far. The show is shrouded in mystery which will make it quite appealing to anyone who enjoys the genre.Based on the book "The Intruders" by Michael Marshall Smith, Intruders hosts an impressive ensemble of writers, directors, and actors to bring this show to life. Cast includes James Frain who plays Richard Shepherd, an assassin for hire and a shepherd/protector of Qui Reverti. Millie Brown who plays Madison O'Donnell, a 9 year old girl who is taken over by a centuries old serial killer named Marcus Fox. Mira Sorvino who plays Amy Whelan, a woman who is taken over by another woman named Rose Gilchrist. John Simm, who plays Amy's husband Jack Whelan, who is an ex-cop that gets caught in the middle of Qui Reverti's intrusion into his wife Amy's life and sets out to discover what happened to her.Despite the somewhat slow story progression, and only 8 episodes in the season (hopefully there will be more) the combination of writing, acting and directing makes intruders one of the better new shows this year. The acting skills of Millie Brown at just 10 years old is simply astonishing. A phenomenal show! I for one have enjoyed this series immensely. I sure hope there is a 2nd season.A must watch for any fan of paranormal or mystery.9/10

km2442 Intruders took a little while to unfold, but it was worth giving the patience of the first couple of episodes. It's very enigmatic, in a most intriguing sort of way. I'm enjoying it immensely. I'm surprised by the low ratings, but I could see how some people wouldn't want to stick with it. It has currents of darkness and violence. And there are some graphic scenes with a child that could be off putting for some. Since I love American Horror Story, this is really nothing in that league. Anyway, color me compelled and along for the ride to see the mysteries unfold. You have to stick through the first two to three episodes, but I find that to be true with premiere shows anyway as there is a great deal of background to be told. Patience folks...it's worth it.