The highly anticipated new drama series from NBC, Blindspot premieres TONIGHT and I’d say it’s worth the watch!

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SYNOPSIS
A beautiful woman, with no memories of her past, is found naked in Times Square with her body fully covered in intricate tattoos. Her discovery sets off a vast and complex mystery that immediately ignites the attention of the FBI, who begin to follow the road map on her body to reveal a larger conspiracy of crime while bringing her closer to discovering the truth about her identity.

The cast includes Jaimie Alexander (“Thor: The Dark World,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Sullivan Stapleton (“300: Rise of an Empire,” “Strike Back”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Broadchurch,” “Without a Trace”), Rob Brown (“Treme”), Audrey Esparza (“Black Box”), Ukweli Roach (“The Royals”) and Ashley Johnson (“Much Ado About Nothing”).

Writer Martin Gero (“Bored to Death,” “L.A. Complex”) serves as executive producer along with Greg Berlanti (“Arrow,” “The Mysteries of Laura,” “The Flash”), Sarah Schechter (“The Mysteries of Laura,” “The Flash”), Mark Pellington (“Cold Case”) and Marcos Siega (“The Following”). Pellington directed the pilot episode.

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First and foremost, can we take a moment to congratulate Jaimie Alexander for all that she’s accomplished since her Kyle XY days? She’s become quite a force in the Marvel universe and now she’s leading her own show. So proud!

So, the show. It’s great! The Pilot was a tease, setting up so much intrigue and mystery that I can’t wait to see unravel as more truth comes to light. The stakes are raised even more as a result, bringing more danger for Jane Doe, those around her, and the innocents of the city. The show has a mission and I’m very much looking forward to seeing it come to fruition.

I also love the tone of the show. It’s so NBC. It’s dark but not too dark. It’s so blue. The pacing is right where it should be at this point. I’m loving what we’ve discovered about Jane Doe’s past so far (which is not much) and am itching to find out more to see how it all connects to the big picture.

It’s so fascinating to know that her tattoos, her body is a map for something greater and she is a vessel for something great that she can’t even comprehend herself. She’s lost, she may not be innocent… there’s so much to discover! Watching her go along for the right, the action packed ride has been exciting so far. I can only hope it that excitement continues to rise in each episode because right now, it’s a solid start but there’s so much more to show and I would hate for the show to hold back too much. The score is also amazing, whoever composed this is brilliant and can take my money now.

All in all, great series premiere. I did expect more, I wanted it to be just as epic of a premiere as say, Heroes. It’s good but it’s not that good. Though while the show hasn’t knocked the ball out of the park just yet, something tells me it will in time and I’m definitely willing to wait for that moment because this concept is the kind of concept I dream of following and its execution is very strong at the point that it’s at. And with Jaimie Alexander in the lead, I’m definitely not going anywhere anytime soon.

Will you be watching the premiere tonight?

Watch the series premiere of Blindspot TONIGHT at 10/9c on NBC.