TV Series Review: Stalker

THIS REVIEW CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS

Hello readers,

I am writing this review at this hour cause I just finished watching the pilot episode of this latest thriller crime television series, Stalker which aired this week. The series starred Dylan McDermott as a transferred homicide detective from New York and Maggie Q as a detective probably been stalked before.

Stalker is another television series similar to Criminal Minds but it mainly focused on cases regarding stalking (obviously) where victims felt insecure and receiving threats or things which bothers them for a long period of time.

The pilot episode started off with a woman coming back home, leaving a voice message to a friend that she was hungry. After coming out of her car, she received a phone call from an unknown person who was watching her move like arriving home. We soon see a man standing outside her house and later chased the woman and started pouring kerosene on her with absolutely no reason. The woman soon entered her car and again kerosene was poured. Well, it is obvious she was killed after the unknown person set the car on fire.

I will not give more spoilers but I have to say, Stalker is creepier than Criminal Minds since the stalkers portrayed in this series are more 'stalkerish'. Imagine you are being watched 24/7 and this has been going on for maybe, a year for example. That is how those victims feel whenever they received such threats or a scary surprise. I cannot imagine how my life is if there is a person who created an obsession over me. Yucks!

The cast of Stalker is well... alright. At the start of the episode, my first impression of Dylan McDermott's character was, "Is he a stalker?". His expression does looked like a delusional fellow who is obsessed with this blonde woman (who I assumed it was his ex-girlfriend) and the child. However, as the episode goes on, I think Dylan is fine. For Maggie Q, her expression in this series is quite similar to her previous television series, Nikita. She has this strong presence and yet gorgeous at the same time. From the pilot episode, I look forward to knowing the characters they are playing since this is just the beginning.

Looking at the overall of pilot episode of Stalker, I felt the critics are missing out the point of the series. I think the storyline of the episode was alright and I don't feel the series is "chock full of perverted subjects and ugly storylines, making it hard to watch even for those who like to watch". The stalkers portrayed in the series isn't really that perverted but I would say they are 'perfectly creepy'. Another critic has mentioned the series is an "exploitative, misogynist trash". I know there are people out there who feel that treating women in a harsh way is bad or there ain't woman rights. I think it is a coincident that the victims in this episode are female and the storyline just happened to be torching of victims.

For the ratings of this pilot episode, I would give this a 6/10. 4 out of 10 is gone because this series is kinda average but at the same time, it is a series I would still be able to watched. If you haven't watched the pilot episode of Stalker, I think you should give a thought about watching this series, especially if you are someone who has watched Criminal Minds or maybe, Law & Order: SVU?