The Tomorrow People (US) - Episode 1 REVIEW

Loosely based upon the 1973 ITV series of the same name, The Tomorrow People follows Stephen Jameson – a teenager who is having sleep-walking problems. However, he is soon told that he isn’t sleep-walking at all, but teleporting in his sleep to various different places. He also feels he is going mad when he hears voices in his head, and his life seems to be a living nightmare.

That is until he meets the Tomorrow People – an evolved species of homo-sapiens (known as homo superior) – that he is a member of. The Tomorrow People posses the three T’s – Telepathy, Teleporting and Telekinesis. They are lead by John Young, Cara Coburn and Russell Kwon, who locate members of their race in teenage years when they “break out”. The Government wants them annihilated though, and thus Dr. Jedikiah Price enters Stephen’s life – a man intent on getting rid of them.

This episode has little of a story to it, and it definitely feels like set-up, rather much like the first episode of Firefly. The cast are great and there are some interesting twists here and there.

However, the series does lack its own identity, and feels like it needs to get past this episode before it can go anywhere. This is definitely not anything like a 1973 ITV kid’s TV show, and is much more for teenagers and above. However, this proves to be an advantage with great visual FX, acting and a very strong budget.

To conclude, there is little to talk about in the first episode, with so many set-ups for the 22 episode series, so I give it a: 7/10