Advance Review: Looking for a new show to fill your Leverage/Lie to Me needs? Something involving a series of cons based on analyzed behavior with the purpose of subconsciously incepting people to act in a desired way?
Yes, that's a fairly niche craving, and not one that I feel most people are clamoring for in this era of anti-heroes and dark desires. But I do know that Mind Games, debuting Tuesday, while a hard sell, like seemingly all of creator Kyle Killen's projects are (he created Lone Star and Awake) is a fun and surprisingly layered caper series - intelligently written and nicely spiced with strong performances from Steve Zahn (fresh from being down in da Treme) and Christian Slater as brothers. The show's premise is regrettably esoteric in concept unfortunately and I hope it doesn't prevent the series from flying too low under the radar. In fact, "pilot-itis" aside, much of this episode is spent pitching the concept of the brothers' business idea to prospective investors, clients, and lesser-initiated members of their own team - if only so the audience has a clearer idea of the shenanigans to follow.
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