Incorporated - set in a dystopian future, where corporations are all-powerful institutions and loyalty to the company is the new faith in god. Humanity is divided into modern green-zone areas controlled by corporations and the rest of the population living in poverty outside of it. Ben Larson, our protagonist, lives a good life and is a rising star within the mega-corp Spiga, but he's not the man he seems to be - a dark past and the motivation to free his old love drive him.This sounds familiar and isn't the most original story but it does have its lure. The whole series has a high-quality look that is coherent and they managed to field a halfway decent cast, in particular actors like Dennis Haysberg or Daymon Herrimon helped it a lot. The entire underlying theme of humanity, greed and lack of morality is interesting and not to hard to tie to current developments in the world.For me the intriguing plot and the dystopian future are always the interesting part but what turned me off is the sheer stupidity of the characters. Ben Larson is depicted as a genius, maybe on a tech-level, but his plans are usually pretty simple and easy to look through, without luck he barely manages to achieve anything. It's also hard to believe in a society where everything is monitored and the corporation has to abide no law besides its own regulations, that it wouldn't be hard to track movements or conversations.Besides that what bugs me most was the lack of relatable characters and their inconsistent decisions, especially in the second half of the season. Ben is reckless without the need for it and inconsistent, Theo's development is simply beyond me because it simply doesn't make any sense, nor does it help the story except for setting up Ben with more strings attached. The entire main plot revolving around Ben's motivation - Elena and her rescue - gets hyped up but then disappoints in every possible way. I didn't expect a happy end but this dialogue was just uninspired and the new direction it took seems too artificial. Although I like Laura's general progression, the entire clinic plot is meh and completely reverses the previously established "evil, ghetto-like, malevolent" red-zone narrative. On the plus side, Julian and Laura's mom are a very pleasant surprise and would've been a good driver for the second season.So what do you get? A high quality dystopian corp-focused TV-series, that takes itself a little bit too serious and can't uphold its own expectations of being clever. Besides that, if you're willing to overlook the contradicting narrative and loopholes within, you'll have some enjoyable hours of SciFi.For me it's a 6/10 - enjoy!

It's 2074. Most governments are bankrupt. Climate change has devastated the crops. Competing multinational corporations control 90% of the globe. In Milwaukee, Ben Larson (Sean Teale) is SPIGA middle management working on mind-reading technology. Corporate workers live in the Green Zone while the rest of the population struggle to scrap by in the Red Zone. He's married to Laura Larson (Allison Miller) who is the estranged daughter of company executive Elizabeth Krauss (Julia Ormond). Laura is a doctor tired of the superficial work for the company. Julian Morse (Dennis Haysbert) is security specialist working for Krauss. In reality, Ben's true identity is Aaron Sloane from the Red Zone. He infiltrated SPIGA to rescue his love Elena Marquez who was forced into prostitution for the company. Elena's brother Theo starts competing in cage fights.This show lays out an intriguing world. The production value is relatively good. It's a slow build. Ben Larson is not that compelling at first. There's a reason. He's reserved and actually playing a part rather than being real. There's a lot to dig through and the show should work better. Theo is really unnecessary unless the showrunner had a bigger plan for him. Instead of Theo, the show needed to follow Elena. This lasted one season ten episodes. I don't think it got much of an audience.

I went into this not expecting much, but it turned out to be an interesting show with a great cast of actors. You can't really go wrong with Dennis Haysbert. I wouldn't say the premise is all that original but the underlying plot involving the main character was good enough to keep me coming back. My one annoyance with the series is Syfy's silly censorship of certain swear words. Have them or don't have them, but if you're going to have every possible swear word without censoring them why censor the f- word?

This futuristic drama-venture is a diamond in the rough. If you can see a future through its first year growing pains you can see its potential. Ben is the main protagonist that all the sub-stories splinter off of. He is in love with a girl from the red zone who is a childhood friend but lost touch with her when she went off to be a escort in Arcadia, she wants out and Ben is trying to figure out how to get her out. He lives a double life married to elite green zone debutante who has had a not so pleasant taste of what its like outside the walls and though she has become comfortable in the green zone life she is rebelling against it. Ben seems to be helping her along in that area for his own interest. Kaplan is the quintessential bad guy who has it out for Ben and has a advance in the corporation or die attitude. He is the guy you love to hate and adds a fun edge to the show. I won't drag this out but I think if you keep watching, as the writing and acting mature you are going to have a great show to watch each week. Probably won't win any Emmys but it will be a solid show to download each week.