'The Tomorrow People' Season Premiere A Surprise Debut

I tuned in to check out The Tomorrow People on The CW, and found myself surprised that I enjoyed the premise and the telling of the story in its first episode.

For the first time in a long time, I watched a premiere that successfully jammed a million character details down your throat in one hour, and did not do it in a stiff, awkward fashion.

In fact, this sci-fi, fantasy teen drama delivered story, details, emotional draw and more story throughout the hour that kept it interesting to watch.

I was surprised.

And if you're going to go there, sure, this show is about the next step in humanity's evolution, much like X-Men.  What you will see are powers akin to Darth Vader, crossed up with the Hayden Christensen movie, Jumper, and there you have it.

They pop in and out, telekinetic their way in and out of things and pretty much super power their way through life while trying not be seen doing it.  And sure, he Stephen learns his new talents pretty fast, but most pilot episodes to tend to time crunch details into their first episode.

Based off a British TV series, it's brought to the CW by showrunner Phil Klemmer, whose resume includes such hits as Chuck, and Veronica Mars.

To be honest, that's not a bad thing.

The show pulled in an estimated 2.3 million viewers, which is not bad for the CW on a Wed night and in the end, surprised me with how I was not bored by it.  (Code for I liked it, without actually coming out and saying it.)

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TV Review (with spoilers)

The Tomorrow People is about Stephen Jameson, played by Robbie Amell (Who is the cousin of Arrow's Stephen Amell), who thinks he's losing his mind because he hears voices and "sleepwalks."

No matter what the medication, it does not seem to help.  Turns out these problems are latent mutant powers starting to manifest themselves and the voice in his head is someone with the same powers he has, who has been trying to contact him all this time.

They meet, then he meets the bad guy, Dr. Jedikiah Price, played by Mark Pellegrino.  Price's job in life is to find all of the people like Stephen, the Tomorrow People, and rid them of their powers.

He's even constructed a special building where their powers have no chance in h*** to work.

But Price captures Stephen and was just about to administer an injection that would "cure" him, when Stephen's brand new friends with the same powers show up to save him.

But without their powers in this building, they barely stand a chance.  That is, until Stephen discovers that his powers go far beyond what anyone has imagined, and breaks them all out of there.

But later, Price shows up at his home, telling him they're related, via his missing father.

In the end, Stephen decides to work for Price, believing that if he's in the process, he can help save others like him and keep Price from doing more harm.

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