Getting some Action ^.~

Undercovers S01E01 Pilot

Undercovers is a brand new tv show created by tv show master J.J. Abrams. He also directed this pilot episode, which was done brilliantly, and may have just created a new show for me to fall in love with. The plot is about a husband and wife catering team (also ex-CIA agents) who have been pulled from retirement to help with the not-so-legal jobs of the CIA.

Abrams touch is easily noted, with his love of the moving camera in almost every shot. Rarely does he have just a still shot of something...instead he pans around and shows the whole scope of the place, which being an action show full of spies and intrigue, there's plenty of wide-open shots that require these shots to get the full effect.

He delivers the rushing of the spies with lots of cut scenes and montages in order to get the frenzied feeling across - and it definitely works. I love the close-ups he does on some important items, such as the toy robot usb because its importance is portrayed, without knowing why at first. Luckily he doesn't drag out the suspense of it to the point that we don't remember the scene.

The humor in this show was well-written and several stick out in my mind. One is when Steven (the husband) tells the CIA agent that he'll help out but his wife must never be told, but then the door fully opens to show Samantha (the wife) standing there. Another is when they are about to jump off the plane and Sam tells Steven that she used to date the agent they're trying to locate and then jumps off. Then Steven turns to Hoyt (their liaison) and yells 'This is NOT the end of the conversation.'

In my opinion, this was a very successful pilot and I've been hooked. I can't wait for next week.