Warning: Full spoilers for Limitless: Season 1 follow.
While CBS's Limitless TV show started out feeling like a retread of the 2011 movie, it quickly found its footing in the second episode, as it veered into lighter, zanier territory. That's not to say the show couldn't be deadly serious when it wanted to, but throughout the first season the series struck a great balance of cheeky humor, strong character development and hard-hitting drama, while also unraveling the mystery of NZT -- the series-defining "smart pill."
It helped that the show was in the same continuity as the feature film, which allowed for recurring appearances from Bradley Cooper as Eddie Morra. (He also co-executive produced alongside Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, the movie's director Neil Burger and showrunner Craig Sweeny.) Likewise, it kept many of the film's stylistic traits, like the main character's internal text graphics and monologue, and the cool/warm color schemes.
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While CBS's Limitless TV show started out feeling like a retread of the 2011 movie, it quickly found its footing in the second episode, as it veered into lighter, zanier territory. That's not to say the show couldn't be deadly serious when it wanted to, but throughout the first season the series struck a great balance of cheeky humor, strong character development and hard-hitting drama, while also unraveling the mystery of NZT -- the series-defining "smart pill."
It helped that the show was in the same continuity as the feature film, which allowed for recurring appearances from Bradley Cooper as Eddie Morra. (He also co-executive produced alongside Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, the movie's director Neil Burger and showrunner Craig Sweeny.) Likewise, it kept many of the film's stylistic traits, like the main character's internal text graphics and monologue, and the cool/warm color schemes.
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