If there’s anyone who knows how to build out a psychological horror within the framework of an unusually eerie small town, it’s M. Night Shyamalan (The Village, The Sixth Sense). For his first TV venture it’s a construct he’s managed to nail well enough in the pilot, which is currently available to watch online (and debuts on FOX on May 14th), save for a few small detours.
“Where Paradise is Home” quickly establishes Matt Dillon’s Ethan Burke as the series’ protagonist – a secret service agent with a history of mental illness who is tasked with finding his former partner and one-time lover (Carla Gugino) in the strange town of Wayward Pines. But when an accident lands him in the hospital without his cell phone or wallet, things begin to take a strange twist, setting off a psychological thriller that should have viewers wondering if Ethan has relapsed or if something is truly off about this town.
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“Where Paradise is Home” quickly establishes Matt Dillon’s Ethan Burke as the series’ protagonist – a secret service agent with a history of mental illness who is tasked with finding his former partner and one-time lover (Carla Gugino) in the strange town of Wayward Pines. But when an accident lands him in the hospital without his cell phone or wallet, things begin to take a strange twist, setting off a psychological thriller that should have viewers wondering if Ethan has relapsed or if something is truly off about this town.
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