Limited Series – The Veil

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Brian F OMG what happened! This started out as a gripping and highly watchable spy drama. Elisabeth Moss giving another fantastic performance and a compelling storyline. The "is she or isn't she" plot had great suspense..... And it all went downhill from there. Episode One - 5 stars. By the dull, overwrought, incomprehensible nonsense that was Episode Six - 0 Stars. Moss's subtle performance of the first episode was out of the window replaced by histrionics that went on for what seemed like hours while tense, dramatic music swelled in the background as if trying to fool us into thinking we were watching something tense or emotional. The ludicrous Macguffin of a dirty bomb heading to New York created zero tension and bore no relation to the rest of the story, if you discount the 'trigger' that made no sense at all. Seriously who wrote this crap. Don't get sucked in by the first episode. This show is one to avoid at all costs. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/27/25 Full Review Audience Member Who wrote this script? It appears to be a badly translated script. The lead is not a good actress, but you also can't look away. The scenes at night clubs make absolutely no sense at all, since you are with a radicalized Muslim woman. Why take her there, and why would she follow?! The American's script appears to be written by Trump-America first at all times. It makes Americans look like buffoones. Get a British script writer or Nordic, and this will become a truly superb series. The thing is you can't stop watching, and I am unsure why! Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review Sue B Third rate script, lacks suspense, melodramatic and plodding. I gave up. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/15/25 Full Review William M Mildly entertaining. The story has potential, but it requires a high degree of suspension of disbelief. The series flirts with ridiculousness thanks to Elisabeth Moss’ penchant for melodramatic overacting. Someone else in that role might have been less annoying. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/09/25 Full Review Audience Member I was not very familiar with the work of Elisabeth Moss, I know I am one of the few people who hasn’t watched the Handmaids Tail, but I am now a huge fan and throughly impressed with her acting. The Veil was a gripping spy type thriller and not too complicated to watch like other shows that have plots and characters all over the place. Moss was a strong, bad ass character and I could watch her beating up the bad guys vs a Kate Beckinsale character who was completely over glammed and unbelievable. The ending caught me by surprise ( a good thing, since so many shows can be predictable and formulaic. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/11/25 Full Review Kiki Y Just finished watching Season 1 of The Veil. I love thrillers which break the usually mold of a testosterone-driven male lead/killing machine. The Veil has a female lead that is smart, unconventional and unapologetic and frankly, her male handlers can’t handle her, control her or predict what she will do next. I’m surprised by the luke warm reviews I’m just now reading but I admit that I am a huge Elizabeth Moss fan, so that could be clouding my objectivity. Regardless, I thoroughly enjoyed the season and the ending leaves the door wide open for a 2nd season. I hope Season 2 gets greenlit because we need a lot more woman-centered plotlines in the spy/thriller genre. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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