Winter Warmer Watchlist - Countdown - Season One

Countdown had one of the most dispaointing final episodes of my Winter Warmer Watchlist series.

The Amazon series created and written by Derek Haas, star Amazon The Boys darling, Jensen Ackles, alongside Jessica Camacho, Violett Beane, Elliot Knight, Aussie, Uli Latukefu  & Eric Dane. 

Streaming the first three episodes at the end of June, concluding yesterday with episode 13. A little too many episodes for an action/streaming series if you ask me.

Amazon got it right, with a six episode order for previous action series, Butterfly.

But what is Countdown all about? After a Department of Homeland Security officer is killed in plain sight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum (Ackles) is brought onto a covert task force with undercover agents from various law enforcement agencies to track down the murderer. 

However, the search reveals a much darker conspiracy than anyone expected, sparking a frantic race to protect a city of millions.

Episode one opens with, a Department of Homeland Security agent is assassinated, prompting FBI Special Agent Nathan Blythe to form a special task force consisting of LAPD detective Mark Meachum (Ackles), DEA agent Amber Oliveras (Camacho), DHS intelligence and analysis officer Damon Drew (Togo), FBI cyber crime specialist Evan Shepherd (Beane), FBI terrorism specialist Keyonte Bell (Knight), & LAPD gangs and narcotics specialist Luke Finau (Latukefu). 

Meachum is fresh out of a long undercover assignment with the Aryan Brotherhood struggles with anger issues, while Oliveras has a documented history of drug abuse. The task force finds a suspicious deposit in the dead DHS agent's bank account, which leads them to the Los Reyes Nuevos cartel in Tijuana, and discovers a large deposit of fissile material left at the Port of Los Angeles.

We get one serious plot foiled around the tail end of the season, only to get a whole new plot start, but not end with a satisfying ending at all.

It does end on a cliffhanger (no spoilers here though) but a very inconclusive one.

Like there is no real feeling of this being a season ender. More of a midseason episode. Honestly if the show is not renewed, I will honestly just think this is a total waste of my viewing.

The series is not well liked on Rotten Tomatoes (38% at time of posting) or some critics. Amazon does male lead action shows fairly well. However this is not their best work. It's no Reacher, Butterfly or Jack Ryan.

Maybe pass on this one and save yourself for Gen V returning soon on Amazon.