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Great series, only caught a couple of episodes when this was on TV and then missed the finish.
Excellent to be able to catch up on the whole series.
Highly recommended
5 Stars
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I remember watching "Nowhere Man" when it was a first run on Fox and thinking it was a really great show. Having the opportunity to watch it again after all this time confirms that view. Yes, some of the episodes are a morew than a bit "Dated" (The virtual reality episode being the most flagrant) but it still holds the suspense.The series bears more than a passing resembelence to "The Fugitive", another classic TV Series and movie.
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This was a great show, that never quite reached the audience it should have. Towards the end of its run, it got a little bit too silly (the virtual reality episode in particular, just didn't make any sense), but otherwise, this was a terrific show.
Production values on the DVD collection are terrific, as are the included extras.
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When I first started watching this show my first thought was "Wow, this is pretty ambitious stuff for early UPN." And it is. . .but it is also creating an illusion for the audience. That illusion being that they are telling a story with these episodes when in reality they are telling a bunch of little stories all based around the same premise: Tom Veil (Bruce Greenwood), a man who has had his identity stolen, wanders into whacked out situations and tries to prevent bad guys from catching him and stealing his negatives. So throughout 25 episodes the show meanders hither and yon, leaving a trail of loose ends in its wake. "Nowhere Man" travels through Nowhere America, we watch as Veil moves from one creepy small town to the next. They make references to places like Phoenix and Washington DC, but he would never be so brave as to venture into a place that you could find on a map. So while the show may not be as bold as the producers may have thought, it is still a good show that evades greatness by going after the fun/no brainer feel too hard.
Tom Veil in the only character that appears in every episode. Going for the artistic look they dress him up in a "Da Vinci Code" hair cut and a wide assortment of blue jeans. He's a good actor and carries the show even if he at times comes off as too calm and too in control. On his journey he meets a lot of colorful characters who engage him for one episode and then disappear forever. His wife shows up a few times, but since the integrity of the episode structure must be maintained she always has to disappear before the end credits role. My favorite one had Richard Kind playing a TV producer who has a show based on the life of Tom Veil. The cleverness comes from the show nearly breaking kayfabe and saying exactly what I was thinking. Yes, the heavies are too powerful! Yes, the show is too predictable! There are a few bombs to be found in this collection as well. One has Veil travel into a virtual reality world to track down the conspiracy. That one will have you laughing at the outlandish ideas these people had about computer technology back then.
The Tom Veil vs. The World narrative works very well, but you can see them straining to keep it interesting. As the season wears on you can see the dots begin to connect less and less and the storyline begins to take on something of a Lynchian feel to it. To their credit, the final revelation is not what you are expecting, but that doesn't mean all the pieces add up either. It does justify the strength of the heavies, but that is about it. My advice to you would be not to watch too many of these in a row. If you watch 2 or 3 at a time you can be overcome with escapist glee, kind of like an "Alias" episode. More than anything you will begin to realize just how conventional the show is if you watch more than 3 in a row. All that said, the show is far from a waste of time. It is dated, but it asks questions that are more relevant today than they were ten years ago. Is it better to live under a fascist or live on the run? Tom Veil choose to live on the run and continue his endless pursuit of the truth, and as this seasons shows that is something that is awfully hard to come by when facing off against the US government. Watch this show and enjoy the ride.
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I have waited several years for the DVD collection of Nowhere Man to become available. The story is about a man's journey to recover his identify after a secret government agency removes all traces of his existence -- At times he wonders if he is loosing his mind although most of his experiences reveal a sinister plot by this agency to obtain a photograph of an assacination he had taken -- The writing is intense and the acting - top notch!
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