BEFORE

In a departure from his usual roles, Billy Crystal is psychiatrist Eli, who takes on a young patient named Noah (Jacobi Jupe). Noah experiences strange visions that he thinks are real and acts visibly haunted. As Eli grapples with the recent suicide of his wife (played by Judith Light as Lynn) he begins to unravel and starts to believe he is somehow connected to Noah. Sitting through ten episodes of this series was a struggle and truth be told, I wanted to quit after the first two. I hung in there, hoping it would finish strongly, but it didn’t. The pacing was slow, the content felt repetitive, and the plot was dull and illogical. I didn’t care for any of the characters, who were underdeveloped thanks to subpar writing. The ending was fanciful and silly. Such a disappointment.