The opening scene starts with a riveting crash of a prison transport plane in the barrens of Alaska. This unleashes all of the violent inmates into the snowy wild and the stories diverge into their various escapes, esp. the mysterious former CIA agent (Dominic Cooper). Jason Clarke is cast as the U.S. Marshall charged with tracking them down. The action sequences are well-done and mildly violent and that’s the best aspect of the series. The personal interactions tend to drag the pace, but they’re sufficiently involving to fill the time until the next bad event. Clarke’s character is more interesting in Hulu’s “Murdaugh: Death in the Family” (my review), but he still manages to juggle the challenges effectively. The plot wanders with the inevitable betrayals and revelations, but it’s still worth a watch, esp. for the riveting moments of action. (Review based on 7 out of 10 one-hour eps) 
(4 / 5)
