What you need to know: Robert Allen(played by James Wolk) is a Texas con man living in two different cities, simultaneously trying to balance two different women and two different cons.
What You'll Love
The Cast: Solid all around, the series' lead is handsome and likable. The female costars are beautiful and have acting chops,the legendary Jon Voight adds depth.
Texas: Everything is bigger in Texas and the lone star state(pun intended )provides the perfect backdrop for this drama.
Complexity: It's impossible to watch this show for five minutes and not see the irony of this con artist living two lives that he's actually happy with, not to mention two wives. The show navigates it's tensions perfectly, in fact adding to them. In the pilot the lead character Robert Allen decides to go legit,(kind of) by using one con to fund another into a legitimate business venture.
What you'll hate
Low ratings: Lone star's rating's were abysmal, why is anyone's guess. The odds of a complete season airing are very slim at this point. Combine that with the fact that most shows ratings go down after the premiere and things look bleak indeed.
Trailers/TV spots: The majority of the premiere was spoiled by a three minute long trailer that could easily be found on You tube or the show's site. The plot points from the set up to the conclusion were all in the shows trailer. Perhaps it did it's job in getting me to watch, however it's seems that the advertising campaign could have benefited from a less is more approach.
Where do they go from here: The pilot is very strong, one of the reasons for this is that much of the story was crammed into the pilot. Truthfully it felt more like the first four episodes. It's hard to see how they are going to keep things interesting for another twelve episodes. The show's writers have shown considerable storytelling ability thus far, so they may be up to the task.
Bottom Line: Lone,star is a standout, critically acclaimed show, that just may be canceled very soon. Catch it while you can.
Grade: A
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