James Wolk
Adrianne Palicki
Bryce Johnson
David Keith
Eloise Mumford
Alexandra Doke
Jon Voight
Mark Dekln
Premise
Robert Allen (James Wolk) is a Texas con-man who leads a secret double life. As "Bob," he is married to Cat and living in Houston while working for his oil-tycoon father-in-law. Four hundred miles away, he is "Robert" in a second life with girlfriend Lindsey. As he schemes to take control of the oil business and finds himself torn between the love of two women, he must fight to keep his web of lies from falling apart.
My 2Cents
So I've seen many commercials for the show over the last few months, as I am sure many of you have as well. I thought that this show looked very promising from those commercials or spots as they are called. Each time I seen it I felt a little more "in tune"with the show and what they want to express. In my eyes the show was hyped pretty well, not too much and not too little, just a perfect mix of spots and hype.
The show is very well put together, those spots were spot on for what the show creators wanted. The lead character Robert Allen (James Wolk) is a playboy con man and has a very tough time sometimes differentiating between the con and his heart. The character plays over very well for a con man as well as a family man which you can see barely any cracks in. The show starts off with one life and shows his love for one character and then before you know it he's going "home" to his wife and you are sitting there thinking "Wow he is Good!" Seriously you have to realize that this happens a lot in the "Real World" and the fact that these writers have it down so well is amazing.
In each of his lives he is trying to get something, trying to take everything from his respective "family". The women that love him are loyal and are blind to what he really is BUT the families that surround him are NOT so blind. Atleast in the case of his life as Bob in Houston the Brother-in-laws are a little hesitant and don't trust him as much as Cat does. This can become a breaking point in his life as part of the Oil Company and part of the family as a whole. Trust is a Con man's main concern and when that starts to fade his con becomes not so transparent and the cracks begin.
However in his life in Midland with his girlfriend, now fiancée at the end of the episode well soon-to-be wife, Lindsey, the lies are pretty well over as he is in the oil business there as well. He is making Lindsey's family rich and as he says he feels "whole" in Midland more so than he does in Houston with Cat, his Wife.
There is a catalyst in this show and it's the father figure John Allen (David Keith). He is a con man as well and in a way pulling the strings. He wants Robert to pull the con and get out, but with Robert its harder as he has feeling which is another Con Man No-No and John knows it. He tries his hardest to make Robert "Bob" know this but Robert has his own way of doing things and it may work out for the best, atleast he hopes. John has not been introduced to either "Life" as of yet but when he does I am sure it will set the world on fire for Robert and may make it even more difficult.
With that said at the midway point in the show he was going to say Good-Bye to his Midland life as he wasn't wanting to hurt Lindsey or her family but for some reason he went back. He is in Love as he says, in love with two women, two separate lives, two separate lies. At the end of the episode Robert and Lindsey are in Las Vegas and about to get married! Now the tangled web we weave as we go forth and deceive.
It is definitely an interesting show and it keeps you on the end of your seat as you don't know where the cracks will begin and which life will begin to take the back seat or crumble. Robert or Bob has a lot of explaining to do when this happens but which life will show cracks first you ask? Well you have to tune in an see every Monday night on Fox!
"Pilot" Episode Rating: 4/5
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