Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

sageev I am a Buffy fan, so news of a British series that was similar without treading the same ground certainly piqued my interest. And, *initially*, this series certainly did deliver the goods, with Christina Cole presenting viewers with a serious, compelling portrayal of the series' main character, Cassie, who happened to be strikingly attractive (similar to Sarah Michelle Gellar's presentation of Buffy's titular character). Supporting characters were also done well, always in an orbit around Christina's luminous star, with Jemima Rooper being the stand-out supporting star (again similar to Buffy's Alyson Hannigan, who could lighten any scene or present emotional counterpoints in ways that complemented the main thrust of the show).The chief problem for viewers such as myself was Christina Cole's departure from the series, essentially like the ripping of the main mast out of a ship: the show lost its momentum, and the original plot lines were left unexplored (Cassie's destiny, what mistakes her ancestor(s) might have made with Azazeal, Azazeal's true mission, and more). Retooling of the series followed Cole's decision to leave, with a new main character (Laura Pyper's Ella) that would be used to guide future plot lines. Fans of the second season are quick to defend the remaining actors and actresses work, and deservedly so, but in my opinion, the retooling suffered from a couple issues. Ella was essentially a very competent witch, who excelled at her mission of demon-slaying: far too derivative of Buffy. Worse yet, this also removed the novelty of the series for me, because truly, the series seemed to be breaking ground with a non-comedic portrayal of a "good witch" at the beginning of her journey. I think the best solution would have been to start an entirely new series. The producers probably were hoping to keep the original Hex audience, but I think that plan backfired. Regardless, I will look back on the initial episodes of the series with pleasure, and dream of what could have been.

galensaysyes I've read that "Buffy" was a big success in the UK, playing in late afternoons and drawing complaints of too much sex for that time of day; "H Backward E X" was obviously Britain's attempt at an answer, offering a deal more sex--but a deal less violence, and no Buffy. Tedious at first, it gains in interest and appeal as it goes, partly by revealing at last something of what's going on--at least to a point that the viewer can follow the story--and acquiring a more attractive heroine; but it still leaves a feeling of dissatisfaction, if not distaste, and of having hoodwinked one past many narrative inconsistencies by some clever acting and staging. (Note: This review is based on the first ten episodes; perhaps the last nine correct all the faults and explains away all contradictions.) The first episode begins by introducing a back story from 200 years previous (which is never clarified, and is later dropped) and then moves to the present and to its heroine--not a Buffy, surprisingly, but a Carrie (her name is Cassie): a shy, unpopular girl who discovers wild talents in herself. Nobody remarks that she's more beautiful than anyone else at school, in fact could only be a model, although this is evident from her manner, which is modelly and affected. (She's described as shy and lacking in confidence, but neither these characteristics nor any others are very discernible.) By contrast there's a Willow--a comic-pathetic lesbian--as well as a Cordelia and a Xander (and, eventually, a Faith); but no Buffy, and no Giles--in other words, no active forces for goodness or wisdom. In fact, for a school story the show is much underpopulated; it gives the impression of the college's having about six students and only one teacher. (On the other hand, although the setting is described as a small village, there are enough young people about to burst the occupancy limits of the local clubs.) Almost immediately the heroine finds a jar in a rathole; this opens her up to a chain of nightmares, visions, hauntings, and more corporeal visits from a fallen angel, the show's archvillain, who however expresses his diabolic nature primarily by posing on hilltops and balconies like the Picture of Dorian Gray. He won't disclose what his object is or what part the heroine is to play in his acquiring it; and what mainly robs the first episodes of interest is this lack of a stake, of any consequence of any action she might take that would matter to her or anybody else. Later in the season things liven up: evil angel kills sidekick (by accident), gets heroine pregnant (by design)....Then along comes season 2; and the show bestirs itself--dispenses with the first heroine (none too soon) and brings in a second (the Faith), and demons--well, one. Heroine #2 is an improvement, at least by comparison: she does things; she Slays. Unlike Buffy, however, she doesn't dust evil spirits, she dispatches their human victims, and tries (but fails) to do the same to an infant. She does have her sympathetic side: she's a coke-sniffing, absinthe-drinking, boy-seducing decadent--but not decadent youth; she's out of her teens by some 300 or 2000 years, depending on who's telling it. How she can have lived so long, what she is, and why it's her task to be the villain's nemesis is not explained (here one sees again the need for a Giles). By this point, though, the villain's plan has been made manifest: he wants a son, both just to have one and so his 200 fellow angels can join him below. He's been working on it for 2000 years, but so far the heroine has stopped him by killing the expectant mothers.Now, this is stupid: in 2000 years evil angel could have impregnated enough women to repopulate the planet, more than his nemesis could have kept up with, and he could have kept close any he really wanted to protect. And the questions keep coming. For centuries nemesis has been killing mothers-to-be to prevent the evil angels' breaking through; now that they have, she's out to kill the baby and _this_ will stop them; have the rules changed? One of her victims on this go-round, she kills to no point, since he doesn't have the baby (her other victim is killed by accident--again). Nearly every piece of exposition is fractured, and clashes with something else. But despite all this, the show, having got rolling, takes on a flair and momentum that make it entertaining, and the actors intone the faux lore with the right portentousness.Best of all--the egg that holds the batter together--is the Willow, after she becomes a ghostly sidekick in the "Topper" tradition: a Shakespearean fool, providing a feed of sardonic counterpoint to a lone, and sometimes unwilling, hearer. In this instance she's also a consumer ghost--always eating, or showing off clothes stolen from corpses. One wonders why nobody notices the foodstuffs floating in midair or her companion talking to nobody (until this becomes a plot point); perhaps that's why the most fun is to be had at night when she does as she pleases in the vacant commons room. For a few episodes she enjoys a fling with another restless spirit, a rather Auntie-Mame-ish one, and their scenes together add some welcome zest, with a dash of erotic delight; indeed, for me, were the high point of the show. It's a shame the companion is spirited away between seasons, without explanation: one more anomaly, if anybody's counting.And for another: where's the hex?

ranirav_rodoya My opinion on the two seasons of Hex is somewhat divided, so I'll write a separate review on both of them: Season 1: Love it. The story was excellent, the atmosphere was very good and the characters were diverse and interesting. I liked the role of Cassie, much because she brings forth the best in Thelma, who is one of the bright point of this series. Azazeal makes a very good villain, as he is clearly very complex and obviously has more sides to him than just the evil one. Season 1 gets a 10 out of 10 from me.Season 2: I really don't know where to begin. It started off so good, but lost so much of it's charm as it went on. I'm not saying that I hated it, but there are just too many things I didn't like.I found it very sad that almost all the lead characters leaves the series halfway through the second season, and the dramatical changes in in the remaining characters renders me confused and uneasy. Leon is such an example, who is by himself not a bad character at all in the second season, but is too different compared to season 1. With Cassie gone, Ella had to cover the role as the sensitive and sobbing heroine, which came to much in conflict with her original role as the disciplined, cold-hearted warrior. A little emotion is just fine and adds complexity to her character, but this gets way out of hand. Thelma also lost a lot of her charm, as she become more treacherous and backstabbing. However, I did like the role of Archangel Raphael, who was amusing.And at last, the story didn't cut it for me. The obstacles the characters have to overcome becomes fussy and makes you question what they're actually doing. There are too many loose ends from season 1. And it doesn't make any sense that Malachi suddenly has a grand evil plan in during the last episodes, when he earlier on was kind of a "twilight"-character, neither all good or evil. Season 2 underwent too much re-invention in my opinion. A 5 of 10.

tsasa198 "Hex," more than any other show I can remember, plays for keeps. If henceforth all TV shows were this brave then TV would easily pass film as the most important artistic medium today. The problem is that TV depends too much on maintaining the status quo. Of course this problem has gotten better in recent years (and I'll happily give the credit to HBO), but still producers are too afraid to alienate their audience. Thus if you look back at any given show you will notice that very little changes from one season premiere to the next. The Desperate Housewives still live close by and Vince Chase still has his Entourage. My point being that "Hex" is not afraid of change. New characters replace old ones and nothing ever stays the same. If this season were a film instead of a TV show you would be hard pressed to find the lines between the episodes. We have also been trained to never believe a characters death (I'm looking at you "Alias"), and because of that this show had the ability to legitimately rattle me, in a good way.The story is quite Harry Potter-ish. A student at a boarding school gains supernatural powers and is thrust into a battle between good and evil. The main difference being that our hero here, Cassie, is not all good and much better looking. Strong characters are established from the get go. Besides Cassie we also have Thelma, her lesbian ghost roommate. Jemima Rooper who plays Thelma is the star as she represents the moral center of the show. She is good-hearted, but defiant, sex crazed but unable to do anything about it. If I were to have a complaint about the show it would be the shorthand they use to distinguish between good and evil. The theory of the shows seems to be that only evildoers enjoy bodily pleasures such as sex and smoking. This line of thought is very Puritanical and I found it annoying. By the time the monsters showed up on campus I really wasn't very excited to see them. I wanted more of the relationship between Cassie and Thelma. I know the otherworldly stuff is why people tune in to a show called "Hex," but in this case they didn't need it.If I were to find one theme from this season it would be that it sucks to be a girl in modern society because you are exploited for your body. We ca probably all agree that this world we live in is filled with evil. But being a guy I really have no concept of what it is like to have everybody I meet only be interested in having sex with me and my child bearing ability. These two things are the only things Azazeal wanted from Cassie. And because Cassie gave in to him she had to pay the price. This show is no masterpiece but it is darn good. The comparisons to "Buffy" are obvious, but this show is twice as good as that one. "Buffy" was a slave to the episodic nature of TV, whereas "Hex" sheds that skin and creates an experience that is nearly cinematic.