Butterfly - Pilot
Based on the graphic novel of the same name, our story opens with a spy (Daniel Dae Kim) hunting an assassin (Reina Hardesty) in South Korea on the night she kills an American ambassador. The twist? These characters are revealed to be a father and daughter who haven't seen each other in nine years when Rebecca believed her father was killed. Adding more intrigue to the proceedings is Piper Perabo as Rebecca's boss Juno, in charge of the private covert organization which David helped found. Revealing its secrets slowly, the first half of the "Pilot" follows David attempt to arrange a meeting following Rebecca's successful hit and, when that fails, the remainder of the episode involves him setting up a new meeting that unfortunately puts his anonymity at stake.
After a single episode I am so onboard to see where this story goes. Butterfly offers a great setup with plenty of story to still be explored. We get a hit, plenty of spy craft from both characters, and all of it beautiful shot b cinematographer Kanamé Onoyama. We end with David and Rebecca together again but still enough questions and distrust to make in unclear what direction the show will take next. While I look forward to see Perabo's baddie backstory explored, and more of her as the show's villain, it's the relationship between father and daughter that should carry the emotional weight of the story forward with their reunion working naturally to allow secrets to be revealed.
- Title: Butterfly - Pilot
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- Title: Butterfly - Pilot
- IMDb: link
