Departure

TV-14

18 episodes3 seasons

US Release

~ The journey's over. The lies have just begun. ~

Overview:

Follow the mystery of Flight 716 - a passenger plane that vanishes over the Atlantic Ocean. Following the mysterious crash, recently widowed, brilliant aviation investigator Kendra Malley is called in to investigate by her former boss and mentor Howard Lawson.

Created by:

Vincent Shiao

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

7/10/2019

Last air date:

11/10/2022

Key words:

airplane
conspiracy
airplane accident
blunt

Seasons

Season 1

6 Episodes

Season 2

6 Episodes

Season 3

6 Episodes

Cast

Archie Panjabi

~ as ~

Kendra O'Malley

Mark Rendall

~ as ~

Theo Barker

Kristen Holden-Ried

~ as ~

Dom Hayes

Christopher Plummer

~ as ~

Howard Lawson

David Hewlett

~ as ~

Bill Ratch

Patrick Sabongui

~ as ~

Shakir Urgessa

Dion Johnstone

~ as ~

Jordan Cole

Kelly McCormack

~ as ~

Charlotte

Etienne Kellici

~ as ~

Lucas

Claire Forlani

~ as ~

Janet

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Reviews (1)

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jw
Written 7 month(s) ago
5
red herrings and simplistic patterns

What "Departure" does well is throwing red herrings, lots of them. Distracting in many ways so the solution takes time, getting there step by step, following leads and making mistakes.

The acting is OK, the production quality as well, nothing to get excited about - or annoyed by. It delays and distracts, but with detours, not filler scenes.

So it could be considered OK-ish, entertaining, if it weren't for one thing: its gender/sex politics.

The good guys are always men. Women can show adoration or remorse; but they don't get to take decisions or decisive actions. The bad people are all women...

Wait, that's wrong. "Departure" does the exact opposite.

Save for a single token female low-rank "baddie" in two seasons of "Departure", it is exactly like that: Men are always criminals, or do wrong and show remorse, or are helpful "allies" in the back. Everything of importance, everything positive, is done by women.

A bit cheap, that. But that's how "Departure" works. Very predictable in this regard; and that makes it far too easy to spot the distractions and the solution.