The series starts in a mansion that houses Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero), Rita Farr (April Bowlby playing Elasti-Girl, although she's never given that name in this season), Larry Trainor (Matt Bomer playing Negative Man, again not so titled in this), and Cliff Steele (Brendan Fraser as Robotman). They are "kept safe" from a world that considers them freaks by "the Chief," Niles Caulder (Timothy Dalton). After 30 years of isolation in the mansion, they venture out into the streets of a nearby town (those of us under COVID-19 lock-down can understand the desire to get out). Their outing draws the attention of Mr. Nobody (Alan Tudyk, vamping it up in his perpetual role). The Chief and Jane (and the entire town) are sucked into Mr. Nobody's vortex, although in the second episode Jane and the town are ejected back into reality by being vomited up by a donkey. The rest of the series (nearly 15 hours of it) sees them slowly gaining momentum, trying to locate and rescue the Chief.

This is, as one reviewer put it, committed to its weirdness. They thought that was a good thing, but I disagree. It's mildly interesting by virtue of being batshit crazy, but that's not enough to make it absorbing. For that, you still need good writing. And the writing in this just isn't that great. I got through the entire series (most of it at 1.5x) so I admit I kept watching, but it's just not that good. I guess I liked the characters, so that's something ...