It is a comedy and drama series reflect the events of World War II. The series revolves around Yossarian and his friends who started training to become flyers in California before moving to an Air Force base on Italian island of Bianusa. This team must undertake nineteen risky missions. There is a new colonel who takes command and immediately increases the share of the mission on Yossarian and his friends, where Yossarian realizes that things have become very difficult.
Catch-22 isn't quite wild enough to join TV's elite satires or sharp enough to leave a mark as lasting as its source material. But it has its moments, and those moments add up to an entrancing experience.
I like what they've done with it here overall. It may not be crammed full to bursting with amazing comic actors, the way Nichols' half-right movie was. It's softer, I guess. But it's not soft-headed.
For a series that gradually loses its sharpness in its commentary on power and masculinity in wartime, Abbott's performance constantly reminds you of what's so great about Heller's book.
