A young woman faces a dangerous task when she is followed by mysterious foes where she struggles with her exceptional abilities that have long coexisted with her. After waking up in the garden, you find that woman is facing total amnesia and surrounded by dead bodies. That woman must confront those conflicts and fight to uncover her past again and resume her position in Britain before the traitors can carry out their plans.
As entertaining as it may be, "The Rook" is subject to the danger inherent in shows of its type: that the puzzles it builds so elaborately won't have sufficiently interesting answers.
Surrounded by more or less friendly characters, and with a solemn tone that does not suit it, 'The Rook' is a nice and inconsequential pastime with which to combat the dog days. [Full review in Spanish]
The Rook ends up feeling like is an attempt to engineer a serious-minded companion to Counterpart, except one that lacks Counterpart's twisty complexity, nuanced approach to character duality and general depth.
The pilot is a beautifully made, neo-noir espionage thriller. But if you plan to stick with it, the series will lead you down strange and infuriating paths and you might feel swindled. Pity.
It's a show filled with intriguing ideas that sort of bounce around without really landing and the slick but frustratingly understated direction does little to liven it up.
Overall, The Rook feels like a missed opportunity, departing so far from its source material that it's lost its identity, while failing to build a new one that justifies its existence.
"The Rook" feels bogged down by what it lacks and what it offers. It's a little clunky in its structure and not great at explaining itself, despite lots of attempts.
