Ep11 - Majority of Singaporeans speak English! I think the writers were thinking of Indonesian or Malaysian nationals?!

Other than that, I do appreciate the great audio production (mix sounds amazing) and lighting and video work is stellar.

Storyline is rather predictable. However Jensen Ackles makes things entertaining. He's stuck with it since Dark Angel and season after season of Supernatural. That earns him my respect.

Show starts for lack of a better term, awkward. Unsure if that's a writing/acting choice with a new task force coming together, or just clunky. But it's obvious.

Luckily, there is enough substance and intrigue with characters to get you through the first couple of episodes into what I would think is a fairly decent show. At least it had me turning up each week.

The decision to run with E10, is was not my preference and missed the mark. However, I'll count E11 as season 2 and get on with it.

Overall, I think the actors do great, music score and filming is good. But writing could use a writer's room to flesh out some of the dialogue and plot holes. Worth a watch and a season 2. But don't expect brilliance.

This is a good show but don't watch past episode 10, where season one really should have ended. The next 3 episodes are basically a new season/story BUT it abruptly stops at episode 13 with no info on when or if they will finish that story. I don't know what they were thinking but we were mad to be left hanging.

I've been looking forward to Countdown ever since I first saw the trailer for this. I started watching this with my brother the day it came out and we both loved it. It all starts and ends with another strong performance from Jensen Ackles. He plays LAPD detective Mark Meachum, who is recruited to a secret task force with undercover agents from all different types of law enforcement. They're brought together to hunt for a killer who murdered an officer with Homeland Security. As they investigate they find out a plot much worse than one murder victim. From there they have to race against time to save millions of people. There is plenty of action and drama to keep you wanting more. I can't recommend this series enough.

The writing of dialogue and scenes varied from poor to very good throughout the first 13 episodes. As others have stated, the series stopped in the middle of a core story line. Did the production get cut short or were producers and writers short-changing viewers by the way things were left at the end? The cast did a professional job, others not so much.