Rosario Dawson's Web Series, Gemini Division, Starts Today

In NBC's "first original online series," Gemini Division, Rosario Dawson stars as NYPD cop Anna who "gets entangled in a war between artificial SIMs life forms and the covert 'Gemini' group." Apparently the series will include 50 episodes (er, webisodes), with the first one coming online today.

I've seen the first episode, and the premise is interesting enough — especially since the series begins with the murder of someone close to Anna, which she then strives to figure out — but so far, the way the series is shot it looks so silly, it's distracting.

Anna provides a ton of exposition in the form of video messages, and her stories are illustrated by clips. Still, it's basically Anna having a one-sided conversation with the camera. It's really hard to be pulled in by her, too; I don't know if it's Dawson as an actress or the awkward material, but so far, this ain't grabbing me.

The series supposedly starts today on the Gemini Division website, but for now all that's available to the public seems to be the trailer, which you can check out if you read more.

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