TV Review: MOST DANGEROUS GAME: Season 1, Episodes 1-15 [Quibi]

Most Dangerous Game Season 1 Review 

Quibi‘s Most Dangerous Game: Season 1, Episodes 1-15 delivers the excitement, suspense, and appealing story line that the audience has hoped for.

Quibi’s Most Dangerous Game offers the punch of action and heartfelt emotion that is executed perfectly in 15 short episodes. With an intriguing cast, fast moving plot, and unforeseen events, there isn’t much to critique.

Morality of Situation

The plot of the series is non-arguably morally incorrect, which does multiple things for the audience. Firsthand, it makes us wonder how Miles (Christoph Waltz) can possibly get away with this operation, or “game”. As we learn, Miles lures his participants by devising a set-up that leads them to him. Miles has everything covered in the book, from having a man to cover up all the scenes to a full team tracking the whereabouts of all the participants. This scenario is clearly dystopian as this all takes place in the helm of Detroit, but it makes the season that much more interesting. Second, it took a while for me to wrap my head around that the game is comprised of killing, similar how it took Dodge (Liam Hemsworth) some time. Being hunted for sport is quite eerie, and is again another interesting feature to the story.

Cast

In my opinion, the cast could not have been more well constructed. Hemsworth is the perfect choice for Dodge being a fit and intelligent man, and he performs to that standard. Dodge is just a normal person from Detroit, and Hemsworth does a good job of showing the harsh reality of this challenge and what it does to him. What really caught my attention is the diversity between the hunters. The hunters are of all race, age, gender, and demographic background imaginable. Therefore, it shows that Miles is able to attract all kinds of people to his game and how normal these individuals view it as. The final episode captures that idea whole. When Nixon (Chris Webster) casually walks away from Dodge because the game is over, it brings to light that these people don’t participate for the kill; they participate for the hunt. I thought that was a really interesting takeaway.

Plot Analysis/Development

I thought the first few episodes were a little slow, but necessary to the plot. In order to understand why Dodge would make a decision like this, background information is needed and the first episodes gave that. They weren’t that exciting, but it set up the following episodes. I think the idea of Miles faking and staging his health condition is a cool touch- and makes us look back on those first opening episodes. It also gives me the assumption that Miles must have a tough time finding participants, since he had to give Dodge the idea that his family’s future depended on it. Not surprisingly, the real meat of the show is the hunt, and it is done well. The hunt shows what it can do to a person. Evidently, Dodge commits theft, murder, and does numerous things he wouldn’t ever think of doing to stay alive. Combining that with his many encounters with the hunters and his successful getaways provides for an entertaining show.

Final Thoughts

In the end, this series checks every box needed for an entertaining TV show. It is definitely different given the Quibi format, but I don’t hate it. Something about the feeling of flying through the episodes is satisfying, even though they are so short. The series is fun, suspenseful, and clever. The one question I am left with after the conclusion of the final episode is this: Did Miles really help Dodge?

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