By Brianna Ciniglio

COLUMNIST

I saw an ad for “Minority Report” on YouTube and decided to check it out since it conveniently airs on Fox immediately after one of my current favorites, “Gotham.” I enjoyed the 2002 film of the same name that stars Tom Cruise, so I was curious how this spin-off would play out compared to the movie.

The show focuses on one of the Precogs from the movie, Dash. If you haven’t seen the movie, Precogs are mutated humans who can predict crimes, among other things. In the film they were kept in custody of the precrime department, whose goal was to stop crimes before they happened. Therefore, the three Precogs were only really seen when they were predicting crimes.

Looking at the lives of the Precogs was an interesting concept for a TV show, since the Precogs were such a fascinating aspect of the film but weren’t focused on as characters. In the show they are free from their precrime duties, as this department has been abolished, allowing them to live among the rest of society. The fact that Dash and his two siblings have these psychic abilities – which they often have trouble hiding – is amusing but hardly enough to make this a must-watch TV show.

I have deemed this show “interesting enough.” It’s the kind of show that is good to put on while you’re cleaning your room or going through some emails.

Every once and awhile there’s a good action scene that will catch your attention, but that small rush will only last for a few minutes throughout each episode.

The main characters are fairly entertaining. Dash has that adorably awkward personality and Lara Vega, the detective he works with, is a kick-ass fighter. Of course, there’s that predictable bit of romantic tension between them that will most likely play out somewhere down the line.

Dash and his siblings, the playboy Arthur and the stern Agatha, have a strayed relationship, which is one of the few aspects of the plotline that has kept me interested, especially considering that Agatha doesn’t trust Lara. Agatha’s suspicions led her to believe that Lara will betray the three Precogs.

The show is set in the future, which is another fun feature. It isn’t that far into the future that it’s a completely new and foreign world, though. There are a few added technological advancements and some little pokes of fun at our current society, such as when Lara’s mother says that she used to meet men on Tinder.

The show is somewhat predictable and is hardly an edge-of-your-seat crime or sci-fi thriller. But if there isn’t anything else on, it’s not a bad watch.