(CNN) Apple TV+'s rough start with original programming doesn't get any smoother with "Servant," an eerie new series produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who also directed the pilot. Shyamalan's movies are notorious for their outlandish twists, and his TV series (see the Fox show "Wayward Pines") have been characterized by similar qualities. But they have also exhibited a knack for over-stretching ideas and creatively running out of steam, something that "Servant" begins to do in near-record time. Created by Tony Basgallop, the series is so broadly drawn that its satirical aspects, in terms of privileged yuppies and parenting, get diluted. Those qualities do the performers no favors, especially Ambrose, whose character is problematic in a variety of ways.

Source: CNN November 28, 2019 14:26 UTC