Love triangles, attractive teenagers, and plenty of mystery and intrigue—No I am not talking about The CW's cult phenomenon The Vampire Diaries but new series The Secret Circle from TVD producer Kevin Williamson.
Gone is the The Vampire Diaries's Mystic Grill and in its place is The Boathouse Grill, and Life Unexpected's Britt Robertson is the protagonist, Cassie Blake. The series features similar spooky and eerie cinematography from its sister show, and opens with a bang in a haunting murder sequence. Williamson's writing is at its best here, and in many ways the dialogue in this pilot is much better than that of The Vampire Diaries.
But while the Pilot Episode had its moments, the show is not nearly as good as Vampire Diaries. Sure, it took some time for Vampire Diaries to take off, but at least that Pilot Episode actually had substantially engaging characters and a plot that moved forward and kept you wanting more. In this case however, The Secret Circle simply left be clueless and confused rather than intrigued. The Pilot Episode went by quickly, but I felt like nothing happened. We simply were given a lot of questions and little to no character development.
Britt Robertson is talented and portrays the female lead role of Cassie Blake very well, but standing beside her costars she looks a lot younger, making the other stars in the show look like they don't belong in high school. Thomas Dekker was decent as Cassie's potential love interest, Adam, but the true shining star is Phoebe Tonkin as resident bad girl Faye Chamberlain. Tonkin is so sassy and ruthless she gives Ian Somerhalder a run for favorite badass on TV. Gale Harold is also a standout in the Pilot, playing the Big Bad and father to Shelley Hennig's character Diana.
The Secret Circle was indeed mysterious, and Kevin Williamson proves that he is a mastermind of the teen supernatural genre, but whether or not this show is worth investing time in is uncertain. Maybe the pace will be picked up in the following episodes, but as of now there seems to be just too much of the "secret" element to the show and not enough character development with the people in the "circle".
The Secret Circle premieres Thursday, September 15 at 9/8c on The CW
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