By Curt Schleier

“There’s here and out there, and out there nothing good can happen. Do you get me?”
   
That’s what Danny Brogan (David Morrissey) tells his wife, Evelyn (Lucy Cohu), about their new digs in the MEADOWLANDS, a development populated by Brits in the witness protection program.
   
But, the truth of the matter is that it’s not really safe for folks in the MEADOWLANDS, either. Even worse, it can be dangerous for viewers who get bored easily and haven’t moved sharp-edged furniture from the immediate viewing area. There was a point when I almost dozed off and my head nearly hit an end table. But, that’s just me.
   
Let’s talk about safety. In the premiere episode, handyman Jack Donnelly (Tom Hardy) gets his faced smashed in when he makes improper advances towards Brogan’s daughter Zoe (Felicity Zones). In this episode, he gets killed when he makes improper advances towards Brogan’s son, Mark (Harry Treadaway).
   
In a town populated by people in the witness program, everyone has secrets and nothing is as it appears. Take Mark for instance: He has ADD and autism, among the list of his problems. Now, it turns out he’s also a cross-dresser and possibly gay. When Jack runs to his house in search of Mark’s twin, Zoe, he finds Mark dressed as a woman and brutally attacks him.
   
Danny comes home, sees the attack and kills Jack. It’s graphic and loud and woke me from my snooze. 
   
This brings me to dozing off. Early in the episode, Jack revealed his past to Zoe.  He’d kidnapped a woman, held her prisoner and inadvertently killed her. Zoe wants to know why he isn’t in prison. He says it was because he was 14 when he did it — implying the authorities couldn’t put him in prison.
   
Well, actually they could. Even if it’s a prison for teenagers or a metal institution, they would put him somewhere. But, they certainly wouldn’t allow him out in public — even if public is a place for people in the witness protection program.
   
We’re a quarter of the way through this eight-part series, and I’m no closer to figuring out what’s going on. What did Danny do that brought him here? What’s the mysterious fire he has constant flashbacks about? Why do I bother?
   
I have to go now to pad my little TV room in preparation for episode three.  If you are going to watch too, be careful out there.