I'm a sci-fi fan so I've been looking forward to this series for a while. However, if the rest are anything like this, I know why ABC delayed it and decided to show it during the summer vs. fall. This was kind of painful to watch - the kind that comes from bad movie-making.
In general terms, this is about a psychiatrist trying to fish out memories from a patient. All of this takes place in the future and the patient only remembers what happened up a moment 24 years ago (he has Korsakov syndrome).
This sounds like a good setup for a sci-fi movie, but the movie was pretty bad. The actors sounded like they had hardly rehearsed. Sam Waterston and Judy Davis are great actors so I don't know what happened. It was painful to listen to their interaction - it seemed fake and contrived.
Although I won't go into details, the movie was ridiculously moralistic - stuff we have heard a thousand times and seen in countless shows (like the newer Outer Limits).
If you're a sci-fi fan, you'll probably feel the need to watch this. Be forewarned, though - it's probably not what you're expecting.