Become a specialist demands a lot of sacrifice, the series features a lot of training undergone by young FBI recruits who have come to the Quantico base.
Quantico is so taut and terrifically calibrated that it may out-Shonda ABC treasure Shonda Rhimes, the acknowledged master of sexy, twisty, expertly-paced dramas.
Though Quantico deals with some heavy stuff - the pilot episode alone features suicide, domestic violence and a terrorist attack - at its core, it's a heck of a lot of fun.
TV demands suspension of disbelief, but enough suspension to see Grand Central destroyed in the pilot? New York has suffered enough trauma; it doesn't need any more, especially rendered in the service of prime-time entertainment.
Lack of originality aside, the pilot offers a taut, surprising hour of thrills as it introduces its young characters and plants the seeds of their relationships.
If Grey's Anatomy set at Quantico with a long-term terrorism plot sounds bad to you, proceed no further: This is not your show. If it sounds kind of appealing, as it does to me, Quantico may be your least execrable show of fall.