'The Returned' on Sundance Channel: Good, bad, indifferent?

In the next 24 hours, you will hear a lot about the Sundance Channel's new quasi-zombie series, "The Returned," from Canal +, which arrives with all of those sorts of plaudits that should make you wary, if not suspicious... Scary! Bone-chilling! Brilliant! Etc. 

But it's none of those things. My review, below, offers an overview, but I think the best advice I could give viewers is wait-and-see. "The Returned" is a good binging project --there are eight episodes -- though there are long stretches that will try the patience of even the most patient viewer, while those looking for anything remotely "frightening" best move along. Meanwhile, I am struck by the superficial similarities here with ABC's midseason series, "Resurrection"...

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