The premise of NBC's new summer filler, Persons Unknown, is very familiar: Abduct a group of seemingly unconnected strangers, have them wake up in some remote place, and let them try to either work together find a way out ... or force them to kill each other off to win their supposed freedom. This infamous cat-and-mouse game has been told and re-told in various venues and genres: the never-ending SAW franchise, the cult scifi indie CUBE films, and of course, the classic tv series, The Prisoner. And since the ABC series, LOST, has finally found some closure, folks may feel right at home with Persons Unknown (although, there is no plane crash, mysterious island, or a thousand other things that should never be compared to this new series). I wanted to post this on the All 4 Horror website, because I felt like this was the creepiest television show I have seen in quite sometime. And not surprising, as the creator for Persons Unknown is non other than Christopher McQuarrie, who wrote one of the finest mystery films of all-time, The Usual Suspects. And if you are wondering if the hairs on the back of my neck stood up while watching the premiere, just as it had for the aforementioned shows and The Usual Suspects ... the answer is HELL YEAH!

If you haven't seen the first episode, the following contains spoilers ...