Very good 1st episode. A couple of contrived elements to set the plot possibility of development, but suspenceful enough to make you look forward to the unfolding of events. Let’s hope it won’t be yet another ultimate letdown on the final stretch to a disappointing conclusion, as I find most tv shows are of late. Like “The Undoing”, for instance. Fingers crossed.

Definition of action

1a : a thing done : deed
b : the accomplishment of a thing usually over a period of time, in stages, or with the possibility of repetition
c actions plural : behavior, conduct unscrupulous actions
d : initiative, enterprise a man of action
2 : an act of will an emergency requiring action
3 : the bringing about of an alteration by force or through a natural agency the action of water on rocks
4 : the manner or method of performing:
a : an actor’s or speaker’s deportment or expression by means of attitude, voice, and gesture An actor’s words and actions should agree.
b : the style of movement of the feet and legs (as of a horse)
c : a function of the body or one of its parts
5 : the initiating of a proceeding in a court of justice by which one demands or enforces one’s right also : the proceeding itself
6a(1) : an engagement between troops or ships
(2) : combat in war gallantry in action
b(1) : an event or series of events forming a literary composition Most of the play’s action takes place in a courtroom.
(2) : the unfolding of the events of a drama or work of fiction : plot As the action unfolds, we learn more about the hero’s family.
(3) : the movement of incidents in a plot a movie that is two hours of nonstop action
c : the combination of circumstances that constitute the subject matter of a painting or sculpture
7a : an operating mechanism
b : the manner in which a mechanism or instrument operates a drill’s twisting action
c : the degree of resistance of a musical instrument to being played Next in consideration is the “action” of the guitar, which from the standpoint of playability, is of utmost importance.— Aaron Shearer especially : the response or resistance of keys in a keyboard-operated instrument to the player’s or operator’s fingers I went to the piano and played but had great difficulty … because the piano had such stiff action. — Horace Silver
8a : the price movement and trading volume of a commodity, security, or market
b : the process of betting including the offering and acceptance of a bet and determination of a winner
c : financial gain or an opportunity for financial gain a piece of the action

Spoiler Alert:

I can’t believe how they just off’d him like they did without warning or feeling like his story was complete…… Maybe that was the point… Didn’t see that coming though…