Answer for Heaven (2019)

This cross-genre series could have been a lo of fun given that it has elements of supernatural, crime and mystery. Unfortunately, a lot of potential is wasted.

An angel, Tep, wants to find out why human beings are not doing enough good to go to heaven. No human being has made it there for the past fifty years, and, judging by how the angels in heaven can congregate and form a rather small circle, I'm not sure how many people have made it there in the last 50 000 years. On earth, Tep bumps into Add, a reporter, and Tep ends up as Add's colleague in a news agency.

The supernatural concept is barely taken further even though it could have led to many funny and interesting situations. Add is able to become invisible, but his ability is seldom used and, when used, seldom leads to anything interesting.

Add is made to be a crime reporter against his wishes, and the criminal cases could, once again, have led to interesting situations for the angel and reporter pair, but the potential is once again wasted. Perhaps the intention is to focus more on Tep's mission to understand why humans are not doing good, but even this part is rather blundered. Tep vacillates between gaining insight into human beings and being even more confused than ever. (Maybe that's the point, but it's not a point that is made particularly well.)

There are some continuity issues, with events happening and leaving the viewer to think and go, "Ok..... so ....X must have happened even though it is not shown." It sometimes feels like a show that has had parts snipped by censors though this probably isn't the case since the "missing" bits do not seem like they have stuff that can be censored.

There are still things that make the series watchable. Some parts are done better than others (e.g. the part about the retired soldier threatening to bomb up a place, but the quality isn't sustained. Fluke is rather good in playing his part as Add, and his animated expressions are a nice contrast to Sunny's deadpan expressions as the angel.

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