That's all the more disappointing given the performances at the heart of the show, which give Let the Right One In more compelling moments than the thriller surrounding them. The result is a show that's functional but never remarkable, a hybrid that lives but never finds a way to thrive. What's is alarming is how quickly Let the Right One In, the new Showtime series created by Andrew Hinderaker ( Away), reveals this show doesn't know how to answer the question, grafting elements of the original story onto a crime drama that's in turn grafted onto a science fiction series filled with mad science and bizarre experiments. Everything from Fargo to M*A*S*H has raised the question 'How does anyone turn that into a TV series?' then provided answers that put the question to rest. But TV history is filled with adaptations that seem like bad ideas that work out anyway. It's an unnerving, intimate tale of the friendship between a bullied boy and a mysterious new neighbor (seemingly) his age who travels with a middle-aged man, one that doesn't suggest storylines that can be stretched over multiple seasons. It shouldn't immediately be alarming that Let the Right One In - a 2004 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist previously turned into the 2008 Swedish film of the same name and remade in America as Let Me In (and a pair of plays and a comic series, too) - doesn't seem like a story that could be expanded into a TV series. Ian Foreman and Madison Taylor Baez, Let the Right One In Francisco Roman/SHOWTIME

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