Knightfall (TV Series, History Channel 2017)

Knightfall is the new drama about the mysterious Knights Templar of the past who fought in the Crusades. The first episode aired this week. It starts with them being forced out of the Holy Land and in the process lose the Holy Grail. It then jumps to 15 years later in Paris and the lead character Landry questioning what has become of their mission since all they have done in the past years is to become money lenders. I wanted to love this since I am a history buff and find the Knights Templar a fascinating topic. Can't say I fell in love. The sets and locations were well done and some good battle scenes. But it didn't really start out with characters that caught my eye. And the story line was a bit dull. However, there were a couple of interesting revelations in the last 10 minutes that got my attention. The preview of the upcoming weeks definitely gave me some more hope. I plan on giving it another try next week to see if it picks up. Jeremy Renner is one of the executive producers of this series.