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There's a Problem With Resurrection

First of all, I am don't think I am going to spoil anything if you have not seen the show.  Just in case though, here is your warning:  POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD!!

 I got around to watching ABC's new show, Resurrection last night.  The idea seems interesting, long dead people returning to to their loved ones, unchanged from the moments before their death.

I do have a few complaints right off the bat.  Unfortunately for my wife, we have DVR and I was able to stop the show each time one of these "problems" arose.

The kid, Jacob, "wakes up" in China wearing a baseball jersey of a local team in Missouri.  So immigration officials are called in to get the kid back to the USA and find out where he belongs.  Agents get the call on Saturday and the kid is already at the airport waiting to be picked up.  How long was he in China?  Since Thursday, Wednesday?

So, let's get a list going

  1. While at the airport, a federal agent is trying to get Jacob to talk.  So he offers up his touchscreen smartphone with some games.  Jacob chooses Donkey Kong.  This is a great choice as it would fit the time of death perfectly.  DK was released in 1981 and this kid died in 1982.  Of course the agent had to tell him how to use the touchscreen to play the game.  However, when the agent asked where the Jacob was from, he somehow knew how to find an app on his phone and write, with his finger, "Arcadia."  How did an eight year old from 1982 not know how to use a touchscreen five minutes ago, and now is able to navigate the phone and write the name of his hometown?
  2. During the show, Jacob runs off into the woods to recover an item he left there in 1982.  He gets to the hiding spot of his treasure and pulls out a G.I.Joe.  In a flashback, it was revealed that his father gave him the toy.  This particular G.I. Joe was of the larger variety from the 1960's.  Sure, maybe his father gave him a vintage toy, but it is hard for me to believe.
  3. Finally, this bothered me more than was a "problem" with the logic of the show.  Remember how the kid was found in China, wearing that baseball jersey?  Well, the show progresses through to Sunday morning and Jacob is STILL WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES!!  Buy the kid some clothes!  He's been away for 32 years!  How long had he been in the same clothes?  
Anyway, I bet someone can explain all these "problems" I have with the show.



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