There are some very interesting, culturally specific touches to In Your Dreams that tease a much more interesting adventure beyond the first two episodes watched for this review. Unfortunately, these first two installments can be a real test of patience—not necessarily because of a slower pace than expected, but because of how little the main plot moves forward. The series seems to want to establish its characters before anything else, which makes it even stranger that their development is made up primarily of cheesy comedy and confusing decisions made for the sake of kickstarting the plot. And when danger finally rolls around (in disappointingly short bursts), these characters just don't have the depth to inspire any concern over their well-being.

The difference between artifact hunter Dineo (played by Didintle Khunou, whom we first see jumping out of a plane and into uncharted territory) and bumbling Marcus and Lloyd (Jesse Suntele and Kiroshan Naidoo, respectively) is so stark and tonally mismatched that they really do feel like they belong in different shows. The actors themselves do well with what they've been given—and are the only reason that any comedy manages to land—but if the series had to pick just one perspective to focus on, Dineo's adventures really are so much more interesting, and they probably would've been able to breathe better without the two comic relief men.