The first season was brilliant and one of the last shows to do something really creative in terms of non-linear storytelling. The second season was good but not nearly as good. From the third season on it felt like self-parody. It has all these worthless characters it refuses to let go. The previous season featured a condescending white savior plot ripped from Finding Forrester. The characters went from seeming like normal people to being written as if they’re sexually irresistible. (Helen, a middle aged woman who has been married twice and is raising four kids, is dating a famous movie star) The last two and a half episodes have been a lengthy dialogue about rape culture. I could go on about how embarrassing this show is and maybe once it’s over I’ll do a full autopsy but holy shit this is bad.
The one redeeming value is how self-confident it is. It never feels phoned-in, you can tell the writers believe it’s as great as it was when it started. What the fuck is going on with this show?
Submitted October 20, 2019 at 10:39PM by Pawnstarfan69 https://ift.tt/2W0lQG4
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