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No Lifer
- Jul 12, 2006
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season 3 is rather tough to get through, tbh. It lulled for several episodes and almost entirely put me off.
That was also my major criticism of the series--way too much antihero, not a single principle character worth caring about...well, for "thinking" audiences anyway. It's weird--Walter White was created and written to engender hate and dislike in the audience. You aren't supposed to like him, but "bad audience" syndrome created a fan base for this morally repugnant individual.
Probably the easiest to pull for would be Hank and Saul (Even though he is scummy, Saul is certainly likable). This is what makes season 3 (or is it 4) rough to watch--Hank spends much of that season in a very dark place and it's just very hard to stick with him.
Still, taken as a whole, it is a great series, extremely well-written and worth the ride.
For more on the "bad audience" syndrome: Fans that actually don't "get" what they are watching, but claim they do, and love it. Think: All in the Family
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/07/the-great-divide-3
That was also my major criticism of the series--way too much antihero, not a single principle character worth caring about...well, for "thinking" audiences anyway. It's weird--Walter White was created and written to engender hate and dislike in the audience. You aren't supposed to like him, but "bad audience" syndrome created a fan base for this morally repugnant individual.
Probably the easiest to pull for would be Hank and Saul (Even though he is scummy, Saul is certainly likable). This is what makes season 3 (or is it 4) rough to watch--Hank spends much of that season in a very dark place and it's just very hard to stick with him.
Still, taken as a whole, it is a great series, extremely well-written and worth the ride.
For more on the "bad audience" syndrome: Fans that actually don't "get" what they are watching, but claim they do, and love it. Think: All in the Family
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/07/the-great-divide-3