I know this is an old series, but I have to vent.
I watched the first two seasons a few years ago. Season one is fantastic, as long as you're able to suspend disbelief a bit (it's not that hard). The second season can't quite live up to it's promise, and I stalled at the beginning of season 3 (according to Netflix I watched 1 1/2 episodes).
A few weeks ago I decided to rewatch it, and maybe try to continue on to the end. Even though I could remember most of what was coming the first season still stands out. It' s a one-trick pony, but what a pony. They work the tension/release cycle almost to perfection over and over again.
Season 2 wasn't nearly as bad as I remember. I think going in with lowered expectations helps.
Which brings me to season 3: WTF? It begins with an interesting premise, and after a few episodes I figured it had settled on a tone of hardcore, cartoonish images, still floating in fantasyland above any sort of grim reality. Then, around episode 5, an event so ugly and awful and unnecessary and tasteless happens that I could barely believe what I was seeing. To make matters worse, it's an event that we've seen all to frequently in real news the past decade or more. I don't know who at FOX thought that this was even remotely passable.
I don't know if I'm going to continue. I think I've had enough. It is what it is - a potentially great series that lost it's way completely and dove straight for the bottom. You have to tread lightly if you're going to reside down there, and PB jumps into a bucket of concrete.
/rant
I watched the first two seasons a few years ago. Season one is fantastic, as long as you're able to suspend disbelief a bit (it's not that hard). The second season can't quite live up to it's promise, and I stalled at the beginning of season 3 (according to Netflix I watched 1 1/2 episodes).
A few weeks ago I decided to rewatch it, and maybe try to continue on to the end. Even though I could remember most of what was coming the first season still stands out. It' s a one-trick pony, but what a pony. They work the tension/release cycle almost to perfection over and over again.
Season 2 wasn't nearly as bad as I remember. I think going in with lowered expectations helps.
Which brings me to season 3: WTF? It begins with an interesting premise, and after a few episodes I figured it had settled on a tone of hardcore, cartoonish images, still floating in fantasyland above any sort of grim reality. Then, around episode 5, an event so ugly and awful and unnecessary and tasteless happens that I could barely believe what I was seeing. To make matters worse, it's an event that we've seen all to frequently in real news the past decade or more. I don't know who at FOX thought that this was even remotely passable.
I don't know if I'm going to continue. I think I've had enough. It is what it is - a potentially great series that lost it's way completely and dove straight for the bottom. You have to tread lightly if you're going to reside down there, and PB jumps into a bucket of concrete.
/rant