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This show has the same obsession that The Sopranos and Mad Men had with people being mostly incapable of change, but doesn't have the writing talent to make it fun to watch characters relapse. Instead, it just feels like the show itself relapsing. I still enjoyed the season, though.
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Steve2911 posted:I can't really agree with that. Even if characters don't become perfect people overnight they've mostly had pretty significant development and changed some lovely behaviours for the better. Or at least started on the road to doing so. Fair enough. I definitely got the show's message wrong -- It's actually pretty optimistic and believes in our ability to change. It's still tiresome as poo poo to watch people's failures to change in this show, though. And while it's realistic that Suzanne and Lorna can't escape mental illness, I'm pretty sick of them, too. The fact that they "don't become perfect people overnight" is kind of the focus here, because while I understand that it would be bad writing and I would complain more about that happening, there's something off about how it currently works. It makes me wonder if I'm annoyed with the show for being written poorly, or with humans for acting the way the show accurately portrays them. The latter fits pretty well with my perception of the things I find fascinating about the show.
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