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Went into the first season with no expectations and was largely blown away. It wasn't perfect—the Ellen Page storyline dragged and was too predictable—but the show was overall a joyous romp. Looking forward to season 2, though have been terribly jaded of late by great shows trying to followup on their success and falling so flat as to detract from how good the first season was... It's one of several shows that made me realize that, for all that people love to complain about the dregs produced by the ocean of streaming content, the overall output of great TV is higher than ever and incredible shows that might once have seized a place in the public zeitgeist make barely a blip because there's just so much quality content.
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Binged the first six episodes second season tonight as what else am I gonna do on a Friday night during Covid? The first three episodes or so were good, but the screenwriting was a tad off. After that, things tightened up and the next three episodes were solid. Looking forward to the rest, but wish the Netflix episode descriptions didn't contain major spoilers. One weird thing that really doesn't deserve a spoiler tag: when Luther and Allison meet up at the busy BBQ joint, there's a two-second shot where it's just them. If it were a little longer and had the right musical notes with it, I'd have thought it was an intentional "they've found one another again, nothing else matters" sort of shot, but it seemed just like an outright editing mistake as it was...
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I thought the first season was better, but I'm happy with the the second overall. I still think there were major issues with, I don't know, the editing? Just the way shots were slapped together at times seemed abnormally sloppy. Other issue (general S2 spoilers): Also would have liked the villain to have more... weight? The Handler specifically and the Commission more broadly had repeatedly shown themselves to be inept and bumbling, so I never felt they raised the stakes. We're told over and over that the Commission is insanely dangerous, but only Hazel and Cha-Cha, the Swedes, and Lila ever really seem a threat. Kind of similar to how the First Order in the Star Wars sequels seemed like just a handful of comically-butterfingered goons when they should have been the ominous heirs to the powerful and regimented Galactic Empire.
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Aug 2, 2020 06:23
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Collateral posted:I literally just started s2 so I'm not clicking those spoilers, but....(S1 spoiler I suppose but there may be new viewers) Isn't Klaus supposed to be in Viet Nam about now? Or was later?
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