Círculo cerrado

I will start with how some of the other positive reviews started, which is I don't understand the negative reviews.

The story flows so well, everything ties together so well without being too contrived. Each character is unique and the dialogue delivers the story, nothing is wasted.

All the performances were perfect for each character.

Each episodes leaves you wanting to know more, and by the last episode it fully realizes the circle and you feel fulfilled. You are never left confused.

Those who are complaining about this series must not like good shows or know what a good show is.

I will add, that it is best to watch this with subtitles because some of the accents are hard to follow.

Sadly this series was disappointing and not worth watching.

On one hand the story is at first intriguing but is then overshadowed by the bad script. I had high hopes for the series because of the great cast but the writing failed to deliver.

It feels like many people are biased in favour of Soderbergh. Yes he directed and produced the series but for me the writing is why the series is failing.

I really feel bad for the actors since their characters lack in depth and most of their odities don't make sense and are not explained. How they react to specific situation is just not normal behavior which would be okay if they had more depth and if the story would explain why they act like this.

Even the good and well known actors can't deliver because of the bad writing and seeing these actors beside the b movie type actors highlights the facts that a) the well known actors are miles away from their potential and shackled by the bad script and b) the b movie typ actors are really bad.

Sometimes it felt like a really bad indie/b movie type production which confused and irritated me even more.

People - i guess who are biased in favor of Soderbergh like to talk about the complexity of the plot but honestly this series isn't really complex. It feels like an attempt to excuse the bad writing.

A complex story isn't just an arbitrarily story. A complex story makes you think to try to make sense of what going on and gives you more and more information and details to see the logic behind the connecting events and characters - this story won't give you that. Plots are left alone without solving them. Interactions are meaningless or even create more confusion on why a characters is acting how they do.

Overall I really disliked the experience. Its one of the series you watch 60-70% of while being forgiving and giving the series a chance until you realize that it won't get better and notice that you can't ignore the big flaws any longer.

Disappointing.

The plot is quite interesting and keeps you wondering what will happen next. Actors are pretty good, but seeing Claire Danes made me feel like she was still playing Carrie from Homeland. She basically only has one aggressive expression. The dialogues were at times a bit tiring. Especially the annoying scenes involving Zazie Beetz (Mel Harmony). The story itself was not that credible, but still entertaining. Not sure about the creative camera-angles. It works sometimes, but feels somewhat unnecessary. I had a hard time keeping up with all the names and persons introduced, so this is not something you can watch half asleep. Would I recommend this to a friend? As a summertime view, yes. Will it stick with me? Definitely not.

Lots of bad reviews, generally, although a complex plot, it's a good show at heart. The only thing hard to take is the Postal Inspector character, she is so irritating and annoyingly smug, she works for the postal service but acts like she is an elite agent of the CIA or FBI, why people don't just tell her to go F herself, I don't know. She ruined nearly every episode, ruins every scene she was in. The ridiculous premise of this character always being ahead of the NYPD, the FBI, without any basis for this insightful knowledge is utterly baffling, such a good director should have known better.

But, if you follow the winding plot, it's worth it, the acting is good and It would have been an amazing show without the one annoying, unbelievable character.

Even Claire Danes couldn't save it. It seems like everything is ruined by poor directing. Chaos. Inconsistent atmosphere that makes you sometimes lose track of whether it's supposed to be thriller or comedy. Especially in the scenes with Timothy Olyphant. Lots of unreliable situations that don't allow you to immerse yourself. When it comes to the characters from Guyana, it feels like it's fantasy; when the scenes involve the wealthy family, it feels like it's drama. Lastly, I know New York well, and this is the first production set there that I don't believe it is. And it's not an advantage that they experimented with, for example, "a different NYC," no, it's another unreliable element. Because of all this, the whole series feels like you're grading a school assignment: "they did this wrong, that's good," instead of simply following the story.