Storytelling

It tied up some loose ends and overall was a solid episode. The actresses in this show did amazing as usual. This season overall didn't progress the in the woods story enough imo. It's like they are setting it up for 6-7 seasons which this show won't get. Was hoping this episode being the finale would really reveal a lot more that have alluded to but haven't. Would like to see them step the pacing up. I would compare it to why Lucifer got cancelled. They keep so much in their pocket the show doesn't move fast enough and loses viewership. Overall a decent episode and hope the writers strike ends so we can get a season 3. Thanks to the cast and crew for an overall good season/finale.

Ok, so this season we can all agree was not nearly as good as season 1. I have a theory about these shows that become popular but we're not intended to be so welcomed series's much like the show From for example. They never really thought out a solid season 2 to this show so what you get is kind of a messy bag for season 2. Almost forced together and outrageous shoddy plots that have holes everywhere. This whole season has been building up to something it doesn't deliver. We just get scenes in the wild that are for shock value but not much else. Then the group as they are now running around trying to cover up a murder and dealing with their own problems they "brought back" from the wilderness with them. The Finsle was not very good at all but much like the entire season it did not deliver. Still more questions that I don't even think the writers of the show know how to answer well. Sad to say this show really struggled this season and I don't know if they can recover , but there will be another season so who knows. I think they were not prepared and threw this season together on the fly. Just to many things going on that have t really gone anywhere.

This is one of the most disappointing seasons of TV I have ever watched. It's not the worst I've seen by a long stretch, but it went from one of the best I've seen in a while with season 1 to a complete mess of a season 2. The writers have completely lost the plot and don't seem to have a handle on who their characters are. Did they change the writer's room between seasons?

They can't seem to decide if they want to have some kind of quirky offbeat comedy drama or a serious psychological horror/survival thriller, and the shifts in tone are jarring. In addition, the characters don't act consistent with who they were in season 1, and the younger versions no longer resemble their adult selves. The worst offender is Nat who had a personality transplant this season. I kept waiting for some reveal that she was playing a long game all season, but no she just became a totally different person with no explanation.

The plot is all over the place. They introduce several meandering side plots that go nowhere and others that get wrapped up way too quickly with a couple lines of dialogue. I feel like they must have intended a 10th episode that was canned so they had to throw too much in this one, but with the downgrade of writing this season I don't think that's it. I think it's a consequence of wanting to drag this show out for years so they need to stuff the season with meaningless filler. This is not a show that needs 5+ seasons.

The ending of this finale should have made me feel all sorts of things, but I was largely un moved by most of it. It all just sort of randomly goes through the motions and I found myself just wanting to get it over with rather than the emotional impact the first season had

The only positive I can see is the acting that is consistently great. The younger cast is excellent all the way around. Just some phenomenal performances in spite of the writing they're dealing with. Christina Ricci, one of my first Hollywood crushes, continues to steal the show. Unfortunately, Lauren Ambrose who I love in almost everything she does was flat and didn't have enough to work with. I will give season 3 a shot because I love these characters, but I won't stick around for long if they don't raise the bar.

Season 1 was great. If you are expecting the show to carry that amount of quality in season 2 get ready to be disappointed. Not only did it disappoint in so many ways, the way how it ended the FBI story line was crazy. Poorly written and very poorly executed. I had high hopes for this show will skip season 3. Show deviates more towards cannibalism and very less towards the actual mystery in the forest. I felt like the show has lost its piece of realism which it had in season 1. A lot of unbelievable scenes. Did not feel the fear in the forest storyline at all. Overall just skip this season and the show. I can't see how this show will recover next season.

Episodes like this make me nostalgic for bygone times, when a tv season was a minimum of 13 episodes to 24 episodes.

Some of the story progress caught me off guard, with a couple 'NO WAY!' moment. Some of it was expected. Have to put it out there, they had so much interaction between Natalie and Lisa, it needed to pan-out before the season ended. Chekov would've rolled in his grave if it didn't.

Why would Natalie need a redemption arc, right? All the survivors felt equally vested into trauma. But as the story rolled on, the wilderness girls' decisions and acceptance from then on felt like a gut punch, 'oh snaps' moment.

Coach Ben, I liked you better in "The Originals." You had your pity arc, but then ....if he survives the wilderness, I would....burn down something beautiful.