When We Go

I reluctantly tried to watch episode 2, 15 minutes was enough for me. For me, this is a childish amateur performance by stupid adult uncles and aunts who have learned the tricks of "Lost" to deceive the viewer by stretching everything possible. The creators just enjoy the nonsense that they add on the go, coming up with incompetent, formulaic phrases like: stumbled - woke up... I'm not discouraging you from watching, watch if you like.

The third season convinced me that the creators are in a creative crisis and apart from a sentimental domestic drama they have nothing to offer the viewer. Characters who once aroused interest and curiosity have now become lifeless puppets, moving according to a script devoid of originality. Each new episode brings the same hackneyed cliches and monumentally predictable plot twists.

The dialogues have become flat and strained, and attempts to add drama look pathetic and inept. It is sad to see how a once promising project slides into a banal melodrama with obvious moves and stereotypical characters. Even the musical accompaniment, which used to create an atmosphere, now only serves as a background for indistinct and repetitive scenes.

Attempts to re-interest the viewer with unusual storylines and confusing mysteries look like pathetic attempts to cling to the remnants of former glory. Instead of creativity and originality, we see a pipeline of template solutions that do not in the least contribute to the development of the plot or the growth of characters.

However, if you are satisfied with all this, keep watching. Perhaps, among all these cliches and newly minted plot loops, there is something that will hook you. As they say, there are no companions for taste and color, and there will always be exceptions to every rule. Perhaps this series is not for me at all, but it can resonate in someone's soul, causing awe and interest where I see only a creative dead end.

This episode was exceptional in a ton of different ways. It was not action packed like the previous episode but it was about the people, the aftermath of everything that happened in the previous episode. I felt like everyone brought their A game and this episode revealed some things that will alter a lot of things. I'm really excited to see where things go from here with different relationships with different characters, different mysteries popping up while certain things are being explained. I have been riveted through the first two episodes of season 3 and I'm hoping this is able to continue for the entire season.

Ended up turning this episode off after 15 minutes. Episode 1 of season 3 was not great, a lot slower, a lot more drama filler that doesn't progress the story line, a lot more depressing, and it's starting to feel like it's flirting with torture porn. I was hoping it was just a weak start to a new season so reset my expectations and gave it another go with episode 2 and I can now saw that I am now officially done with this show. It has gone from being an intriguing, edge of your seat, sci-fi mystery thriller in season 1 (and season 2 to a lesser extent) to a bleak, depressing dystopian soap opera where it's become painfully obvious the writers are trying to stall for time. The whole torture porn vibe is back making it apparent that is the direction they wanted season 3 to go in. It reminds me slightly of Lost in that it genuinely feels like the writers don't know where to take this show so they're digging their heels in trying to stall for time with character drama and violence - cheap filler that does not progress the storyline.

Reading through some of the posts on here always depresses me. Why can't people just enjoy the mystery? Here's a secret that should be obvious to everyone but for some reason appears not to be: Answers to the questions who, what, where, when, why, how will **never** be satisfying in a show like this. This is fiction. The most satisfying and amazing answer will be supernatural and illogical because the characters are experiencing something supernatural and illogical.

One of my favorite scenes in season 1 is when someone asks "What if we didn't survive the accident?" because that's not only a logical question given their circumstances, it's also a possible explanation for the viewer to understand what's happening. Can you imagine the disappointment you'd feel if they were all just dead? Exactly: Every explanation for their circumstances will feel disappointing because there is no explanation for what's happening to them that will feel rooted in reality.

I think we all know that "Lost" attempted to answer those questions and people still haven't forgiven it. Other shows like The Leftovers and Twin Peaks (to a certain extent), are celebrated, in part, because they maintained an enigma throughout. Whatever explanation we got was either through the perspective of the main characters or so convoluted and bizarre that no one even remembers it. I mean, The Leftovers theme song was literally "Let The Mystery Be." "From's" theme song is literally "Whatever will be, will be." This should tell you something about what to expect.

This show is as good as it gets for psychological horror. The characters have common sense. Their actions are grounded in reality and are relatable, even if their environment is not. They are trying to figure out where they are and how to escape. The rules of the town are established and followed, and the monsters remain frightening (perhaps even more, now that we know that they are trying to inflict psychological damage on at least one of the residents).

I hope people quit expecting mind bending answers, but please at least quit the pseudo-intellectual BS in reviews of this show (looking at you, dude who watched for 15 minutes, then typed out a 10,000 word essay for an episode you did not finish, for a show you do not like). Just let the mystery be. Que sera, sera.

Honestly, I don't know if the other people who reviewed this series are very new or are just used to the Netflix standard of quality (ironic tone).

The dialogues are so shallow, the performances are exaggeratedly dramatic that it borders on comedy.

Regarding the story, it is clear that there will not be any minimal explanation or any development, we will probably have other mysteries that remain open, followed by the death of another character (without any meaning or purpose) at the end of the season, just functioning as a hook for the next season.

This pattern of series "construction" is so common (especially in the horror and mystery genre) that any closed story, with a defined beginning, middle and end stands out from the others, like Dark (from Netflix, which I criticize so much, one of his few works that in my opinion are worth watching).

Normally series like this survive a few more seasons supported by cliffhangers and deaths with graphic and/or emotional appeal, until they are canceled due to the gradual drop in audience, who learn this pattern (at least I hope) and move on to the next one.

It's sad, the premise was good, the setting was good too, it could be a good series in the hands of someone who wanted to tell the story.

Note: Even though the Lost series uses several of the mechanisms I listed above, it is ridiculous to compare the quality of the performances and character and story development with this here. Yes lost has several errors, but it told the story, even if some people don't like the ending or the outcome of the characters, From is just a bunch of Celtic and Norse myths mixed with the intention basically to shock.