TunezCottage

I've seen three episodes so far and haven't cared about anything that happens past the very beginning. Why?

I asked myself that question during episode 3, which has what I would label a pretty intense single-episode plot thread. Then I started reflecting on what made 24 so exciting and such a successful show and it hit me. This show has already laid out all of its cards. It's the same problem the latter seasons of 24 had. We know everything earlier than we should.

The first couple of seasons of 24 did this thing where everything happening was treated as the main conflict. If someone had to go undercover in prison, that WAS the point of the show at that time. Then Jack Bauer would find out there's a bigger threat and BAM! That would become the point of the next couple episodes. So on and so on. This kept you engaged and hooked all the way through.

Meanwhile, this show wants me to care about a prison break that may or may not lead to information about an event I already know about. C'mon. Seriously? They should've wrapped up that plot in the first five episodes and lead us onto a bigger threat.

Maybe they do that later. I won't be around to find out.

This might've been the worst written episode I've seen in a long time. If you disagree, give me one good reason why Prodigy would say Yutani's name in the middle of a sentence that didn't need or justify it? I'll tell you why: he was speaking to the audience that didn't watch the last two episodes. Because the writers think we're stupid. That's why.

Then we get Marcy and Joe just constantly shouting each others names while being hunted by a Xenomorph. Next level stupid.

Can we just kill all the kids in this? They're unbearable. They're so stupid. Prodigy too. Always harping about how smart he is yet he hasn't said one smart thing in about three hours worth of content. What's smart about him? That he can build legos while reading reports? That he always walks around in a pajamas? Is that Noah Hawley's idea of being a genius? Jeez.

After that it's all exposition. Also, how did Morrow know on sight that the two kids were synths but when Timothy Olyphant shows up he's clueless.

Not to mention, Joe's survived FOUR separate encounters with the Xenomorph. If that isn't plot armor thicker than beskar, I don't know what is. I was hoping that his chest would burst to end the episode, that way I could at least give this episode a two star for having the balls to do anything.

Had to DNF halfway through. According to most, I haven't even gotten to the worst parts yet.

Yeah, it's no secret. I hate this show now. This is just sad. Further emasculation of Taron Egerton has me thinking he's going to turn out to be the arsonist. He can't even get it up without a pill. It couldn't be more in your face than that.

I mean Dennis Lehane is a writer so he's making Taron's character into a bad writer on purpose. If you don't know, using "replied" in dialogue is a no-no for literature. Using adverbs after dialogue, bigger no-no. So this is intentional. There's also the wife sighing and what-not after reading his first draft.

Jeez. The filter is also getting on my nerves. Does the show really need to be this ugly? Why did they do that?

I just... everything about this stinks. I hate to feel this way, really.