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This mess of a show is targeted toward children and adolescents. I wish I could have watched something like this when I was 5-8 years old instead of cartoons on Saturday morning. G rated cartoon violence that reminds me of "The Three Stooges". This is a big dumb almost mentally challenged Reacher that is really nothing like the novels. For the second season they chose the worst of the novels that fails to show the essence of Reacher's personality. If you never read the novels you would not believe the difference between this garbage and the character the author writes. The author must have made some serious money to sign off on this. Crap is king.

This show is extremely well done with great acting, directing, writing, music, and settings. They take a complicated subject matter and put it on screen flawlessly and accurately. Never have I seen this subject matter so beautifully told. Every character is absolutely wonderful. The two lead characters are so good you cannot take your eyes off of them. This show respects the heck out of mental health workers and psychiatry. Beautiful. The defense attorney is either a real attorney or one of the best actors I have ever seen. So very real are all the characters. The creator and those responsible should be proud of this masterpiece. I was pleased to see the creator of the show had a short part in episode 10 which is very fitting. The use of and choice of music is pure genius. I found myself watching each episode more than once just mesmerized at the care and respect from the actors and writers completing this true work of art. The awards shows should be kind to this production and I would think it would win in several categories. This show took the time and care with the result being one of the best series ever.

I attempted to watch "Pulp Fiction" again recently and it was obviously a very silly movie almost a parody of itself. The violence is cartoonish and the dialogue is laughable. Travolta seemed like a guy desperately trying to act "cool" and with time this mess of a movie just comes off as ridiculous. Samuel L. Jackson's character pulls it off somewhat better but it still comes across as an SNL skit rather than a serious movie. I suppose with the great stories and acting on television these days movies like this come off as lame now when 30 years ago they seemed edgy. The director's style tends to make this movie seem more like several clips put together with very little flow as a whole. The director seemed to be much more interested in being cute and flashy vs. Being a serious movie maker. As a silly cartoonish comedy it still is not that bad but overall it is severely poorly written and directed as compared to some of the HBO, Netflix, Showtime and Apple TV crime shows you see in 2023. Very much overrated!