sixtieschild-67170

When I start a series I'm compelled to finish it, so I'm grateful season.4 only had 6 episodes to endure. I think this will be my last season of True Detective since each season gets progressively worse than the one before. Season 4 is not the fault of the principal actors - I just don't think they were given much to work with as far as the storyline goes. The whole thing was a snooze fest - the endlessly bleak, dark locale, the dialogue, and the incredibly predictable outcome of the story. Complicated, thoughtful slow burn character studies are what I prefer to watch, but there was not much that was thought-provoking in this season. I thought season 3 was bad - you had to watch 8 episodes of terrible to get to the last 5 minutes of wonderful, but there was no such reward at the end of this one.

I loved the first season Bette and Joan - well-written and well acted. I was looking forward to this one about Capote and his "swans" because I find these people fascinating on paper, but there's not much "fascination" in this series. I've gotten through the first two episodes and it's been a hard slog. For lack of a better word, it's just boring - the writing and the acting. I should say that I'm not a Naomi Watts fan at all and have never liked her in anything. I guess she's a competent actor, but there's something about her that puts me to sleep. She's never had a real breakthrough role that's increased her popularity and exposure, so maybe I'm not the only one that feels this way. On this storyline, the rest of the cast isn't doing it for me, either. I consider it time wasted and give it a hard pass on future episodes of this particular season.

Not so much this season. I love British tv, and in years past this show is amazing and entertaining, but this year it's a bit of a dud. The judges and presenters are still fun to watch, but the bakers this season don't seem to be as talented, and the bakes haven't been very good. As popular as the show is, you'd think the show would have it's choice of fabulous UK bakers and all the contestants would be outstanding. This season makes me now wonder what their criteria is for contestant selection. Nothing else to say except I may not be interested in watching next season if it continues to.recruit mediocre talent.