dreadnought-73333
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I like what this season is grappling with but I have some issues with this episode.
The way the female veteran group leader handles what Bradford said was wrong. Not that the point was wrong, yes Lucy had also to do with the decision at the hotel. But the way the veteran helper phrased it was insensitive as hell and certainly unfair. And not really helpful, could even be bad for Bradfor's personal development as a human. "You took away her agency." Which is not correct. The right tip here would have been, "You both made the decision, you should not take everything on your shoulder alone, Share. She is also an adult" Because that is exactly Bradford's problem. He thinks "I need to solve it" That's how he was raised by his parents (IMHO) If this is the conclusion of the Bailey than I will have so many issues with it that it easy will fill 600 chars. I will wait until next episode or the end of season for my conclusion about it.
But "I made you feel judged" is no good start.
The way the female veteran group leader handles what Bradford said was wrong. Not that the point was wrong, yes Lucy had also to do with the decision at the hotel. But the way the veteran helper phrased it was insensitive as hell and certainly unfair. And not really helpful, could even be bad for Bradfor's personal development as a human. "You took away her agency." Which is not correct. The right tip here would have been, "You both made the decision, you should not take everything on your shoulder alone, Share. She is also an adult" Because that is exactly Bradford's problem. He thinks "I need to solve it" That's how he was raised by his parents (IMHO) If this is the conclusion of the Bailey than I will have so many issues with it that it easy will fill 600 chars. I will wait until next episode or the end of season for my conclusion about it.
But "I made you feel judged" is no good start.
Season 1
Good to really good. Good acting. Pulp fiction in a series less good but still near enough. The story and characters make mostly sense and are engaging. There are the one or other plot holes but that could also be because they sometimes don't tell the motivation of side character whose action influence the (re)action of a main character. But that's complaining on a high level.
Season 2 Well the story is still entertaining but compared to 1 season there is a lot of plot conveniences and the characters intelligence level vary depending on if the story needs it at that moment or not. The acting is still good.
Season 3 Well, it is still entertaining if you roll with the plot conveniences which are less than in season 2. Also the characters behave less dumb than in season 2 but still more than in 1. The police beside one or two are also mostly dumb like in both prior seasons. Acting is still good. As a whole a bit better than season 2. Certainly better than most contemporary series.
Season 4 Is a dip in script quality and you realize that we are now in the production years of 19/20. The show already suffers from modern (2023/24) writing. Less concise story telling, more tell don't show, weakly drawn characters and modern identity politics. It also misses a morally good point of view, or at least has a really weak one. It also lost it satiric edge. The pacing is also not that great. While the first 3 season could bind me to the screen here I caught myself sometimes browsing the web. I think the problem of loosing interest are the weak characters and the less captivating story of this season. The story is a more classical gang war. Not the sometimes weird but funny stuff from the other seasons. It feels more cringe than weird now. I am a history buff and this season plays in the 50s. The world building is good. I don't have the feeling, like in so many current "historical" shows, that the people are just cross-dressing. That hold my interest and I wanted to finish what I started despite being somewhat boring in between. I would summarize this season as it looks like Fargo but doesn't feel like Fargo.
Season 5 Most (modern) cliche characters ever in Fargo. There is the bady white hardcore conservative rich farmer/sheriff patriarch, the toxic rich business woman boss matriarch and mother-in-law, the wife turned atomic blond and the dumb beta male husband. And her sweet little daughter. There is also a weird mystic (magic??) man who fills up some of the episodes. Probably just to have one. And a lot of dumb goons who let the Kevin Alone At Home bad guys look like Einsteins. Ah yes, there are also the black (not so bright when the story needs it, you will see in the first and other episode why) state trooper and an American native police woman (with a really dumb useless white husband) as moral anchor. Also added to the mix Scully and Mulder. Like most MCs in current productions she is not that likable. She makes some morally bad decisions. I wouldn't mind that if the writers didn't want us to sympathies with her. But on the good side she is no Mary Sue, but she has a little plot armor.
The story is a dumbed down mix of The Long Kiss Goodnight and Kevin Alone At Home with a (al bight small) bit of Yellowstone meets Dallas. They could have removed at least 2 characters and given the black trooper the moral anchor. The pay back later on would have been a lot better That would also have given the series more room for it's important characters. Otherwise it could have been 2 episodes less. And the end is cheesy, cringe, preachy and draaaags.
Can you have fun with this? I think it depends on how strongly the story and especially the characters rub you the wrong way. You certainly can laugh at the season 5.
The whole series get a 7 because of the first 2 seasons. The first was the best. The second was good and the third was still entertaining. Season 4 was the worst because the story was not that interesting. Season 5 was a bit better but could have been so much more. But the too simple characters and the missing emotional pay back at the end made it mediocre at best and irrelevant at the end.
Season 2 Well the story is still entertaining but compared to 1 season there is a lot of plot conveniences and the characters intelligence level vary depending on if the story needs it at that moment or not. The acting is still good.
Season 3 Well, it is still entertaining if you roll with the plot conveniences which are less than in season 2. Also the characters behave less dumb than in season 2 but still more than in 1. The police beside one or two are also mostly dumb like in both prior seasons. Acting is still good. As a whole a bit better than season 2. Certainly better than most contemporary series.
Season 4 Is a dip in script quality and you realize that we are now in the production years of 19/20. The show already suffers from modern (2023/24) writing. Less concise story telling, more tell don't show, weakly drawn characters and modern identity politics. It also misses a morally good point of view, or at least has a really weak one. It also lost it satiric edge. The pacing is also not that great. While the first 3 season could bind me to the screen here I caught myself sometimes browsing the web. I think the problem of loosing interest are the weak characters and the less captivating story of this season. The story is a more classical gang war. Not the sometimes weird but funny stuff from the other seasons. It feels more cringe than weird now. I am a history buff and this season plays in the 50s. The world building is good. I don't have the feeling, like in so many current "historical" shows, that the people are just cross-dressing. That hold my interest and I wanted to finish what I started despite being somewhat boring in between. I would summarize this season as it looks like Fargo but doesn't feel like Fargo.
Season 5 Most (modern) cliche characters ever in Fargo. There is the bady white hardcore conservative rich farmer/sheriff patriarch, the toxic rich business woman boss matriarch and mother-in-law, the wife turned atomic blond and the dumb beta male husband. And her sweet little daughter. There is also a weird mystic (magic??) man who fills up some of the episodes. Probably just to have one. And a lot of dumb goons who let the Kevin Alone At Home bad guys look like Einsteins. Ah yes, there are also the black (not so bright when the story needs it, you will see in the first and other episode why) state trooper and an American native police woman (with a really dumb useless white husband) as moral anchor. Also added to the mix Scully and Mulder. Like most MCs in current productions she is not that likable. She makes some morally bad decisions. I wouldn't mind that if the writers didn't want us to sympathies with her. But on the good side she is no Mary Sue, but she has a little plot armor.
The story is a dumbed down mix of The Long Kiss Goodnight and Kevin Alone At Home with a (al bight small) bit of Yellowstone meets Dallas. They could have removed at least 2 characters and given the black trooper the moral anchor. The pay back later on would have been a lot better That would also have given the series more room for it's important characters. Otherwise it could have been 2 episodes less. And the end is cheesy, cringe, preachy and draaaags.
Can you have fun with this? I think it depends on how strongly the story and especially the characters rub you the wrong way. You certainly can laugh at the season 5.
The whole series get a 7 because of the first 2 seasons. The first was the best. The second was good and the third was still entertaining. Season 4 was the worst because the story was not that interesting. Season 5 was a bit better but could have been so much more. But the too simple characters and the missing emotional pay back at the end made it mediocre at best and irrelevant at the end.