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You can easily cut out the wedding sequence from these 3 episodes and it would have been much better off for it.

Personally, the wedding sequence and the back room politics could have taken at least 15 minutes to accomplish the same thing that 150 runtime did. I feel like there was a lot of long winded sections that could have been cut out or tightened up for sure. Mon and Luthan don't actually do anything useful at all in these opening episodes. In fact the only characters doing anything worth paying attention to is Cassian and his friends, and even that's being a bit generous.

I did like the highlight of how divided the early rebellion is, but beyond that, these esp didn't accomplish much. I feel the dynamic of the rebel infighting was way better portrayed in the first season during the money heist than it was here. I feel the writers knew that, so they just remixed it a bit differently this time around but made it a bit more silly with that classic, corny Star Wars humor.

Overall, it was good 3 eps arc that sets the stage for the rest of the season.

A low key mind bending thriller that is nicely executed!

When I first watched this film I thought it was a typical girl gone missing, small Louisiana town facing its dark history. But this movie is so, so, so much more than that, and tbh, the mystery behind the elements of the story are handled very well.

The first half is slow going, but stick with it, this is one movie where the pay off is actually worth it.

It does get a bit confusing at times. This is a film that doesn't babysit its audience. Story elements may seem random but they all tie up nicely in the end.

So no spoilers from me. I can say this is in my top 10 movies of the year. One of the few films worth a rewatch to really appreciate it.

Like many reviewers have said, this show has waaay too much going on and little of it makes any sense. This show is like watching someone's dream sequences after they'd binged TRUE DETECTIVES and AMERICAN HORROR STORY.

At times the tone is very somber and brutal, but then it feels lighthearted and comedic, and then it becomes a visceral, phycological horror in the next instant. Too much tonal whiplash to the point that I don't know how I'm supposed to interrupt anything. I feel like this is the same issue that plagued LOVECRAFT COUNTRY.

The characters don't even seem like real people whatsoever. They seem very much like characters taken from other genres and tossed into this murky satanic murder mystery without fully being integrated into the narrative to actually make sense.

The story gets bogged down by all this static of excess subplots that don't really enhance the main story thread.

I tried getting invested, but that requires you to actually form connections with the characters, and I found none of them really compelling. Nicey Nash's character is just a jaded alcoholic detective and the nun is a classic sociopath, and the other characters are just sorta.... there mostly, as caricatures. Ironically, I liked the daughter cause at least her character has some layers (pun interned) to her.

After seeing that the final episode is rated currently at 4 stars, and the criticism of this show is largely objective not influenced by review bombers, I'll just call it quits now at Episode 3.

This show is a chore to watch, and I'm bowing out early.