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Season 4 is a maybe so far

posted 3 years ago by ILJtheFirst (1954)
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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8478) 3 years ago

I made it about 5 episodes in and bailed. The pilot was good but the show QUICKLY devolved after that, until it became repetitive network nonsense.

The feeling I got was that the creator may have had a good idea for a focused 10-episode limited series, but not for a six-season arc as he claimed.

[–] ILJtheFirst (1954) 3 years ago

It's okay to have that opinion, but you're definitely the odd man out. All the fans will downright disagree with you. I love the show, so do a lot of other people. You need to remember tv shows are for entertainment and six seasons would be perfect. The ride is wild and very addictive. You're definitely missing out even if you disagree.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8478) 3 years ago

Well I would imagine the fans would disagree. That's why they're fans. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there were enough them to keep the show in production.

[–] Who (5146) 3 years ago

I liked Seasons 1 & 2. The show is a mixed bag of oddities, part sci-fi, part mystery, part cop drama, part soap opera. It always feels like it is trying to appeal to multiple audiences. For instance, I barely tolerate Olive’s dreary teen romance story but fortunately the show doesn’t linger on it for long.

Season 3 has a big drop in quality - the writing, the acting, the everything. The story gets totally unmoored (pun intended) when the Noah’s Ark remnant shows up. Saanvi’s character is bizarre. She looks like a speed addict. I liked her when she was the young, brilliant cancer researcher. She went nuts after that. Why is Jared still around? His side stories and love interests are irrelevant. Though I still prefer him to Zeke for Michaela. Lastly this weird girl they rescued and her love for that Meatloaf looking guy is dull and unappealing. Neither of them are attractive and their acting is bad too.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8478) 3 years ago

It really felt to me like it was a hybrid case-of-the-week detective drama and pseudo-spiritual supernatural mystery.

The pilot I thought was quite good. If the show had sustained that level of quality then I would've kept watching, but I thought it dropped off STEEPLY after that.

Like I mentioned earlier, if they had just turned this into a compact 10-episode mystery limited series it might have worked. But dragging the story out and stuffing it with filler is not a way to make compelling television.

[–] Who (5146) 3 years ago

hybrid case-of-the-week detective drama and pseudo-spiritual supernatural mystery.

Good description. Pilot was great. I don’t think this was a well thought out plot beyond the main premise. Pity, because it had potential to be a better show. Still I hope it gets another season with better writers and a tighter storyline with direction.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8478) 3 years ago

I read an interview with the creator back when the show first premiered. He said he intended it to be a slow-burn six-season story and said that he had the story all mapped out.

If that's the case, and he actually had six seasons worth of scripts in his mind, I have to think that he only wanted to drag it out maximize the number of paychecks he was going to get, not because that was the best creative decision.