Half of a Really Great Show
No spoilers, but this turned into a very different (much less interesting) show in the back half. We start with a mystery, unravelling through a cat and mouse game where even we the audience are unsure who is the cat and who's the mouse. The emotional stakes ratchet up as the past repeats itself and we introduce present consequences. Then… that ends. We get the emotional catharsis, the resolution, the answers we were looking for. And just linger for a whole nother leg of the show. And since there's nothing propelling us forward anymore, we just make things more and more convoluted so the character get some more answers to chase. Except we the audience are told those answers first, so we're not even along on the journey. We're just watching the characters catch up to what we've all known for ages. It was such a slog. But the thing is, that first half of the show? Still really great. So I CAN'T rate the series low. They should have just told THAT story and given it some more room to breathe.
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