Keeps you interested only to a good stretch; emotional grip will (barely) keep you until the finale
In my review on its first season, I mentioned that I chose to keep watching until the end because of the characters.
Well, that didn’t fare well for me as I found my interest steadily waning as the story progresses, to the point that I heaved a sigh of relief once I finished the last episode.
To finish the second season, there was a lot of fast-forwarding that happened, and it took me a lot of effort to stay focused on the screen.
Consistent pacing is one of the things I look for, and I appreciate how this was implemented well for the series.
However, this became a drawback, as the type of storytelling in the first season no longer worked for the second season—the development got lost in the slow pacing, and consequently, the series did not progress at a good rate.
And as a series with morally gray characters, I understand that there is a long list of things that they need to resolve and reconcile with, but there has to be a better way of interpreting this.
Still, it’s also the characters that made me want to stay until the end (that, and add a lot of patience in the equation). I had formed an emotional investment in them that made me want to see what their choices would be like and how it would ultimately affect the closing of their chapters.
Thankfully, the ending did not disappoint, and it served as a really good closure for all of the leads. Although with my strong biases towards the characters, I would want a different conclusion.
Overall, I wouldn’t say this series is not good, but it's something I wouldn't mind missing out on.
Well, that didn’t fare well for me as I found my interest steadily waning as the story progresses, to the point that I heaved a sigh of relief once I finished the last episode.
To finish the second season, there was a lot of fast-forwarding that happened, and it took me a lot of effort to stay focused on the screen.
Consistent pacing is one of the things I look for, and I appreciate how this was implemented well for the series.
However, this became a drawback, as the type of storytelling in the first season no longer worked for the second season—the development got lost in the slow pacing, and consequently, the series did not progress at a good rate.
And as a series with morally gray characters, I understand that there is a long list of things that they need to resolve and reconcile with, but there has to be a better way of interpreting this.
Still, it’s also the characters that made me want to stay until the end (that, and add a lot of patience in the equation). I had formed an emotional investment in them that made me want to see what their choices would be like and how it would ultimately affect the closing of their chapters.
Thankfully, the ending did not disappoint, and it served as a really good closure for all of the leads. Although with my strong biases towards the characters, I would want a different conclusion.
Overall, I wouldn’t say this series is not good, but it's something I wouldn't mind missing out on.
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