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What show did you stop watching because it felt like a chore to finish? (piefed.social)
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[–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

I agree with the OP you're responding to, but I still love the show. The middle seasons felt a little out of place and slow moving while I was watching the show, I almost didn't make it to season 3. But they actually wrap it all up really well into a great ending IMO, and then the middle seasons kind of make sense.

I loved the show and will probably watch it again someday to pick up on things I didn't notice the first time!

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Can you explain me something?

    I see the show s 8.5 on imdb, and 90something on rottentomatoes. I am at S2E10 right now and I am really fucking tired of the "That was all imagination" shtick. Is this somehow enjoyable? Will it stop in future?

    Like the first half of S2 was "Hey, I am trying to get rid of my father in my head, got myself a friend, doing stuff on schedule, being harrassed by couple of people here and there" Then it switches to "Oh, these people are not good actually", then it switches "Remember these people? - They are actually real people/workers of the jail I been all that time in." Like, okay, I get it. Elliot is mentally unstable. But why does it have to be "Haha, we got you again. This is not real!" all the time?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    The way I see it, is that Elliot is the narrator of this story, so that storyline comes with everything pretty much as he sees it when he sees it, which is pretty jarring sometimes considering that he's fuckin crazy. It does make for a tough watch in season 2, being fully honest. I was wondering why they are doing all this crazy shit all the time, not progressing the story at all and was definitely like wtf am I watching. It felt slow and tedious, almost like I was watching a totally different show all of a sudden.

    But I kept on with season 3 because my curiosity had to know what happened, and it started picking up again. Then I realized it makes a lot of sense to tell the story in this way and take the time to do it like that so you can kind of fully be in the journey with Elliot. I appreciated season 2 a little more in hindsight after I saw it that way.

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