I totally loved the hell out of this one the first half of the season. The actors, the pulp fiction like feel of the show, the "fantasy" aspects, the plot, the world building. It's different, the good kind (mostly).
I was, quite honestly, very intrigued and hooked.
But then. Well.
I'm not sure what really happened here, but for some reason the quality of the series, of single episodes, just dropped somehow and with it my excitement for the show slowly (but surely) ebbed away.
The dialogues fell flat, the plot became boring insofar that I wasn't sure what the point of some of the episodes was. A couple of episodes in the 2nd half seemed to hardly contribute anything at all to the overall storyline and simply dragged on and lost their "vision". Don't get me wrong, I really don't need action in every episode, far from it actually. I like slow world-building. But just some episode (parts) seemed to be, I don't know, pointless..?
Moreover, I'm not sure what to make of that ridiculous season finale, especially the church scene... I mean, all that build-up for this??? Sorry. Just. No. Anticlimactic to say the least.
I am more than stumped, really, because this show started out so very promising and then failed to deliver all that it has promised its audience.
Well, the actors are top notch despite everything. I loved Ruth Negga (Tulip). And Joseph Gilgun (Cassidy), I don't need to talk about him, do I? I mean, he single-handedly made the show worth watching in those episode instances when nothing else seemed to be anymore.
So, my overall verdict: ambiguous. I mostly enjoyed it, sometimes loved it ... and felt let down in the end. Will I watch season 2? Yes, definitely. I'm still intrigued where the writers will take Jesse's story.
I was, quite honestly, very intrigued and hooked.
But then. Well.
I'm not sure what really happened here, but for some reason the quality of the series, of single episodes, just dropped somehow and with it my excitement for the show slowly (but surely) ebbed away.
The dialogues fell flat, the plot became boring insofar that I wasn't sure what the point of some of the episodes was. A couple of episodes in the 2nd half seemed to hardly contribute anything at all to the overall storyline and simply dragged on and lost their "vision". Don't get me wrong, I really don't need action in every episode, far from it actually. I like slow world-building. But just some episode (parts) seemed to be, I don't know, pointless..?
Moreover, I'm not sure what to make of that ridiculous season finale, especially the church scene... I mean, all that build-up for this??? Sorry. Just. No. Anticlimactic to say the least.
I am more than stumped, really, because this show started out so very promising and then failed to deliver all that it has promised its audience.
Well, the actors are top notch despite everything. I loved Ruth Negga (Tulip). And Joseph Gilgun (Cassidy), I don't need to talk about him, do I? I mean, he single-handedly made the show worth watching in those episode instances when nothing else seemed to be anymore.
So, my overall verdict: ambiguous. I mostly enjoyed it, sometimes loved it ... and felt let down in the end. Will I watch season 2? Yes, definitely. I'm still intrigued where the writers will take Jesse's story.