I really enjoyed the first season; the two leads' chemistry was sizzling and the stories were fast-paced, albeit unrealistic.
There was so much the writers could have done after the Season 1 finale cliffhanger. Instead, everything is neatly solved within the first few episodes and it's as though the near-hook-up between Rosie and Villa never happened. It's barely mentioned and it feels like a different show.
Now this problem on its own would have been fine, but what really brought Season 2 down even more, IMO, was the over-involvement of Lorraine Toussaint. Don't get me wrong, she's a great actress who should always be on TV. But her role was written as the extremely emotional, overbearingly annoying mother. Every word she utters is dramatic and grandiose, which in smaller doses would have been fine. In larger doses, it overwhelmed other characters and plot lines, and not in a, ''omg, her presence is majestic!'' kind of way, but in a, ''Um, wtf are you even doing here?'' kind of way. She ended up coming off as mildly insane but that's not on the actress though, that's totally on the writers.
Speaking of which, the Gerald thing could have been so much better but the disjointed storyline drove me bananas. Yes, I know a lot of the storylines in this show are dubious at best, but this one really took the cake. I mean, why the heck would you show us that he's brawling in prison if he's innocent?
In any case, I just finished the episode where he gets out of jail and he and Mrs Rosewood proclaim that ''they saved each other'' (good god, stahp!).
Maybe there will be more to his character now that he's out. I'll update this post when I finish the season.
Review of Rosewood
