A once good series has gone rapidly downhill. Finch and Reese have been marginalized. The women have taken over. But they killed off the strongest woman character in Carter. Shaw and Root are just caricatures that aren't very appealing. But it is really the writing that has gone into the tank. I suppose the writers felt they had run the "take a number" bit into the ground. And they milked HR for all they could. But who thought Samaritan was a good idea? It's terrible! Suddenly the premise of the show from its inception - that though small in numbers, our merry band had the huge advantage of The Machine - has been inverted. Now Our Gang is running for its lives, barely surviving, hardly doing good at all. At best just pinging away at Samaritan with slingshots. Ugh!
And last night's episode was among the worse. After the first 10 minutes who didn't see that there would be several unsuccessful "simulations" before Our Gang would wriggle out of the jam? Just filling up the hour with the obvious before leaving us with the false thought that Shaw is dead. (She isn't. "Next week" immediately showed she's still alive.). Again, the writers have inverted the original premise. Survival is all that our heroes can hope for. It's really in decline, rapidly.
And last night's episode was among the worse. After the first 10 minutes who didn't see that there would be several unsuccessful "simulations" before Our Gang would wriggle out of the jam? Just filling up the hour with the obvious before leaving us with the false thought that Shaw is dead. (She isn't. "Next week" immediately showed she's still alive.). Again, the writers have inverted the original premise. Survival is all that our heroes can hope for. It's really in decline, rapidly.