I feel a strong sense of dissatisfaction at the end of s2. I'm beginning to think that the worst enemy of s2 was not bad acting, bad writing and bad editing (all present) but the exceptional season 1 and the viewer's subsequent expectations for s2. Story: predictable and mediocre, which is worse than a poor story, at least a bad story elicits some sort of reaction; this one just left me numb and bored. The noir California scenery was utterly uninteresting and the story about corruption & money is a bad version of Mulholland. Just as the final desert scene where Frank meets his grave is a pale imitation of Casino where Joe Pesci and his brother are clubbed to death. The emotional muscle is lacking throughout and everything seems and feels artificial. It must have seemed so to the writers themselves because the story is hugely over-dramatized in a desperate attempt to compensate. Making everyone totally f**ed up or making sure that all female characters get pregnant is not going to translate into a great story imo. Characters: my impression here is that they wanted to leave nothing out. We have everything, really. We have feminism, including a hyper-active detective who's a sexual predator, we have alpha males with caveman tactics, we have gangsters, including a bunch of overacting badguys; and of course we have a gay guy in denial. It's really hard to follow anyone especially since we need to digest at least four main characters which is ridiculous. Acting: pretty mediocre, but not actors' fault; it's probably the bad story that made them unconvincing. Vaughn was by far the worst. No charisma whatsoever, no chemistry with his wife. Perhaps the only chemistry in this show was between the lady detective and her knife. Conclusion: I have no desire of ever rewatching this. Wasn't a complete waste of time but fell short of expectation across the board.
Review of Omega Station
