The Tallahassee backstory was moderately interesting and highly reminiscent of the flashbacks from Lost. However, the otherworld story was appallingly executed. Standing at the foot of the beanstalk, the entire dialogue served no other purpose than to explain a highly convoluted plot arc. And what was all that business about a magic cuff that would enable one other person to climb the beanstalk? There was no other reason for this than to stop all five of them going up.
Then, there was the woeful miscasting of Hurley (Jorge Garcia) as the giant - why him? He's one of the most iconic character actors out there and was thoroughly unconvincing as a giant. That might be in part due to the truly awful CGI sets - has this show really got zero budget?
Season 1 had a finite location and a clear (if uninspiring) plot. Season 2 is falling foul of the "let's expand everything" blight and proving largely tedious.
Then, there was the woeful miscasting of Hurley (Jorge Garcia) as the giant - why him? He's one of the most iconic character actors out there and was thoroughly unconvincing as a giant. That might be in part due to the truly awful CGI sets - has this show really got zero budget?
Season 1 had a finite location and a clear (if uninspiring) plot. Season 2 is falling foul of the "let's expand everything" blight and proving largely tedious.