The acting, set design, cinematography, color, music are all fantastic.
The writing, however, makes events in the second season especially feel forced and without any sense of reality. The first season was fairly solid, but I do not appreciate that Joe is a literal serial killer, and despite how many bodies keep showing up along the way, the writers keep using stupid loopholes in logic to let him continue on so the show can keep moving.
Season 2 was especially frustrating. Starts out interesting, and I get that it's a satire of how people agonize over being single until suddenly they're not, and then they feel trapped... But both Love and Joe walk free because "Love's family basically owns the LAPD"?! Are you kidding me? There are hundreds of millionaires, dozens of billionaires in LA + if it's a homicide THE FBI IS CALLED IN. It's irrelevant what level of corruption there is with city police at this point. Further more, who the hell are Love's parents that they're this corrupt?
This show exploits shock value for clicks. When it's smart, it's only kind of smart. Thank goodness the acting and direction are as great as they are, because that's really the only thing that saves the show. Otherwise, it's a mess of illogical plot holes and cliches.
The writing, however, makes events in the second season especially feel forced and without any sense of reality. The first season was fairly solid, but I do not appreciate that Joe is a literal serial killer, and despite how many bodies keep showing up along the way, the writers keep using stupid loopholes in logic to let him continue on so the show can keep moving.
Season 2 was especially frustrating. Starts out interesting, and I get that it's a satire of how people agonize over being single until suddenly they're not, and then they feel trapped... But both Love and Joe walk free because "Love's family basically owns the LAPD"?! Are you kidding me? There are hundreds of millionaires, dozens of billionaires in LA + if it's a homicide THE FBI IS CALLED IN. It's irrelevant what level of corruption there is with city police at this point. Further more, who the hell are Love's parents that they're this corrupt?
This show exploits shock value for clicks. When it's smart, it's only kind of smart. Thank goodness the acting and direction are as great as they are, because that's really the only thing that saves the show. Otherwise, it's a mess of illogical plot holes and cliches.