Sharp Objects (2018)
6/10
Really? ... That was it?
22 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I was enjoying this show till the finale. Then it all fell apart.

* FINALE SPOILERS : The mother & fathers are pretentious a-holes for the first 7 episodes, but when Camille thinks they are the murderers at the end of ep 7, then suddenly in ep 8 they turn into psychopaths and start poisoning both sisters - keep in mind the parents didn't know about Camille's sudden revelation about them - so its just a weird shift in the characters that wasn't there for the first 7 episodes. Suddenly they arn't allowed to leave the house like they are in a prison - but for the other 7 episodes they came and went as they pleased at literally all hours of the day. The drastic change in personality because its the last episode and they need to wrap it up just makes no sense.

Also, I didn't mind the slow burn, but episode 5 was just filler so they could bash the South at the party, I'm not even from the US, but its clear they wanted to take the high moral ground (yeah, because Hollywood are angels - and its not filled with p*dos and s*x offenders - clean your own back yard) ... Anyway, that episode 5 filler could have been removed so they could flesh out episode 8 more and make it a 2 parter.

Also, the credits twist? - Yawn. The pretty little white girl gets away with murder - was she in cahoots with the parents? - probably not if they were poisoning her, so her and her girlfriends killed the others? - and no repercussions. Also, during the season at certain instances it felt like Camille knew her sister was the murderer - it was the classic 'this is the killer' - 'no, bait and switch' - 'no, you were right to begin with'.

It just shocks me that people think 'Wow, there was a twist at the end' - so suddenly that makes it good. No. No, it doesn't.
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