There's a formula going on here I've seen before, one that drove me nuts: something good happens, then something terrible happens.
Craig Robinson is Craig Foster, and his character is at the center of a maelstrom of a universe. But should we care about or root for Craig Taylor? Is he a good guy, or is he just as bad as (or worse than) everyone he holds up as a bad seed?
This show is full of rotten characters we watch like we'd watch a slow motion train wreck. It panders to our sense of victimization. It appeals to whatever negative feelings we might harbor deep inside ourselves, the ones we hope to rise above. The show wants us to sink down and let those misguided feelings take over. It uses shock and sick or cruel humor to suck us in and keep us watching.
One character keeps me from rating this lower, and that's Jillian. She should be the show's central or lead character but she is not. She is flawed but often kind and almost always altruistic. Jillian is the only character who may deserve redemption. But though she is key to the show, she is not the lead, but should be.
Two seasons of being yanked around has me frustrated with the show's writers and runners. I feel manipulated and toyed with and I don't like it.
The show's arcs, its constant use of skipping backwards to show us events that constantly change our understanding of what is happening?
Great. We shouldn't assume we know what's going on.
But doing this over and over and over tells me Dan Goor gets off on screwing around with an audience.
And it leaves me hoping there is not a third season.
Craig Robinson is Craig Foster, and his character is at the center of a maelstrom of a universe. But should we care about or root for Craig Taylor? Is he a good guy, or is he just as bad as (or worse than) everyone he holds up as a bad seed?
This show is full of rotten characters we watch like we'd watch a slow motion train wreck. It panders to our sense of victimization. It appeals to whatever negative feelings we might harbor deep inside ourselves, the ones we hope to rise above. The show wants us to sink down and let those misguided feelings take over. It uses shock and sick or cruel humor to suck us in and keep us watching.
One character keeps me from rating this lower, and that's Jillian. She should be the show's central or lead character but she is not. She is flawed but often kind and almost always altruistic. Jillian is the only character who may deserve redemption. But though she is key to the show, she is not the lead, but should be.
Two seasons of being yanked around has me frustrated with the show's writers and runners. I feel manipulated and toyed with and I don't like it.
The show's arcs, its constant use of skipping backwards to show us events that constantly change our understanding of what is happening?
Great. We shouldn't assume we know what's going on.
But doing this over and over and over tells me Dan Goor gets off on screwing around with an audience.
And it leaves me hoping there is not a third season.