Season 1 was a masterpiece, season 2, not so much but still decent in its own right (despite the convoluted story)
But this season, and especially this episode is a huge dip in narrative quality
First of all, the action scenes. these are for the most part, awful. stormtrooper humans are cranked up to 11, completely takes you out of the moment
as for the character arcs, Bernard was built up to be the most important piece of the puzzle, yet does (genuinely) nothing, and this episode was no different, save for a short post credits scene.
Why is Maeve following serac to see her daughter again? wasn't the whole point of her season 2 story that she has to let go of her past, and her daughter is now save in the sublime with her new mother
I think it has been massively dumbed down because it has to suit the hugely varying general audience as HBO's new flagship
The final confrontation was about as bog standard as you could get, with maeve suddenly changing her mind at the last second after dolores does a monologue, and stabbing serac
speaking of serac, (i loved vincent cassel as the character) why the HELL does he go to kill jesse pinkman (he's shown hes willing to personally kill people), but then puts the gun down and get his goon to kill him instead? (Also, ire that goon, he had the gun to jesse's head for like 3 minutes despite being given the order to kill him)
Overall, this episode, and this season wasn't terrible. it was OK. but very underwhelming and had some very stupid aspects.
But this season, and especially this episode is a huge dip in narrative quality
First of all, the action scenes. these are for the most part, awful. stormtrooper humans are cranked up to 11, completely takes you out of the moment
as for the character arcs, Bernard was built up to be the most important piece of the puzzle, yet does (genuinely) nothing, and this episode was no different, save for a short post credits scene.
Why is Maeve following serac to see her daughter again? wasn't the whole point of her season 2 story that she has to let go of her past, and her daughter is now save in the sublime with her new mother
I think it has been massively dumbed down because it has to suit the hugely varying general audience as HBO's new flagship
The final confrontation was about as bog standard as you could get, with maeve suddenly changing her mind at the last second after dolores does a monologue, and stabbing serac
speaking of serac, (i loved vincent cassel as the character) why the HELL does he go to kill jesse pinkman (he's shown hes willing to personally kill people), but then puts the gun down and get his goon to kill him instead? (Also, ire that goon, he had the gun to jesse's head for like 3 minutes despite being given the order to kill him)
Overall, this episode, and this season wasn't terrible. it was OK. but very underwhelming and had some very stupid aspects.