Season 4 (part 1) is riddled with strange dialogue choices, poorly thought out plot lines, and an uninteresting and lazy mystery filled with non sequiturs.
It feels somewhat lazy and rushed, and like it's lacking the more particular voice that it once had. Joe isn't as vile, the side characters aren't as interesting, and I find it hard to care about anything in this season. The characters are either fine, or stupidly cartoonish, and Joe's characterization has been watered down.
He has a new love interest this season, and it's so unclear why he even likes her in the first place. While he tries to solve the mystery he makes conclusions (more like assumptions) that come out of nowhere and are clearly slapped in for the sake of moving the plot along, whether or not they actually make any sense.
Who is Joe? I'm not sure I know anymore. He supposedly has a distain for anti-intellectual modern culture, but he seems to know just as much about it as the average person. He's not out of touch at all like I would expect him to be. His only friends are a bunch of classist socialites who he doesn't even like, or even talk to often it seems, and yet he seems to be a member of their friend group rather quickly even though hardly any of them like him. Why he hangs around in the first place is established far too late. I could be misremembering, but that's what I think.
Characters explain their backstories and motivations in long winded exposition dumps that are done with virtually zero finesse, and are oftentimes just straight boring.
I still liked it, I guess. I really like the show and I like Joe. Without Joe there'd be no reason for me to watch really. But If you're looking for good writing, stay away from season four :(. Was really rooting for You.
It feels somewhat lazy and rushed, and like it's lacking the more particular voice that it once had. Joe isn't as vile, the side characters aren't as interesting, and I find it hard to care about anything in this season. The characters are either fine, or stupidly cartoonish, and Joe's characterization has been watered down.
He has a new love interest this season, and it's so unclear why he even likes her in the first place. While he tries to solve the mystery he makes conclusions (more like assumptions) that come out of nowhere and are clearly slapped in for the sake of moving the plot along, whether or not they actually make any sense.
Who is Joe? I'm not sure I know anymore. He supposedly has a distain for anti-intellectual modern culture, but he seems to know just as much about it as the average person. He's not out of touch at all like I would expect him to be. His only friends are a bunch of classist socialites who he doesn't even like, or even talk to often it seems, and yet he seems to be a member of their friend group rather quickly even though hardly any of them like him. Why he hangs around in the first place is established far too late. I could be misremembering, but that's what I think.
Characters explain their backstories and motivations in long winded exposition dumps that are done with virtually zero finesse, and are oftentimes just straight boring.
I still liked it, I guess. I really like the show and I like Joe. Without Joe there'd be no reason for me to watch really. But If you're looking for good writing, stay away from season four :(. Was really rooting for You.