The villain this season is Chuck Johnson, a yacht-dwelling drug dealer, and despite the sarcasm of this posts' title, he's pretty good. Has a subtle touch that's refreshing compared to Bryan Cranston's monologue-spouting mobster, a cross between Don Corleone and Walter White (that's the intention anyway), and last seasons' Bond Villain-type "Foreign Menace" who has his own long bouts of dialogue.
So the contrary Chuck Johnson doesn't say more than a few sparse sentences, and like any businessman he never injects himself into threats. But there's not a lot of urgency there, leaving the residual to Julia's kidnapping and then the wine con that never wielded much suspense.
But like all second-to-last episodes, the heat is on, and as a serial, it works pretty well. Or at least, well enough. At this point of any binge series, the final episodes are really on the curve of the entire season rather than individual merit.
What isn't realistic is who the good looking villain is in love with. All along... this woman was badly cast, far from her quirky-pretty days in Happiness and The Wonder Boys. Square-jawed millionaire would NEVER fall for her, sorry.
So the contrary Chuck Johnson doesn't say more than a few sparse sentences, and like any businessman he never injects himself into threats. But there's not a lot of urgency there, leaving the residual to Julia's kidnapping and then the wine con that never wielded much suspense.
But like all second-to-last episodes, the heat is on, and as a serial, it works pretty well. Or at least, well enough. At this point of any binge series, the final episodes are really on the curve of the entire season rather than individual merit.
What isn't realistic is who the good looking villain is in love with. All along... this woman was badly cast, far from her quirky-pretty days in Happiness and The Wonder Boys. Square-jawed millionaire would NEVER fall for her, sorry.
