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Who writes this stuff???

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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My goodness....talk about terrible plot threads and terrible writing and creation of characters. For example, the main characters are being hunted by a sniper in season one and they live in a huge, out in the woods house with walls of windows with no curtains. So what does the family do? Yep, walk around the house morning and night as if nothing is going on.

Almost no character in this show is remotely likable and for show like this to work, someone has to be likable. Actually, the most likable character so far is a thug from England that falls for a tattooed bar owner and he's a killer, but a funny, sad sack like man.

This show is also a load of cliches and stuff done previously and done better. Who greenlights this crap?

Season two gets no better. I've stopped watching after three episodes. The writers have continued to throw in the overused practice of jumping around in time and going back and forth.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I compare this series to movies like Fargo (the movie, not the series which I've never seen) or the movies of Quentin Tarantino, i.e. none of the characters is truly sympathetic. The interest comes in watching these various characters interact and guessing which ones will emerge unscathed or redeemed.

Tim Roth -- the 'good'-est guy -- is selfish and douchey to the extent that he puts his family's safety well above that of his co-workers and the town he is supposed to be protecting. Alcoholic, infidelity, not caring particularly if his deputy -- one of his few supporters -- was shot and killed... He is definitely not the hero in the classic sense.

I agree with the previous poster that the Worth family are surprisingly lax about security considering their circumstances. The writing is definitely sloppy in that regard. Also a few plot threads have been left hanging... like whatever happened to that leaking propane tank that Whitey tampered with. (I'm not finished S1 yet, so maybe it comes up again.)

I do like the fact that Canada and Alberta are standing in for themselves. The scenery varies from bleak to fantastic as is the case in reality. And, props to the showrunners for hiring an actual Canadian to play the heavy and letting him speak with an authentic and thick French-Canadian accent. (IMDB tells me actor Christopher Heyerdahl is fluent in French.) And not a one of the English speaking actors has said 'aboot' instead of 'about'! Maybe American viewers will get over this cliche.

Overall I'm liking this unique drama for its characters, its international cast and its Canadian setting. From what I've read S2 is a big let down so don't know if I'm in it for the long haul.

[–] brux (14666) 3 years ago

It is not like the quality of the average TV show is any better. TV has really turned into useless mind mushery - even worse than it was before