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Can't decide if I liked it

posted 8 years ago by rcslingshot
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The show did draw me in, I watched the whole season in a day, but I don't think I enjoyed it. I'm not sure that I ever liked Chip, from the beginning with his swooping on his BF's girls. Then he just gets worse from there. I feel like it's more effective to give us time to like him, and then slowly make us hate him, like Breaking Bad. I'm not sure it works to dislike him from the start. The building situation was pretty convoluted...and I guess I didn't really get his goals. I guess he just wanted to hang out? I didn't feel like the London premise was realistic at
all...the fact that she could get past that with a constant reminder of her brother...I guess it's a theme about being unable to let go, wanting to hold on to bad *beep* Other little things bothered me, one inconsistencies, lack of any real progression for any of the characters, Dennis seemed to be developing...but I think he ended up back in the seemingly constant on and off relationship he has with Chip. I think Mclovin is not really good, just in general. He also seemed to have a pretty big shift...guess that's another theme, people not being who they appear to be...but his was really odd. Oh well.

[–] cannonr 8 years ago

I think I'd agree with most of your points, although I still liked it in total.

What disappointed me a little was that with the big reveal they gave us no clues to understand why he would adopt such a life and then continue it for 10+ years.

As for Dennis, staking a claim on a woman is just gross and I'm glad Chip didn't respect that. The woman should be free to hit it off with whomever she wants. So that wasn't a negative on him for me.

I think we are meant to like Chip early on, he helps people but just has human weaknesses. But his heart seems good so we root for him to overcome his limitations. But I'd assert one of the weaknesses of the first episode was not making him likable enough right off the bat.

The big reveal changes our perception entirely and kinda removes the reasons for us to like him that we might have had early on. His screwups are not from struggling to maintain sobriety, or for choosing the lesser of two evils; they are just from being a lazy slacker. Much less endearing.

I hope more is explained next season and that they thought some of this stuff through but just haven't let us in on it yet.