Cras wrote:
I got very bogged down about 8 eps into the first season. Should I try and pick it back up?
It suffers from every character being a wanker, to my mind.
Weeewllllll if you disliked it that much perhaps it's not going to redeem itself in your eyes. It's fundamentally a character piece, so you have to want to spend time with the characters. But it does deepen them as time goes on -- they do start as almost caricatures, to be fair. They get more interesting, less clichéd.
I can't decide if thats because the show's writing gels as time goes on or because it's on a long arc and we're seeing the characters grow up -- watching their struggles as they outgrow monomania and become somewhat wiser and more mature. Perhaps it's a little of both. But I think they are supposed to be a bit dislikeable at first.
Doesn't hurt that the entire cast are very watchable actors putting in top notch work, either. Lee Pace is amazing and in less skilled hands the changes in Joe's character through the show would not have worked.
Anyway. It is a show with deep affection for these flawed people it's presenting, and ultimately that affection shines through. It feels like a labour of love for the cast and crew. I like that about it.
Anyway, if you stick with it, look me up when you watch 4x07. You'll know it when you get there.