Re: Boss
Yeah, I'm not "feeling" this season. My problem is they took the first season to such extremes that it's hard to keep that momentum and maintain any continued sense of reality about the whole milieu.
I wish they had more faith in the behind-the-scenes drama of the corruption, the power plays, the upcoming election, and Kane's dilemma to drive the series instead of artificially creating calamity. Sure, a little sex and violence gives the series its Starz edginess, but with Ezra Stone's murder, they went down a path from which they are not returning. It's not Boardwalk Empire, it's not the Sopranos, but it's as if the show is striving for a similar notoriety as they pile on:
SPOILERS
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An attempted "assassination", race riots, and all of it occurring in the span of four episodes.
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Maybe that would work in Sin City, the TV show, but it's a bit much for me. I'm from Chicago and I found the first season to be plausible enough to watch all of the episodes, but they're losing me.
Yeah, I'm not "feeling" this season. My problem is they took the first season to such extremes that it's hard to keep that momentum and maintain any continued sense of reality about the whole milieu.
I wish they had more faith in the behind-the-scenes drama of the corruption, the power plays, the upcoming election, and Kane's dilemma to drive the series instead of artificially creating calamity. Sure, a little sex and violence gives the series its Starz edginess, but with Ezra Stone's murder, they went down a path from which they are not returning. It's not Boardwalk Empire, it's not the Sopranos, but it's as if the show is striving for a similar notoriety as they pile on:
SPOILERS
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An attempted "assassination", race riots, and all of it occurring in the span of four episodes.
***********************************
Maybe that would work in Sin City, the TV show, but it's a bit much for me. I'm from Chicago and I found the first season to be plausible enough to watch all of the episodes, but they're losing me.
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