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strwht12 t1_jdnhew5 wrote

Season 1 was a masterpiece for sure. People always dislike season 2, but I also like season 2. It has a different tone, less melancholy and more action. And I like season 3.

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Beingabummer t1_jdnnpfa wrote

Season 2 felt a bit too depressing for the sake of being depressing. There wasn't really a reason why everything was so glum and bad. It was still better than most series but it needed some more time to simmer.

Season 3 was good though, especially the acting.

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throwaway112112312 t1_jdo0fyi wrote

Yeah, I felt ending of Season 2 was really forced. It was probably a reaction to ending of Season 1 but honestly it was more unbelievable than Season 1 ending. Every storyline concluded in a comically depressing way. Until the ending I thought Season 2 was really good.

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ElephantintheRoom404 t1_jdnke4h wrote

I agree, I liked all 3 as well. I hear Jodie Foster will be in season 4 and I can't wait.

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cosmoboy t1_jdnlc8e wrote

In Alaska, I'm hoping it's while Rust was there.

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sketchyengnr t1_jdplrez wrote

colin farrel nailed it

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CptTurnersOpticNerve t1_jdxjgul wrote

So did the whole main cast imo, Vince Vaughn in particular. But hard to follow up serial killer story with a routine gangster who wants to go legit..

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Lawndirk t1_jdp29mv wrote

Season 3 was really good but they fumbled the landing pretty bad.

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Duck_President_ t1_jdptz0c wrote

Season 2 completely missed the tone and what made season 1 great.

In the first season, our two protagonists fabricate a cover story about their heroic deeds, rushing through gun fire, taking down a machine gun bunker like Captain America, when in reality, they executed someone who was completely helpless. What they did was the antithesis of heroic. Its a clever take on the typical crime genre.

In Season 2, they show the fake cover story, except its not fake, they play it straight and it actually happens. Dozens of cops are mowed down in the street by machine gun while literal bombs are going off. But our protagonists with their detective skills manage to dodge bullets and kill the baddies. You know, something you might see in a typical trashy crime thriller show. That scene was so bad I stopped watching the show after that ep.

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Dostus-dilih t1_jdumcil wrote

The point of the scene in S2 wasn't whether or not it happened though. The point was that it did and it was bad but it was just covered up. It's basically much more noir-ish and i had no problem with it yet ironically leads to the biggest problem of the show - for most of the air time no one actually wants the case solved or are actively repressing attempts to solve it so the plot meanders on useless stuff leaving you with a general sense of confusion until the leads are like "fuck it" but then it comes apart for them quickly anyway and they end up losing horribly because the whole state infrastructure is just one corrupt festering temple. The way violence is handled towards the main characters in the second half is certainly not a typical thriller - 3/4 main characters die pointless, non-heroic deaths due to their pride, ego or honour and the last is forced into hiding as a vagrant with their life utterly ruined following being drugged and having to murder a man to avoid sexual assault and nothing changes at all. It's sloppy and pretty flabby around the edges with some weird dialogue but the structure itself is classic noir.

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[deleted] t1_jdpwy5x wrote

Season 2 sucked because it wasnt Season 1 which set the bar so ridiculously high. Dare I say it, unrealistically high.

Season 1 was just that lightning in a bottle good.

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Lucky-Manager-3866 t1_jdscey1 wrote

Yep I think it’s unfair to compare the two seasons. s2 as a stand-alone would be fine. Not great but fine.

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StewieNZ t1_jdunquq wrote

I watched S2 first, and definitely enjoyed it.

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[deleted] t1_jduquo2 wrote

I think this is the most non-biased way you can answer this question. Thanks.

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