Faithless195 t1_j1h3wy8 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 8:06 AM

Oh man, you got yourself one of the best sci-fi shows to exist a head of you. Some didn't like the last two seasons, but that's because they're based on the least interesting of the book series. Season 3 is my personal favorite, but the show in general is just amazing.

I'd also recommend the books, also amazing. And the books absolutely stick the landing on the ending, too.

mcgoff360 t1_j1hwblq wrote on December 24, 2022 at 2:15 PM

i would highly recommend listening to the audiobooks. the narrator is the same and does a pretty good job overall. there's a few short stories too and one audiobook compilation of all of them.

PowRightInTheBalls t1_j1metz0 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 4:25 PM

Gonna add the caveat that book 4 and a couple of the novellas were originally recorded by a different narrator than Jefferson Mays, and people disliked them so much that Mays went back and recorded those as well. Make sure you get the right copy if you're hopping on the audiobook train, I couldn't make it through book 4 with the other guy so I ended up just reading it myself.

hoxxxxx t1_j1i7qg1 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 3:53 PM

i finished the tv series a few weeks ago. it's some of the best sci-fi ever made for tv no doubt. the last couple seasons are still better than most of what's out there but they are absolutely a let down compared to what came before. i found myself doing the 10s skip ahead quite a bit.

hopefully it gets a chance to be finished but who tf knows

MySpace_Tomm t1_j1lp6nb wrote on December 25, 2022 at 11:50 AM

General spoilers ahead:

I mean, the last seasons introduce a side plot that is totally and utterly meaningless unless the series gets picked up again. Like...there's almost an entire episode of runtime that exists for no purpose as the series currently sits.

And the final season is so rushed that it seems pretty obvious that the writers got blindsided.

Also, the interpersonal drama got a bit weak IMO.

TheDeadlySinner t1_j1mje1p wrote on December 25, 2022 at 5:02 PM

Well, no, it's not meaningless. Its showing what the people who caused season 5&6 are up to. It would be stupid if the show pretended they didn't exist. It would also be stupid if Marco randomly came up with those railguns on his own.