Complete opposite for me. I enjoyed its cruelty

In my school in Australia, we didn't use the American grading system, so E was redeemed by standing for Excellent…but it could also mean Experiencing Difficulty (the nice way of saying 'you're awful')

Good to hear; I don't watch the show (stopped after the first season), but I was feeling deeply worried for Zack Handlen and the AV Clubbers.

Or you could just, you know, read his stuff and not comment.

So it was actually about ethics in journalism?

Yeah, and importantly they didn't have to pay Todd any extra to do that, he was just insane enough that he did it anyway.

It's completely unreasonable to call HBO jerks over this. They gave a show that never really rated, was expensive, and never had much critical acclaim five seasons and allowed the writers to write the ending of the show, even if they cut it short. Any other network would probably have cancelled this show after two…

I don't think it would have made much of a difference if I'd not known. Because it was one of those theories that there was no ambiguity over- the second I heard it, I didn't think 'interesting theory, not sure if it has validity but it might do,' I thought, 'yes of course that's who that is, and of course he's going…

The season revolves around attempts to take down the Mexican cartel led by Fausto, but it involves the interplay of so many elements that aren't in and of themselves very interesting that it becomes very difficult to know what's going on, AND nothing actually happens because the show has to spend so much time…

Do not believe these people above you. Season 2 is not good TV. It is not bad TV, or that far below S1, but it never goes anywhere and its plots are ridiculously diffuse.

The Strain was worth reviewing because the layers of badness were so dense they needed to be deconstructed so we could truly come to terms with its colossal stupidity.

This list doesn't have S1's EBE on it!

Winter did an interview with Sepinwall where he said he felt they'd reached a point where all they'd be doing is repeating the Big Bad structure over and over, and didn't feel like they had anything major to add to proceedings. But you'd think he would've thought about all this earlier than the end of season 4…

I like the show too, but basically agree with this. The show has no unifying theme, or statement, to give everything an added weight and significance. It's just a bunch of nifty stories about gangsters during prohibition. That's fine, and I enjoy the show quite a bit, but it will always stop it from being considered…

To be fair, many articles were written here in Australia about Jonah from Tonga being racist.

In a summer that had that season of Rectify? Blasphemy

What? But that was one of the few reasons to watch the show!

I…I think I might be free. I mean, I'll read the reviews/comments sections, but I think S3 really, genuinely, killed my desire to watch this show ever again.

I'd argue the first season had a fine pace. Then the first half of S2 ran through everything there was left to tell.

Not quite. Remember in IT, a psychopathic 8-year-old smothers his infant brother.