I still find it strange how this site seems to get really excited by the Marvel Universe rather than merely tolerates it. Saying that 'no entry has been truly unwatchable so far' is hardly a ringing endorsement.

I disagree, but I think it's a given which show's second season will be better.

Yup, I'm on board. Not all the humor of the first season worked for me, but that cast is hard to argue with and you know it'll look great.

Agreed. disqus_F3dme7ZCKO is an embarrassment to the disqus family name.

I think it's the opposite - the tremendous goodwill from the first show is the only reason a lot of people keep coming back. I doubt reviews would be any better if this were brand new. Agreed about Farrell, though. Were he not around the whole thing would be totally unwatchable.

The reviewer's right in saying that the season could have just started from this episode. Why not? Apart from some superficial backstory regarding Ray and Frank's dealings with the rapist nothing has substantially changed with the case or the characters.

He was better this episode, but it feels far too late to turn the ship around now. He should have been a supporting character who Ray gets information off once an episode (or two).

Can't argue with that grade. Thus far the show's relied a great deal on good cliffhangers but we didn't even get that this time. I'm so detached from proceedings the cumulative effect is almost surreal, like I'm watching while high.

Yup - it's not the volume of superhero movies and shows that grates, it's the wildly disproportionate volume of media attention.

"From the Creator of The Wire"

Oh come on, this was clearly a D- episode!

Ah. That being case, troll would suffice.

I don't mind season 2, but the notion that season 1 had some major failings we all ignored just to explain the reaction to its follow-up feels bogus to me. The writing in season 1 worked very well for its two leads. Rust certainly had a wealth of talents, but he was so larger than life it was easy to go along with.

As mentioned, the shots in Ultron of the heroes saving the civilians were so pandering it felt almost as bad. Like, 'yes, we've got another tired city destruction scene, but it's ok because we're saving people too!' Even with that stuff in I noticed a 'been there done that' reaction to it all. As well there should…

I like him. He's corrupt as hell and loving it. More watchable than 50% of the lead characters. Took me about 3 episodes to remember he was one of the gangsters in The Dark Knight.

I believe the more PC term is hate-watcher. She did the same on the The Affair comments section if I remember correctly. In fairness that show, like this, sometimes deserved it.

By the halfway point it would be nice to actually know what the fuck's going on with the case, but I've given up with that and am doing my best to go along with for the ride. The format of each episode now seems to be 45 minutes of labyrinth plotting followed by 5-10 minutes of scenes that hook you into the next one.

The action was good until it got to the point where I was reminded of Hot Shots 2 where Charlie Sheen and a bad guy are firing at each other from behind a hill of their own shell casings.

The first M:I film has officially become underrated. The deliberately convoluted plot is a lot of fun, and it was the only film in the franchise where Ethan Hunt was a character, and not just Tom Cruise getting off on doing his own stunts.

Haywire is shite. A couple of fun fight scenes, but if anything it's an example of an action film that categorically *doesn't* work because you don't care about a single thing that's happening.