I originally watched Seasons 1 and 2 back-to-back and found very little, if any, difference in their quality. If anything, I found the ending sequence of S2 to be maybe the most powerful scene in the two (I’ve certainly rewatched it the most).

The final two episodes were very much the Infinity War of the series. Main characters all split up, their plans all fail individually, the big bad succeeds, and the show ends with the characters back together but way over their heads.

Agreed all around. Rewatching season 2 I found it to be quite enjoyable. I didn’t hate it the first time around, but on second watch I thought it got even better. Will as “The Spy” was really smart, and Noah Schnapp does it so well. It cements the core group with the addition of Max, and it built out more of the…

S2 works much better in a rewatch, I think in part because all of the hype and buzz surrounding it doesn’t exist when you do it as part of the rewatch. It also works much better because your expectations are so low for it that it comes off better than you think.

This was the best season since the 1st. god damn. also, regarding the show’s use of comic book death, I actually find what happened to Max to be utterly tragic and very much a subversion of the concept. First she clinically died, violently, and it triggered an apocalyptic disaster. Then 11 tries to use her powers to…

I think “redemption arc” for Brenner is a misread of what happens. El and Brenner have their fighting words, and she clearly rejects him and his counsel because it means abandoning her friends. His dying wish is that she just say she understands his point of view, and she refuses. He’s not a monster, but he’s deeply…

I have a hunch finding Max’s consciousness will be linked to hunting down Henry’s hiding place where he’s “recovering” or whatever from the attack.

Let’s not forget though, that Howard was trying to prolong the Sandpiper case in order to get himself and Cliff a bigger settlement, even though it meant that some of their elderly clients would die before they could enjoy any of the money.

When Saul handed to manila folder to Howard’s “PI,” I said, “I knew it.” Then I said it again. “I KNEW IT!” The magnifying glass on the post it board was about installing him. They dropped the hint with the photos of Saul picking up an unusually large sum of cash. Either Saul and Kim knew there were eyes on them and…

The saddest thing about it is that they are almost definitely going to “disappear” his body somehow, or dump it someplace, and the narrative will be that he died in some sort of drug business and his reputation will be ruined in his death.

I don’t understand why so many seem to view Howard as a dick.

I’ve said before that this season had me starting to really feel for Howard.

This is a common opinion, but I’ll stand by my belief that the main difference between season 1 and the subsequent seasons is not that it was better but just that it was more conducive to bingeing. The story and themes of season 1 were clean and straightforward (both amounting to, basically, “Find the ones you love”),…

Pretty good for me as long as it’s Donut Lord Zari

Deadline reported a week or so back that the decision was likely out of the hands of the current CW boss (who was noted to have loved the show and always supported it). The cw’s imminent sale, as well as Warner brothers having a new corporate owner apparently took a lot of these renewal decisions out of the hands of…

Shame they couldn’t have gotten one last shortened season to wrap everything up. Especially after last season’s finale.

That checks. I have a friend who was a second unit camera assistant on Rampage for some of the sequences JDM was in and he told me he was an absolute delight. He’d hang out during resets and just shoot the shit and praise the crew. There were some big resets too, involving the takeoff and landing of a helicopter, and…

This is the current AV Club. The writing is an ouroboros of snark which leads to articles that don’t say anything.

I’m not surprised he’s out front calling people out on their bullshit. I have a friend who’s a producer on the show and apparently Morgan is the coolest, nicest person to interact with on the cast. Not that others aren’t great to work with, but apparently Reedus for instance mostly likes to go hang in his trailer betwe…

The tone of this article seems to be that Morgan is in the wrong here, or otherwise deserving of mockery for defending a costar with a tweet? Baffling.