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Does this show get any better?

posted 9 years ago by inuimari
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I tried watching the first two episodes and man! They were pretty bad. I remember the reception for this show being abysmal during the first season and assumed that Kevin Bacon must be sleeping with the producers or something (jk). I'm really surprised that this show is still going on. Does it get better after the first season? And does the killer get caught or are there other killers now? It seems bizarre that after three seasons, K. Bacon still can't catch a serial killer.

[–] Pippy-4 9 years ago

Its not still going on it was canceled. I enjoyed it for the most part.

[–] DirectionWritten 9 years ago

It's kind of dumb to call a show "really bad" after watching only two episodes of it. And you're wrong, season 1 of the show got an extremely positive reception. Season 2's was more mixed and negative, but season 2 is actually 10 times better than season 1. Every episode of season 2 is great. Season 3 however, is TERRIBLE. You could skip the first 8 episodes of that season and not miss one thing. The first 4 episodes of season 3 literally only consists of senseless murders of innocent people. Also, the new antagonists in season 3 are awful actors. Mark sucks alone as a villian, but isn't a bad actor. The two people that play Daisy and Kyle, are really bad, though. The show tried to make us like them, yes, the show tried to make us like a pair of psychopathic evil lunatics that murder people. How many times can the show use the joke where the psychopath calls someone crazy? They are so bland and uninteresting that they feel like a cliched version of previous villains on the show. And they say everything in this emotionless monotone. The only good part of season 3 is Joe.

[–] plubok-467-665057 9 years ago

Good summary of the reception of the series. I almost agree with everything you said there.

[–] SpacemanBob 9 years ago

Watched half of Season 1, it's ok but I thought it was an odd concept that they had the serial killer imprisoned while he directs his serial killer interns from inside. They could have him taken care of in about 5 minutes. Let five hardcore lifers have at him in a cell till he's dead. Happens all the time.