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Quit the side stories

posted 5 years ago by jekporkins (1973)
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I had a hard time getting into season 2. I think I know why. I'm gearing up for a Fincher show about serial killers and I'm getting subplots about their off-duty lives. I know it's there to build the characters but it's honestly taking me out of the show.

It's too much of the hour going into this. How many times did I need to see Trench go back to a miserable wife to get it? I don't even understand the point of Carr's character in season 2. She doesn't have a plot except to figure out her sexuality. That's not the point of the show.

I'd prefer they simply focus on the buildup of the division and the investigations. Either that or show the characters interacting more discussing their home lives than showing the characters' home lives individually. I'm wondering if I'm alone with that. Anyone else have that feeling?

[–] SteveRes (509) 2 months ago

I just rewatched the whole series and I had to skip all the home lives rubbish, it's even worse second time around. Nancy and her kid crucifying weirdo son, the tedious and awful Debbie, just insufferable stuff. I didn't mind Wendy's scenes, worth it for the epic burn she gave the bartender dyke at the end of their relationship.

They've done this in TV shows for decades though, I'm not sure why they're still convinced any of us remotely care about the private lives of these characters to this extent.