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Poses so many questions and never answers them

posted 3 years ago by Mister Babadook (2685)
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I wanna like this show, but we're on season 3 and we still don't know exactly what Leanne is, we still don't know if Jericho is actually Dorothy's baby or how Leanne makes him appear at will, or what was going on with the water in the basement. We still don't know what exactly the cult is or how they got their powers, we still don't even know why Leanne only ate tomato soup in the first season.

Sean or someone will point blank look Leanne or one of the cult members in the face and plainly ask "Whats going on? whats the rules?" and they'll stare blankly and not answer, guessing cause M Night Shyamalan can't think of any.

The show is really well acted, it looks great, its got great atmosphere and music, but the problem is they never give you any answers to anything. You keep thinking at the end of each season you're gonna get all the answers or at least some and you never do.

I feel like the writers have no clue whats going either and they're just winging this whole thing and will likely never come up with answers. They're jsut gonna keep doing weird creepy shit and never explain any of it.

[–] imdb-484 (123) 3 years ago

You make a good point and I agree. In those respects it reminds me of a show called Outcast (2016-2017) which also had supernatural themes that were never adequately explained, and in the end the whole thing just imploded in a "okay, well, how the f-ck do we end this??" kinda way.

Servant has another season to run and M Night Shayamalan is on record as saying it will be a challenge to wrap it up neatly. But if anyone can do it, it's him.

[–] NoEasyBuckets (349) 3 years ago

I completely agree. The story has barely progressed in three seasons. All we got out of the cult in season 3 was a couple of randoms attacking Leanne and then Uncle George showing up for 30 seconds in the last 10 mins. I keep watching because as you said it looks like a show you would want to watch and the fact that it's a half hour makes it go by pretty quickly.

My guess is there's some twist coming at the end and they feel like the dynamic between the four main characters is enough to keep them going until they get to it.

[–] Mister Babadook (2685) 3 years ago

Yeah it just being 25 to 30 minutes each episode helps alot, they're easy to watch and go by quick, thats my favorite kind of shows to watch cause you can binge them quick or when you just watch 1 it goes by in no time. Cause i dunno if could've stayed with the show if each episode was an hour.

I just caught onto this show a few months ago so i had all the first 2 seasons already out to binge and the short episode times made it really easy.

Again i really wanna love this show, i love the acting, the music, the characters, the atmosphere, its just the lack of answers is extremely frustrating.

[–] NoEasyBuckets (349) 3 years ago

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[–] Obifuntoknowme (1130) 2 years ago

Sounds like a rehash of ‘Lost’ then - all questions and no answers!

[–] Annkat (342) a year ago

All answered in the show.

Leanne was a potential saint. Everyone in her group was the same. They were saved from death and tasked with doing God's will.

Leeanne was selfish in that she wanted to be a daughter figure to Dorothy. So she used her power to create a substitute illusion of Jericho. She didn't use the simulacrum to help Dorothy come back to reality but to keep her in her own fantasy world of denial.

The show was all about Dorothy, Sean and Julian finally facing the truth. And Leeanne had to pay for her transgression.