• neuracnu
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    10 months ago

    I’ve been a huge FAM fan from the beginning primarily for the show’s potential.

    Seasons 2 and 3 featured some interpersonal plot twists and astonishingly ridiculous plot choices (avoiding spoilers) that made the show nearly insufferable.

    Season 4 seems to have gotten things back on track for the most part. There is still a hint of ridiculousness going on, but I’m mostly satisfied.

    At the same time, I wish the show was allowed to jettison some of the pulpy elements and have a bit more auteur flare. But it’s so rare to actually see a television show that’s this ambitious actually make it a few seasons that I hesitate to ask for more.

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      10 months ago

      Loved season one. Had a major WTF reaction to a development in season two and hoped it would never be referenced again. But nope.

      I bailed one third through season three. The one storyline involving an unlikable character’s unhealthy obsession just became too much.

      If you tell me that season four gets away from that, I might be willing to finish season three (fast forwarding through the obession-related scenes).

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        10 months ago

        Oof. I don’t have good news for you on the Season 3 front.

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        Danny

        remains a central figure throughout the season and is permitted to do more-different hair-brained things as well, which is both annoying to suffer though and awkward to fast-forward over without also missing exposition. There’s still a lot of genuinely interest stuff that happens in season 3 and somehow made the experience worth it, but wow, not by much. I was REALLY happy to see that S4 got itself right-sided again.