The aftermath of the tapes has everyone on edge while strange polaroids start to show up.
I don't know where to start. There are some good things about this show and some bad things. But the most important thing, however, is that it should have just been one season. The first season ended perfectly, showed the aftermath, left just enough things open to interpretation so that it was bearable and a good ending to a show that had some pretty good episodes.
So the first problem this second season has is that it feels irrelevant. Hannahs story was told. We know everything we had to know. But now we see some more flashbacks that were not shown in the first season. Because they were A. not important enough to the story to show them then, and B. because they did not exist in the original story line of the show. This season premiere feels exactly like that. It is not bad, and it is entertaining for the most part, but it feels like an attempt to make more money since the first season was a big hit.
The second problem is that the show has a lot of awkward scenes. I don't know if its the actors, but they seem to do a fine job overall, so I do not think that this is it, but rather the writing. The writing is very exhausting at times when you attempt not to cringe at it.
Other than that, I really do not want to hate entirely on this show. Because I am positive that there will be good episodes again, as well as important messages. And I did like they had the actors give a message at the beginning of this episode that if you are dealing with mental health issues, you probably should skip this show for now and look for help. I really did enjoy that.
But I don't know. This episode just failed to grab me.
I don't know where to start. There are some good things about this show and some bad things. But the most important thing, however, is that it should have just been one season. The first season ended perfectly, showed the aftermath, left just enough things open to interpretation so that it was bearable and a good ending to a show that had some pretty good episodes.
So the first problem this second season has is that it feels irrelevant. Hannahs story was told. We know everything we had to know. But now we see some more flashbacks that were not shown in the first season. Because they were A. not important enough to the story to show them then, and B. because they did not exist in the original story line of the show. This season premiere feels exactly like that. It is not bad, and it is entertaining for the most part, but it feels like an attempt to make more money since the first season was a big hit.
The second problem is that the show has a lot of awkward scenes. I don't know if its the actors, but they seem to do a fine job overall, so I do not think that this is it, but rather the writing. The writing is very exhausting at times when you attempt not to cringe at it.
Other than that, I really do not want to hate entirely on this show. Because I am positive that there will be good episodes again, as well as important messages. And I did like they had the actors give a message at the beginning of this episode that if you are dealing with mental health issues, you probably should skip this show for now and look for help. I really did enjoy that.
But I don't know. This episode just failed to grab me.