Reviews

This one was too slow for my tastes. I'd never seen it, or heard of it until 2023 Christmas season.

***** SPOILERS *****

It kept reminding me of the 90s movie Falling Down. You can watch the main character of both movies, break down in front if you. Michael Douglas felt he was driven to his act, the same with this Santa. The extra layer is that this character feels he is the true Santa, and has to rid all the people he views as bad.

I was surprised at the first clip, when he found out Santa was fake. I'm used to seeing sex scenes in movies, but their act, especially since dad is wearing a Santa costume, managed to shock me.

I see online that there is a debate as to whether he flew away or not. I believe he'd crashed off the bridge, that'd why he appeared to be in flight.

The lead actor really does an excellent job, but I won't be watching again.

Where would season 3 be if she left? What would happen to Hannah? She knows one baby will be safe, now it's time to safe her firstborn and her friends. June is pissed. The women are getting pissed. It's time to form the biggest girl power team ever assembled on TV and take down Gilead. Yes it was frustrating, yes it was intense, yes nothing happened like I expected, but that's exactly what I want in a season finale! The first season was excellent storytelling and television, season 2 was mind blowing and powerful. I'm not a feminist, and I've never been interested in building up women, or helping other women. Not that I'm against it, it just has never been an issue in my own small circle. But this show gives me a new perspective on us girls. The scenes that showed the wives asking the council for help, the ending where every woman was helping June and the baby, the scenes that showed June and Serena dealing with policy while Commander Waterford was in the hospital: those gave me goosebumps. They made me realize, we are something great, and even greater when we team up together. I felt like the ending was perfect for this roller coaster of a season. I'm sorry for the ones that hated it. But imagine how much better season 3 will be for her making that frustrating decision.

I'm obsessed with Florida, and I'm obsessed with true crime. Judging by the title, this should be my all time favorite show. However, there's not much of the strangeness going on that was advertised.

Most of the episodes show the standard setup; add some people close to the crime, throw in a few reenactments, mix well and serve.

Only one episode met the strange criteria for me. A lady kills her husband, and gets off for the crime. Fast forward several years later, this lady uses the same gun to shoot her son. That was strange, and I'll even add crazy.

I do realize how caullios I seem, stating that someone's murder was just not strange enough for me. I remind myself that these stories include real life people, and many of them carry their pain throughout their life. But, if your going to add strange to your title, you should bring the strangeness. In my opinion, this show is just average.

It's been 24 hours since I watched the finale. My husband and I believe it was predictable, but it's how it should have ended.

I started the show when it first aired. However the long delays irritated me. I quit watching once he went into the box. We picked it back up once we could binge watch. I broke down and bought the final season because I had to see how it ended.

***spoilers***

I was sad going into this last show because I will miss the characters I've grown to love. I feel like the last season was a little off and didn't have the same magic because of Norma. I hated to see her go and her absence just made the show miss something. There were seasons I really enjoyed more than others, but I was glad to get this wrapped up.

I was fine with Chick's death because that shooting was typical Alex. I believe Norman and Alex should have struggled a little more.

I literally got goosebumps when I saw the direction we were going, back to the beginning, in Norman's journey home. This was beautiful and I enjoyed every flashback between the current and first episode. Those conversations between him and his mother are what I will remember about this show. Norman just looked so accepting of where he was in his head. Relaxed. Oh Mother.

I was not fond of Emma this season, but I really never cared for her. However she was a major pain this time. To me she seemed cruel to Dylan for no reason. And to tell Caleb to leave? That wasn't her place, or her choice to make.

Second to the goosebumps scene was one of the last ones. Dylan has just shot Norman. After rocking him in his arms the camera starts to pull away. The dinner table is full, with a dead Norma sitting at the head of the table. Oh and that head. The way her head is plopped over, eyes peering into dead space, with her sons in the floor behind her, this was one of the most eerie of the season. Perfect end shot.

The end details can be argued, but the passion of this story can not. If you were ready to walk into the Bates crazy world, they were ready to entertain you. I fell in love with these characters. I hate this part of the few shows that have really gotten my attention. The goodbyes. I will miss this crazy bunch.