I watched the first two seasons on VOD over here in the course of a week and until the last three episodes of the second season I was riveted by the plot and the fine acting - it was like living in Agrestick myself. I kept telling my wife about this brilliant series where once some weird assumptions were granted the inescapable logic of human situations played out in amazing ways.
And then I watched episodes 10-12 of season 2 and was mortified by their unworkable combination of moral obtuseness (unwarranted by previous developments and totally deviating from the development of at least one of the main characters) and recycled slapstick. The final five minutes left a very bad taste in my mouth. After googling the rest of the series I decided to skip the rest.
In retrospect I'd say that the first season was superb (10 out of 10) but somewhere down the line the slide began and instead of arresting it the writers just destroyed the show.
And then I watched episodes 10-12 of season 2 and was mortified by their unworkable combination of moral obtuseness (unwarranted by previous developments and totally deviating from the development of at least one of the main characters) and recycled slapstick. The final five minutes left a very bad taste in my mouth. After googling the rest of the series I decided to skip the rest.
In retrospect I'd say that the first season was superb (10 out of 10) but somewhere down the line the slide began and instead of arresting it the writers just destroyed the show.
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