Reviews

The first 5 minutes were funny. The next 15 were OK and I felt like the show was going to be about a serious detective surrounded by idiots - like Andy Griffith down under with a bunch of Barnie Fife's and moronic townsfolk. It was hard watching the same blundering cliché played out over and over and over again. I had to check to see if Will Ferrell was a writer. No one can seriously be as dumb as the people on the beach were. You do not get near a crime scene and you do not worry about breakfast brioche. It was just too much stupidity all at once.

Then Eddie Redcliffe / Madeleine Sami arrived in the show. Her character and the character's behavior were appalling. No homicide detective would be allowed to walk into an investigation and start throwing out conjecture and unfounded suppositions. I watched for a few minutes to see if there was a "just kidding" moment and she became serious. I had to end the experience there. Just awful.

Watched 4 episodes, so maybe it will get better.

Episode 1 was great and had me hooked. It grabbed my attention and kept me engaged. There was a lot of story in those first 45 minutes. Then episode 2 happened.

The story quickly falters. Four episodes in and I still have not figured out who the real bad person is and what is the motivation. Somehow the subway and the Night Watch cross paths. You can start to see that the writers do not have a lot of experience and that shows in the dialogue and character progression

Rose is annoying. I can't tell you how many times I would have hoped the character would be eliminated. She whines and complains and makes everything about her without her understanding the situation she is in. The arguing during a gunfight comes from romcoms but is not appropriate here.

Ellen is crazy and also overly acted - not very believable

Diane is flat. The character has the charisma of a rock.

Peter started off so well but acts more like a rube with each episode. Rose the confused victim now tells the experienced FBI agent what to do. I can see where the writers tried to make this a transition of her becoming aware of the situation but she is not ready to be a "girl boss."

Jamie, Erik, and Ben have good actors but poor direction and dialogue.

Summary - worth the watch but don't think too much while you are watching it.

Great cinematography and acting. Thought the story was odd being a school for Supernatural / X-Men. I'd prefer a school of odd characters with unique abilities or quirks - like Wednesday. The freak tribes were never really developed or useful other than to poorly represent a version of common high school cliques. Wednesday was unique and fit with no group - all characters could have been the same.

The perception that Enid and Wednesday are part of a love interest or love triangle are wrong. Both girls are clearly interested in the other gender. It is seen throughout the show for both girls - the girls like the boys. People will see what they want but the girls are friends. The subplot for Enid and Wednesday is developing a strong friend bond. They are opposites with common interests. Black v colorful, quiet v. Outgoing, etc.

Sadly in our modern world girls who are close must be portrayed as romantically involved rather than being close friends who care about each other platonically. It's OK - ending is lost on youth.

Great cinematography and acting. Thought the story was odd being a school for Supernatural / X-Men. I'd prefer a school of odd characters with unique abilities or quirks - like Wednesday. The freak tribes were never really developed or useful other than to poorly represent a version of common high school cliques. Wednesday was unique and fit with no group - all characters could have been the same.

The perception that Enid and Wednesday are part of a love interest or love triangle are wrong. Both girls are clearly interested in the other gender. It is seen throughout the show for both girls - the girls like the boys. People will see what they want but the girls are friends. The subplot for Enid and Wednesday is developing a strong friend bond. They are opposites with common interests. Black v colorful, quiet v. Outgoing, etc.

Sadly in our modern world girls who are close must be portrayed as gay and sexualized rather than being close friends who care about each other platonically.

I understand the show is classified as fiction and takes some liberties with real history to fit into the story framework. This episode was a stretch and shows how Charles felt he was right and everyone else was wrong.

I like Dominic West as an actor but he was miscast as Charles. West has more charisma and class standing in the background of a scene looking at his shoe than Prince (now King) Charles has ever had.

The writers did not review their history or forgot where season 4 left off. Charles was a whiny, petulant brat who had many girlfriends but only wanted to marry the bitter tramp Camilla. Camilla and her husband had many affairs and the Camilla - Charles relationship was a very open secret. He did not want to marry Diana, they had no chemistry, and Charles was immediately jealous of her popularity. He was a dull rock while she was a shining gem.

The Royal Family turned and walked away right after the wedding and ignored the brewing tension between the two. Charles continued his public affair with Camilla and had spies watching Diana to make sure she did not stray. Charles continued to act out against his wife and his family.

The late 80's and most of the 90's Charles intentionally did things to annoy the Queen or act out against her wishes by acting "unroyal." The Princes' Trust is one of those actions - a good program but still not what the Queen wanted. Other personal interests that raised the Queens' ire were talking at length about environmental issues (coal and manufacturing are critical to UK), alternative medicines (UK has a national health plan), and open support of other religions (Queen / King head of Church of England). All good thoughts but Charles was a future king not a member of Parliament and the Royal Family made sure not to openly make statements where they could be seen taking sides.

The Royal Family had low public approval driven by many factors but primarily by Charles. They did nothing to rein him in. The marriage to Diana was a mistake, allowing him to marry a much younger women at the age of 33 was a mistake, and tolerating his complaining about his responsibilities was a mistake.

Sadly this episode supported Charles being mistreated and spied upon by the family rather than showing Charles was acting out and undermining the source of his wealth and privilege.

Series 3 is very different than the first two. The new characters aren't interesting and the story is sooo slow. The whole tone is more mystical and end of days rather than the characters driving the story of solving their deaths. The first three episodes so far have the characters in separate groups rather than working to gather to protect each other and right their wrongs. The power surges and outages, phones exploding, natural disasters happening are odd. So far the story has run about a month.

And I don't like that I have to type 600 characters to describe my opinion of an episode when 250 would suffice.

I would have rated higher except for Danny Glover being in the show. He was an average actor in his prime and mailed his performance in this episode. Oh, and Danny Glover spews hate and lies from his wealthy entitled lounge chair.

I know - Homelander is the antagonist of the show and he will not get taken out before the series ends. But I really liked Soldier Boy and Jensen Ackles. Soldier Boy was a great character and hoped we could have found a way to keep him around. We could lose the Deep and no one would notice.

Amy Schumer and Cara Delevingne in episode 1? Such a step back in at power. Or all the people they chose these two c-list celebs. Sad. Just sad. Hope it gets better.

Bad. Just bad. She stopped being able to act after her ABC show was cancelled. She took this as a chance to play the character as a joke. Just not funny.

Always makes me laugh when liberal Hollywood writers call out or make fun of Lindsey Graham - John McCain's RINO lap dog. Graham sides more with the left than the right and stuff gets made fun of.

Oh yea.... Seth Rogan being a loser sex perv. No, he is not typecast.

This was bad. So so bad. Bad acting. Bad writing. Only F Murray Abraham was good in this trash heap. I tried to see the humor but it was smothered in tropes.

Good writing. Good acting. Good story. Great sets and costumes. Some awkward directing and acting at times but not distracting. Then there was the final episode. No spoilers but it really unraveled for me. Not what you would expect but a bit absurd.

Is there nothing she can't do well? She is an expert hunter of English game even though she has been away from England for years. She is an expert equestrian, matchmaker, socialite, and croquet player. Give her a lightsaber and call her Rey.

So much overacting and over enunciation of every single syllable. It like Danbury is chewing her words and Queen Charlotte has to add extra lilt to each phrase. This is TV not theater.

Seriously. She is a high school student and is everywhere on base or in Washington. Her character is boorish and annoying. Her character Is unbelievable in a show that is unbelievable for its story.

All he had to do. All Tommy Lee had to do was pay the carpenter $27,000 and none of this would have happened. Sure his marriage was doomed because of who he was in the mid to late 90s.

Beth is a power to contend with and sue is purposely written to be the most loyal and devout member of the family in spite of hating the ranch. Now that you've watched season 4 know that C-19 affected the how and timing of filming. There are articles you can read (one below) that outline the difficulty of shooting and having cast and crew together. It did take a toll on the storylines. And explains the family being separated. Could it have Ben done better? Maybe. Was the season slow? Yes. Here's to hoping season 5 goes back to the quality of seasons 2 and 3.