[Abyss]

The finale was ok. I found Carrol's evil master plan of a massacre at the shelter to be fairly lame in concept, but neat in execution.
The Emma/Joshua resolution was predictable.
The coffin cliffhanger... meh.

[Abyss]

Money talks, network desperation listens. Even towards the end of the season with some blatantly filler eps, it scored the sort of numbers for a drama that the big networks are desperately trying to generate as their audiences plummet to OD services and the 'net. It also generated good initial buzz that never quite wore off entirely.

That said i'll be stunned if it makes an S3 unless they radically change up the concept along the lines of Hardy replacing Carrol as leader of the killcult. Bacon could totally pull that off, btw.

[McLovin]

The Mrs and I finally started watching this. We were hooked on the first ep. We've now burned about halfway through the season and it just gets better and better.

I am worried about how long they can keep the main storyline going before they do something truly eye-rolling. But till then, we're in.

[Abyss]

McLovin, on 16 June 2013 - 11:47 AM, said:

...I am worried about how long they can keep the main storyline going before they do something truly eye-rolling. But till then, we're in.

There is a chunk towards the almost end-of-season that felt like mediocre filler at best, but it's a generally strong first season overall.

[Slow Ben]

Briar King said:

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Maybe it ll actually be better this time and not so predictable as S1 was....

Hahaha.


You're funny.


It's an interesting show, and the ole lady likes it so I'll keep watching. But I'm not all that excited about it.

[Abyss]

I'm on the fence... there were parts of S1 i really enjoyed and Bacon was fun to watch but the show really lost focus and momentum in the second half of the season.
Hoping for better. I'll watch in Jan, but this could go either way.

[Abyss]

Returns Jan 19/20.

Promos suggest a time-jump.

Am on the fence but will give it a chance. I really enjoyed the 'anyone could be a serial killer' element to S1, but hoping for more momentum, way less filler.

[Abyss]

Four eps in a S2 is killing it. Pun intended.

Saw where they were going with Lily but the 'family' revelation was nuts.

The twins and Giselle are sick awesome.

Ryan is a tad more effective and a less whiny without Clare or Little Joe hanging around his neck.

New FBI lady is essentially old FBI lady with less love for Ryan. Even looks like her.

Iceman and Ryan's niece are totally going to hook up. If either of them lives another 20 minutes.

[Abyss]

Briar King, on 12 February 2014 - 09:25 PM, said:

Aw shit it's 4 eps? I missed a week then. I watched the 1st epi in the special preview and have the last 2 weeks on DVR.

ep four ran just this past Monday here - do you get it later in the week?

[Abyss]

Briar King, on 12 February 2014 - 11:00 PM, said:

It comes on Mons after Almost Human. Looks like I missed ep 2.

Crap, but don't be too bummed. Ep 3 and 4 catch you up pretty quick on what you missed.

[Gothos]

started watching this again with the gf, she's loving it and so am I.

now who else only took a look because the guy used to play Mark Anthony in Rome?

[Abyss]

Briar King, on 17 February 2014 - 11:46 PM, said:

Trying to watch ep 3 now to make room on the DVR before the Olympic coverage tonight.

Ed: haha omg so fucking predictable on 3 pts so far. Connie Neilsans character was so obv from ep 1 I just rolled my eyes. That is cool she is mommy dearest though. I just saw that as I was typing this so that saves me an edit.

It was totally predictable but the Mommy angle was twisted and awesome.
That's something i like about this show... they'll give you the predictable, but at least half the time throw in that one additional twist you didn't see coming.

[Abyss]

Great great ep last night.
Not sure what i liked more... that Joe & Co met someone crazier, or that i know, i absolutely KNOW, Joe is going to subvert Micah and take the whole thing over.

That ending was just fucked.

[Coco with marshmallows]

Agreed.

Plus, like how Ryan and Mike are becoming increasingly more damaged/deranged as they deal with everything being thrown at them.

[Slow Ben]

Briar King said:

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Wow I only have this weeks epi to watch and I'm caught up. S2 is MUCH better then the laughable shit Season 1.

Totally. Told the old lady that if this show didn't start kicking ass and filling grand canyon sized plot holes I was done. I now look forward to the show. Plus, the chick who plays Bacons sister is hot.

[Abyss]

Max. Niece. Not sister.Unless you mean his sister from last season.

[Slow Ben]

Yeah, niece. Little young to be his sister, although Bacon looks damn good for 56.

[Abyss]

Weakest ep of the season by far...

Spoiler

Aw. Dead frat kids. Boo. Hoo. Have them make fun of the fat sociopath, just to make them even less sympathetic.

Couldn't have cared less about Mandy's nonsense, which capped off a character storyline that never went anywhere interesting.

FFS couldn't they have please left Claire dead for another season? Maybe two? She adds nothing but more of the same irritating timewaste that was her main contrib to S1.

Oh. Ryan and Mike arrived at the last possible second. How novel.

The mask idea was a good one. Too bad the one dumbass killer in the room went and spoiled it.

Oh. Ryan went solo and ditched his phone. How even more novel. And stupid. So stupid.

Also, how the fuck did he follow the van, at night, across two states, without them even noticing, i dunno, headlights?

Oh, look. Joe won't sacrifice himself for Mandy. Surprises all around tonight.

Oh, look. Joe blames Emma for... something. Cause reasons. Or, whatever.

I do give Emma the actress credit tho for the sole and only interesting performance of the evening when she backed down and withdrew into herself when Joe went off.

And Lily and the twins were decent but subsumed by my lack of giving a fuck for Mandy.

I can let this pass, but with three eps left in the season, i'm annoyed that they had to live down to my expectations rather than surpassing them.

[Cause]

Abyss, on 12 February 2014 - 07:09 PM, said:

New FBI lady is essentially old FBI lady with less love for Ryan. Even looks like her.

Its Uncanny! and I see it as a mistake. They look, act and sounds so similar I thought the old agent must have somehow survived. I was unsure for the first three episodes before I looked it up. Its mind boggling how similar they are

[Abyss]

Cause, on 08 April 2014 - 08:15 AM, said:

Abyss, on 12 February 2014 - 07:09 PM, said:

New FBI lady is essentially old FBI lady with less love for Ryan. Even looks like her.

Its Uncanny! and I see it as a mistake. They look, act and sounds so similar I thought the old agent must have somehow survived. I was unsure for the first three episodes before I looked it up. Its mind boggling how similar they are

I never looked into the circumstances of old FBI lady leaving the show, but it was probably bcs then they couldn't bring her back to tape more scenes and wanted to minimize viewer something or other condescending fucking network tv...

...wow, can you tell i'm bitter about last night's ep...?