by OL » Mon May 25, 2015 12:16 pm
Watched the first season of a show called The Red Road, mainly for the fact that it's a crime story involving an american indian tribe (and being that my favorite completed comic series of all time is Scalped, this stuff is totally up my alley).
The first season is good; it's got some interesting hooks, and the acting is pretty well above average. And Jason Momoa is always strangely compelling in just about anything he does. But overall it was a bit too "quiet" for me to get all too excited about it. Good for one watch, but then you're done.
But I started watching the second season, and I have to say it gets much, much better. Maybe it's because they don't have to establish characters by this point or something, but they're able to dive right into a good murder story, plus a bunch of fallout from the first season's story, and it ends up much more gripping than the first season was. I'm only three episodes in at the moment (each season is six), but I should get to see the rest tomorrow. Too bad there won't be anymore after that, since it was cancelled.
Also caught the season finale of that show Battle Creek I was talking about, and it was easily one of the best episodes of a network drama that I've seen in a long time. Great character development, great story structure. Thankfully it didn't have a cliffhanger ending, so that's good.
Totally fucking shameful that this was cancelled, but then in the same day I find out that Scorpion was renewed for a second season (good god, Scorpion is a load of sucky cheesy bullshit; absolutely hate that show).
So yeah, I think I legitimately hate CBS now.