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Woob_woob said:
But wasnt that what she was supposed to do?
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Bohnjaggs said:
There's a difference between somebody you love to hate and somebody you just hate. I blame the actress as much as the writing. She's the worst.
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Yeah, I've been thinking about this because Woob and I usually agree on our tv shows.

The character wasn't the problem. I think it was the actress. It was TOO much. That character should be played with a certain amount of finesse and subtlety, instead of just beating you over the head with a baseball bat. The way she got under Alex and Piper's skin, her playing both sides with Carol, Barb, Daddy, all of that wasn't bad. It was the way it was over the top acted. So, I agree with @Bohnjaggs . And when she appeared on screen this season, I just sighed. Even though she was beat the eff up, I still didn't want to see her. I think the writers recognized that as well.....

@Jonathan Y - did you finish? @NateOEB - thoughts on Badison?
 
Teeeee said:
Yeah, I've been thinking about this because Woob and I usually agree on our tv shows.

The character wasn't the problem. I think it was the actress. It was TOO much. That character should be played with a certain amount of finesse and subtlety, instead of just beating you over the head with a baseball bat. The way she got under Alex and Piper's skin, her playing both sides with Carol, Barb, Daddy, all of that wasn't bad. It was the way it was over the top acted. So, I agree with @Bohnjaggs . And when she appeared on screen this season, I just sighed. Even though she was beat the eff up, I still didn't want to see her. I think the writers recognized that as well.....

@Jonathan Y - did you finish? @NateOEB - thoughts on Badison?
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OMG MY GIRLFRIEND IS DRAGGING IT OUT. We are on episode 11 we plan on finishing Sunday :) I don't want it to be over lmao
 
Teeeee said:
Yeah, I've been thinking about this because Woob and I usually agree on our tv shows.

The character wasn't the problem. I think it was the actress. It was TOO much. That character should be played with a certain amount of finesse and subtlety, instead of just beating you over the head with a baseball bat. The way she got under Alex and Piper's skin, her playing both sides with Carol, Barb, Daddy, all of that wasn't bad. It was the way it was over the top acted. So, I agree with @Bohnjaggs . And when she appeared on screen this season, I just sighed. Even though she was beat the eff up, I still didn't want to see her. I think the writers recognized that as well.....

@Jonathan Y - did you finish? @NateOEB - thoughts on Badison?
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I dont know how its possible to be too over the top when you're aim is to be over the top. Also I enjoyed the fact that she had zero finesse or subtlety, she was full blown New England attitude. Yes Badison was a caricature of a criminal Boston woman, but I'd argue most OITNB characters were caricatures and she fit right in.
 
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Teeeee said:
Yeah, I've been thinking about this because Woob and I usually agree on our tv shows.

The character wasn't the problem. I think it was the actress. It was TOO much. That character should be played with a certain amount of finesse and subtlety, instead of just beating you over the head with a baseball bat. The way she got under Alex and Piper's skin, her playing both sides with Carol, Barb, Daddy, all of that wasn't bad. It was the way it was over the top acted. So, I agree with @Bohnjaggs . And when she appeared on screen this season, I just sighed. Even though she was beat the eff up, I still didn't want to see her. I think the writers recognized that as well.....

@Jonathan Y - did you finish? @NateOEB - thoughts on Badison?
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I see where Woob is coming from and agree Badison fit into the show. For me, I just didn't care about her since they introduced her so late in the series. Had she been with all the characters longer I might have cared about her. I just didn't want the story to focus on her with it being the final season. I cared more about wrapping up the stories we'd been following from the beginning, Red & Nicky, Alex & Piper, Doggett, Suzanne, Taystee & Tiffany, Caputo and others. I just wasn't invested in the Badison story line at all,
and was glad they sent her away mid-season so the focus was on the characters whose stories I was invested in.
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NateOEB said:
I see where Woob is coming from and agree Badison fit into the show. For me, I just didn't care about her since they introduced her so late in the series. Had she been with all the characters longer I might have cared about her. I just didn't want the story to focus on her with it being the final season. I cared more about wrapping up the stories we'd been following from the beginning, Red & Nicky, Alex & Piper, Doggett, Suzanne, Taystee & Tiffany, Caputo and others. I just wasn't invested in the Badison story line at all,
and was glad they sent her away mid-season so the focus was on the characters whose stories I was invested in.
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I agree with most of this. Overall I cared less about the new max characters than the original ones.
 
Woob_woob said:
The 2nd half of Handmaids S3 has been really good.
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I was just thinking this morning that I haven't watched an episode in several weeks. Because I was getting kinda meh about it. So, this is the kick in the pants I need to get back into it.
 
I think I'm on episode 8 of this OITNB season and it's still a chore and just really sad. I've got to see this through. My complaint is always the same complaint every season:

Too. much. Piper.

I know it's all based around her but ugh. Easily one of my least favorite characters.

I was super happy to see Sophia for a brief time!
 
I keep meaning to start or keep on with a dozen shows I have started....but on the nights I have TV time, I keep going back to my re-watch of Mad Men. It's so excellent.

I am two episodes into Years and Years, two into Dark, halfway through Big Little Lies, stuck somewhere in Battlestar, I haven't started Handmaids S3 yet, Fleabag is on the short list, as is Killing Eve. And, Ozark S2 seems like one I should watch. I guess that's what winter is for.
 
ranbalam said:
I keep meaning to start or keep on with a dozen shows I have started....but on the nights I have TV time, I keep going back to my re-watch of Mad Men. It's so excellent.

I am two episodes into Years and Years, two into Dark, halfway through Big Little Lies, stuck somewhere in Battlestar, I haven't started Handmaids S3 yet, Fleabag is on the short list, as is Killing Eve. And, Ozark S2 seems like one I should watch. I guess that's what winter is for.
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Those are all excellent shows! I think Dark and Fleabag my favorite and easiest for you to binge. Battlestar is amazing but will be more of a commitment. I actually liked Ozark S2 better than S1.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
I finally got started on the first season of Mindhunter. I'm on the fourth episode. Does this show ever get a plot or, like, any dramatic tension? It's a sort of interesting story, I guess, but does this eventually lead to them actively investigating something or does it continue to just follow them getting an incrementally more sophisticated understanding of serial killers?
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This will be an unpopular opinion. But your questions are why I didn't really like the series. The acting was great. But I was really bored.

I know it was renewed for a 2nd season. I don't think I'll watch it though.
 
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