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To be perfectly honest, the show was at it's greatest during the first 3 or even 4 seasons.
The problem is definitely the resolution or ending. Many felt let down. My feelings are this: They had a great idea and premise and amazing initial execution...but they did not know how to end it and had to figure it out along the way and it left a vast majority of viewers very disappointed. The initial weird mysteries were either discarded or the reveals felt forced.
That's as much as I can say without divulging pretty much anything. The fun was the constant unveiling of mysteries and events learning of the characters backgrounds. Again, it was for a while the coolest and most beguiling show on television.
Thank you for your input!
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Jun 25, 2020 - 1:58 PM
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TominAtl
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NOS4A2 - Season 1
Based on Joe Hills book, which I only had started and then stopped for various reasons, what made this show to me compelling enough to keep watching is the amazing acting of pretty much the entire cast and the realistic back story of living in lower middle class town and neighborhood and the internal struggles of dealing with near poverty, drugs, alcohol addiction and the fear of getting stuck in that same town as one's parents may have done. The acting is absolutely superb, particularly the main lead Ashleigh Cummings - Vic and the sometimes brutal and other times heartwarming scenes with her onscreen mother Virginia Kull, who just flat out hates that her daughter may be leaving town to go away on a scholarship and may end up surpassing her in life.
The horror element of the show, which centers Zachary Quinto playing Charlie Manx, who drives a beautiful but antique Rolls Royce Wraith and picks up children in the car to take to CHRISTMAS LAND, whereby him doing so basically sucks their lifeforce into his own ala vampirism. What's interesting is that the kids DO get taken to Christmas Land but horribly altered. He of course utilizes a henchman who is somewhat mentally challenged to help do his bidding.
The acting again is what really sells this show but it is not a very scary one, more intriguing and leaves a lot of questions unanswered, mainly, who the hell IS Charlie Manx and where is he from and WHEN, as he turns incredibly old if he does not feed soon enough.
I'll try season 2 and see how it progesses. It's not a great show but production values and the dialogue and acting are really good.
7 out of 10
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I'm gonna be SO SAD when I've finished the whole series of SCHITT'S CREEK on Netflix.
It's my favourite watch of the day (we usually sit through 2-3 episodes most evenings).
Just started series 4 (of 6).
Great Stuff!
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Joan, perry mason has been great so far, 2 episodes in and brilliant. Atmospheric, hint of LA confidential, etc.
Altho already been on netflix or somewhere, also 30s-set, Penny Dreadful s3 has just started on sky atlantic. Natalie dormer of game of thrones plays a rather gorgeous witch demon of sorts causing havoc and whispering evil deeds in men's ears.
Das Boot s2 has been fantastic. A nice contrast between U boat tension at sea and resistence activities in france. You know its a well-made series when i end up rooting for good germans over bad! 
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Daughter just tapped us into her Amazon Prime TV account so I'm watching Outlander series 3 now. Nicely made.
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Silly. What did you expect??? 