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Antony Starr is glad ‘The Boys’ is ending: “I don’t like seeing things outstay their welcome” (www.nme.com)
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[–] Skavau@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, I agree with /u/GrumpyDuckling here. The pacing of S02E08 didn't work at all, and what we learned didn't actually seem especially interesting. It also seems shoehorned in as she didn't give the vibes of being that at all in Season 1.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

A bunch of people who have known nothing but binge watching, suddenly need to deal with week-to-week programming...

This is what good TV shows look like. Sorry. Unless you know the overarching plot of the entire series, you know nothing about the relevance of the episode.

[–] Skavau@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Huh? My objection to the episode's writing has nothing to do with Severance releasing weekly.

This is what good TV shows look like. Sorry. Unless you know the overarching plot of the entire series, you know nothing about the relevance of the episode.

Sure, I'm speculating. At this point, I think it was shoehorned in and didn't seem consistent with Cobel's role in the company and behaviour in the company in S01. I also don't think it was well done.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I can't speak for you, but the impression I get is that people were expecting severed workplace hijinks, and are upset that they instead got context, backstory and character development... And had to wait another week to get back to the hijinks.

[–] Skavau@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I was not expecting "workplace hijinks".

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's almost like people use exaggerated terms for the sake of argument.

[–] Skavau@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago

I mean even then, no, I wasn't expecting that.