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Totally dude. I skim read parts of that because I'm almost at a stage now where I don't really give a f**k about it. Hope it goes out with a good finale.

 
I guess that means I'm slow/stupid. But a lot of people at work who watch this are in the same boat as me...clueless. Too many characters and plots, no focus at all.

 
Well if you like to turn of your brain and stare at the tv in a catatonic trance then this series is not for you :P

 
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Well if you like to turn of your brain and stare at the tv in a catatonic trance then this series is not for you :P
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Hahha I don't, I assure you! They just mention so many characters in passing who have little or no screentime, and I don't know how the hell they are talking about.

I am following the obvious threads quite easily but in comparison to season 1, this season is a bit of a shambles. I like the three main characters very much though. Taylor Kitsch didn't really need to be in this series, what was the point of his character? Contributes nothing

 
So the series has ended and I'm mystified at level of criticism out there for it...it's like so many people watching it were still sulking that woody harrelson and Matthew mcconaghay weren't in it any more, that this was just a totally different show, they were determined not to give it a chance...

Yes it had faults, the opener was slow and there a lot of people to try and remember who they were over the show...but if you stuck with it, paid attention, used your brain, it was worth it...this was a dark series in a different way to series one, with clear twin peaks influence and no cosy ending...hey even by the end vince Vaughan started to become convincing as a wannabe gangster...thought colin Farrell stole the show though...

Of course series 1 was a classic and hard to beat, but I can see this series getting more respect over time...unfortunately, more people were willing it to fail than those who just sat down and watched the damn thing without any preconceptions or demands

 
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^ Thanks, Brit. I thought I'll remain alone here with my overall positive opinion on the show :)

 
Nah I just thought it was a terrible follow up to an instant classic.

The characters were awful, the dialog ever worse while other than Colin Farrell it was acted very poorly IMO.

I don't need to watch it again to know it was a fairly boring, confusing and largely disappointing series.

 
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Nah I just thought it was a terrible follow up to an instant classic.

The characters were awful, the dialog ever worse while other than Colin Farrell it was acted very poorly IMO.

I don't need to watch it again to know it was a fairly boring, confusing and largely disappointing series.
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agree with this. It was pretty disappointing

 
The finale was probably one of the best episodes of the season, but that isn't saying much. The show took so long to get going, that it was over before it could hit it's stride.

Uninteresting, mopey characters, no smiling, convoluted plot and bad pacing and

What was the point of Woodrugh as a character? Nothing. You could have removed him completely from the show and it wouldn't have affected the plot (and it didn't!)
It ended how I expected it to end. Just rubbish really.

 
I thought it was terrible. Awful plot, rubbish ending too. It was too far up its own arse.

Great cinematic scenes etc though, just a shame they did such a hatchet job on the story telling. It could have been brilliant.

I dont think anyone was 'sulking' haha, we all wanted it to work well, sadly it didn't and it was a big boring pretentious mess.

 
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just watched the finale, it was a decent finale for an extremely underwhelming season

personally i liked the plot but it's the writing that's really really bad with lots of just stupid sequences and lazy plot development, i can't fathom the fact that it's the same guy who writes for season 1 and ofc the atrocious casting aside from colin and rachel, i mean romcom icon vince vaughn as this dark and philosophical two bit gangster it's just too much, talk about amateur hour, and the taylor kitsch character i still have zero idea what his character suppose to be for the plot

 
I thought it was pretty good although the plot at times was tricky to follow at times.

I think this season was more about the characters and less about plot. Colin farrell was excellent, and I thought Vince Vaughans character got better each week, and his death was wonderfully executed.

Hope the critism does curtail a possible season 3.

 
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I thought it was pretty good although the plot at times was tricky to follow at times.

I think this season was more about the characters and less about plot. Colin farrell was excellent, and I thought Vince Vaughans character got better each week, and his death was wonderfully executed.

Hope the critism does curtail a possible season 3.
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Agree with that. I though Farrell, Vaughan and McAdams were all excellent.

Finally got around to watching the final episode yesterday and I was disappointed and a tad confused! Well, perhaps not confused but there was too much going on and too many characters and it perhaps didn't help that I didn't watch series 1. There seem to be very few series where I am completely satisfied with the ending. 

 
If that had been the first season there wouldn't have been a second ordered, and if there had been I certainly wouldn't have watched it.

Couldn't have been more different to the first.

 
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