Not pinning this thread as it’s probably nicer to focus on the best shows than the worst, but curious to see what everybody’s biggest disappointments where

  • edric@lemm.ee
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    Of the ones I’ve seen, True Detective Night Country. I’ve never seen such a disparity in critics’ rating consensus and regular viewer opinions. Not only was it poorly written by True Detective standards, it also wasted Jodie Foster’s talents as well. And the worst part is, the showrunner is coming back for the next season because of how “successful” Night Country was.

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      I genuinely enjoyed Night Country until it became clear they weren’t going to answer the questions they raised. I liked the cast well enough, really enjoyed the setting, liked the music (despite the general consensus) and thought the character interplay was fairly good - if sometimes melodramatic.

      I went into it confident that the intrigue would be resolved, but it just petered out. It could have been great, but the longer you watch it, the more you feel like they wrote every episode as they went along and painted themselves into a corner.