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I liked the 1st season and stopped watching in the middle of the 2nd one, felt that the writers deliberately tried to make the main characters less likable than

by osipov 10y ago

I liked the 1st season and stopped watching in the middle of the 2nd one, felt that the writers deliberately tried to make the main characters less likable than they were in the beginning.

maxerickson 10y ago
I think they tried to use a softer introduction and then harden them up once the audience got to know them. They are brutal killers, you aren't necessarily supposed to like them. SPOILERS They eventually reveal themselves to the daughter and she tells her priest. It's really pushing suspension of disbelief for me that the several additional mouths stay shut.
- hartpuff 10y ago
  I agree. The only way such a casual reaction is plausible is if they are also KGB agents. The problem I'm having is that it doesn't really invoke any Cold War aspect any more. They basically just are Americans, meeting with other "Americans", watching American movies or David Copperfield, visiting EPCOT or EST, alongside some rather tedious non-political espionage. They (very suddenly) don't seem to have any solid association with the Soviet Union or "the cause" any more. The now sadly all too rare Rezidentura scenes (with some of the most interesting aspects and characters of the show IMO) and Reagan clips just seem like tacked-on lip-service to the original concept.
- MichaelGG 10y ago
  Except, from the little I read, there was no murders attributed to these "illegals". No doubt a bit of TV license. Just like the top spies or doctors spend time doing boring labwork a low level worker could do.
  - maxerickson 10y ago
    Yeah, I was talking about the characters.
  - toomanythings2 10y ago
    Dramatic TV shows, movies and books are about entertainment, not telling the truth as it really happened. Almost all such things carry the disclaimer "based on" and anything can be changed and be different.
- motoboi 10y ago
  Oh, my. I tried to turn my head away when I read the spoilers sign, but couldn't. Thanks for ruining the season for me. =(
  - maxerickson 10y ago
    Jon Snow dies. I think the reasonable statute of limitations on politely saying nothing is something like 6 months (it's been almost a year).

by osipov 10y ago

I liked the 1st season and stopped watching in the middle of the 2nd one, felt that the writers deliberately tried to make the main characters less likable than they were in the beginning.

maxerickson 10y ago

I think they tried to use a softer introduction and then harden them up once the audience got to know them. They are brutal killers, you aren't necessarily supposed to like them. SPOILERS They eventually reveal themselves to the daughter and she tells her priest. It's really pushing suspension of disbelief for me that the several additional mouths stay shut.

hartpuff 10y ago
I agree. The only way such a casual reaction is plausible is if they are also KGB agents. The problem I'm having is that it doesn't really invoke any Cold War aspect any more. They basically just are Americans, meeting with other "Americans", watching American movies or David Copperfield, visiting EPCOT or EST, alongside some rather tedious non-political espionage. They (very suddenly) don't seem to have any solid association with the Soviet Union or "the cause" any more. The now sadly all too rare Rezidentura scenes (with some of the most interesting aspects and characters of the show IMO) and Reagan clips just seem like tacked-on lip-service to the original concept.
MichaelGG 10y ago
Except, from the little I read, there was no murders attributed to these "illegals". No doubt a bit of TV license. Just like the top spies or doctors spend time doing boring labwork a low level worker could do.
- maxerickson 10y ago
  Yeah, I was talking about the characters.
- toomanythings2 10y ago
  Dramatic TV shows, movies and books are about entertainment, not telling the truth as it really happened. Almost all such things carry the disclaimer "based on" and anything can be changed and be different.
motoboi 10y ago
Oh, my. I tried to turn my head away when I read the spoilers sign, but couldn't. Thanks for ruining the season for me. =(
- maxerickson 10y ago
  Jon Snow dies. I think the reasonable statute of limitations on politely saying nothing is something like 6 months (it's been almost a year).