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13406663, Yeesh. ep 8 was kind of the worst one.
Posted by double negative, Mon Oct-05-20 11:31 AM
the writing was off. each episode so far has connected points-to-points, episode to episode. The first 30 minutes my wife and I kept having to pause it to say "so wait a second...."

-the Emmet Till story felt a bit tacked on. Watchmen used Tulsa as a central idea that tied into everything. The Emmet angle...just like, out of nowhere. When the kid was alive and hanging out with Diane...did he even have lines? No build up, no connection to the character, no clues, no points to watch, just...AIGHT SO, EMMET TILL RIGHT?

-The scene with the cops and Diana felt a bit heavy handed when she said "I can't breathe", like, show, don't tell. We're already in a context of racism, white supremacy and police brutality, adding that is like saying "get it?" after a punchline. We already have the context.

-Tick and Letti just leaving Ji-Ah's ass in the dining room. Like, where the fuck is Ji-Ah? She just drops some earth shattering evidence on everything and instead of taking a step back to work it all out....

-Tick and Letti running through the house arguing, and then out of the blue Tick is like "IMMA BUST SOME SPELLS ON THESE HOS"

-No really, is Ji-Ah still at the dinning room table like "...these people ain't shit for leaving my nine tail ass right here with no water on this hot ass day"

-Tick just straight up saying "fuck that magic woman in particular" when it came to Ji-Ah. No "hey, HOW THE FUCK DID YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FUCK WE ARE, WHAT THE FUCK SHOULD WE BE DOING, YOU TELL LETTI ABOUT ME BEING A WAR CRIMINAL?!"

-Tick and Montrose suddenly cool with each other and sitting on the curb drinking as if Tick didn't just have his whole world rocked

-Hold up, Ji-Ah if she saw it all in Ticks life, INCLUDING all the wizard shit, wouldn't she go "aight, I got 9 tails and I suck the souls out of men...just what the fuck even all is this shit?"

-The wizard cop having his whole ass eaten by the beast like...you ain't got magic to protect ya neck dude?