65. "Lost is a perfect example" In response to In response to 63 Wed Jul-06-16 09:02 AM by BigReg
Ignoring the fact their long game ended up just being smoke and mirrors...the show starts off with a bunch of grand mysteries; where the island was, why was it so strange, why did everyone seem to be destined to be there...etc...things that will take awhile to answer.
But you also had enough short term goals and conflict for someone to hold onto. They had to figure out how to get food, shelter, there were various power struggles, and the characters immediately clicked or hated on each other (writing this out, I wonder what other shows have written shows stolen from Survivor).
Big long term mysteries are cool...but you also have to give characters goals in the short term. I felt that the first half of the season struggled with this outside of a few exceptions (Tulip's quest to get Jessie back) everyone was meandering around. New shows take time to get their footing...but it tends to be because they have to figure out how to balance their focus (side plots, main plots, characters). Here it just seemed unfocused in general.
At the halfway point they've finally given us answers but most importantly goals; the Mayor's stuck helping with a cover up he had nothing to do with and n. Jesse's let greed (or maybe the half demon power) get him to the point where he did something really fucked up...now he's going to have to make amends. The Angel's went off the grid to try to fix their own big fuckup before heaven finds out, except heavens found out and has sent a 'cleaner' to fix it all up...etc.
The bigger plot is probably going to be much bigger...they alluded to a war with heaven and hell and Jesse's so powerful even Angels gotta bow down (gotta assume demons are gonna start getting into the mix also which will be fun)..the sky is literally the limit. But now the party's finally got some appetizers for guests to snack on with drinks being served as opposed to being a really nice looking empty hall.
As a result its a much stronger show then Jessie kinda hanging waking up drunk/half assing his preaching while two strange dudes that wanna kill/attack him with an empty keep on barely missing him 3 episodes in a row.