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Not enough Spivak, WAY too much 'Chango'


After 3.2, I couldn't wait for more Spivak. What's in the basement?? They waited too long to bring him back. I lost interest watching the slop in the middle. THEN... Effing Chango shows up. The JarJar Binks of this show. Wtf. They wasted some real potential while shoving Olivia and Chango down our throats. Pryce was the best main character by far. Spivak was the highlight. Everything else was pretty much garbage.

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"Effing Chango shows up. The JarJar Binks of this show."



Lol, I agree with your entire post. I would've been able to tolerate this Chango scenario only if they were coming back another season to tie up loose ends, but knowing this is a main story arc they went out with, it's quite disappointing.

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I agree. And Olivia ruining the one other pryce like-minded man in their little universe pissed me off. Things could have ended much better. But it wasn't all bad I suppose :/

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I'm in the minority cause I thought Chango was entertaining! I agree too much Olivia. But Chango made up for it.

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kzenkilla, even though i liked Shelley's entire storyline and her fate and i liked some other parts of this season i agree w/ everything else you said. Chango/Isaac was THE worst thing this show has ever had (and i say that as someone who with every fiber of my being despised Freya Tingley's god awful, cringe-inducing performance as Christina in season 1). Chango is most definitely this show's JarJar Binks! LOL.

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If Chango is the JarJar Binks, then Spivak was the Darth Maul. Showed up once early , then gets 'cut in half' the next time he shows up.

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I have to agree...the whole Spivak story was kind of interesting, but instead they focused on Chango! Olivia and Chango were not very interesting, and very predictable. Too bad they also didn't focus on Pryce too much either...he is a very intriguing character. Also, the writers totally trashed the Peter and Roman friendship and they made Destiny a character I did not recognize. Very sad, had potential that was left untapped.

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I agree. I really enjoyed the first 2 seasons. We needed more Spivak throughout season 3! In my opinion Chongo was extremely annoying. I also thought Annie seemed way too weak compared to the Roman and Olivia even though she was in their same bloodline. I loved Dr. Price, so when he died I was pretty much tuned out. Overall, I agree with the 7/10 rating.

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