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It's like a good old fashioned car crash


You just can't look away.

The plots get worse and worse - e.g. The penguin's licensed crime arc and the bridges are broken, so Gotham is inaccessible for months πŸ˜‚ Wtf?!!

And then nobody - and I mean NOBODY! - is literally dead. Every single character you think is dead is not dead. They are absolutely certainly coming back. Even the characters are no longer surprised and reference that "no one stays dead in this town".

Then there's the GCPD police station. It's overrun by some criminals taking it over about once every four or five episodes!

And Wayne Manor! Alfred steadfastly refuses - never mind going as far as employing any security for his BILLIONAIRE ward - he utterly refuses to even as much as shut that window in the drawing room! They have been burgled / accosted / kidnapped on multiple occasions by people coming in through that exact same access point yet they never, ever address this point of security failure πŸ˜‚.

Plus it's GREY Every. Single. Day! They use the same color filter on every shot showing the skyline. Who's living / moving to this place? There are criminals overrunning the streets / killing people every single day and you can't even catch a break of a bit of sunshine once in a while!

But... What a show! Love it. Very sad to be coming to the end of my binge...

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The Penguin's crime licensing scheme was brilliant and effective, classic dark comedy.

And the bridges being blown up all around Gotham sounds somewhat familiar -- straight out of The Dark Knight Rises.

You would think Bruce Wayne could afford a security detail for Wayne Manor, beyond just one middle aged bodyguard/chef/butler.

But the show was great. Nothing better on TV since.

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"But the show was great."

It got worse towards the end of seasons when they put action stuff in and started to play with masks, but got better when a new season started.

"Nothing better on TV since."

Better Call Saul. The Handmaid's Tale. Bates Motel.

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Better Call Saul was pretty good, granted.

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Did that Bates Motel run through to a good, proper conclusion? (No spoilers please)

We watched it up to the point where the brother was involved in what I remember being some pot farm scheme, maybe being run by some crazy? Can't remember exact details but I think it was maybe mid way through the second season?

Don't know how long it run for but yeah, it was actually pretty good. Can't recall why we stopped...

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