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Series Finale SPOILER

posted 6 years ago by R_Kane (15828)
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My goodness, what a waste of time. I knew they’d allotted too much time for this. They could have sliced 1 1/2 to 2 hours off it and given us something that’s closer to satisfying. The finale took FOREVER, and was duller than a Public Service Announcement. An hour and a half?! That’s Game of Thrones/Westworld SPECIAL EVENT runtime, not Ben Stiller Goes To Crime Drama Film School runtime. As much of a cheat as Episode 6 might have been—withholding the info about what real scum the three protagonists were—I think we all would have stopped watching had we not become so invested in the story. Shame—and sham!—on Showtime for foisting this off on us.

PS Much of the acting was really good, but it was ill-served by the script.

[–] KBiker (1252) 3 years ago

Wholeheartedly agree, especially on your comment of "Ben Stiller Goes To Crime Drama Film School." Yeah, he won an Emmy, but that just shows the populist bias of Emmy voters.

[–] whoanelly (1592) 3 years ago

The endless, dull scenes of the night work on the tunnel were boring, and who in the world thinks it’s a good idea to have such long scenes with piss poor lighting? Yawn.

This series could have been so much better.

[–] howgamer (3988) 3 months ago

Yeah it was a very slow moving show. The acting was outstanding by the leads.

One question I have was did the officer that caught him at the end recognize who he was? Seemed odd to just start shooting at a guy who was walking in a field and started running away.

[–] jacotodd47 (2402) 3 months ago

Good point. I don't know how it went in real life - maybe the officer was overanxious.

If you keep telling someone "Stop or I'll shoot!" - and they keep running - and you know (if you're the officer) a fugitive is on the loose. Well, then firing makes sense.

On the other hand from my own experience, I've had nervous, overanxious officers pull guns on me twice.

SO who knows, maybe some idiot pulled his gun and fired without thinking - then just got lucky it happened to be the prison escapee he hit.

BTW I thought this mini-series was excellent.