StartUp (2016–2018)
4/10
My finger is sore from pressing the fast forward button
14 May 2021
The first half of season one is pretty good. It's far fetched but at least there is a plot and some character development. Then begins the slow decent into absurdity, pointless sex scenes, meaningless dialog, and excruciating scenes where main character's relationship put into completely nonsensical situations. Season two is so stupid I found myself fast-forwarding through 50% of each episode. Season 1 at least has an interesting premise: is crypto currency the money of the future or just a way for criminals to operate under the radar of law enforcement? By the middle of season two you realize the show is just a bad soap opera, and the characters seem to forget that they are millions of dollars in debt, some have murdered people, and all of there lives are in danger from the Russian Mob. How the Russians entered the storyline is a complete mystery.

Another issue is that it totally misrepresents the complexity of crypto currency and how it works. It really doesn't matter because all of these plot points are just frivolous devices for meaningless sex, murder, and cheap dramatic tension.
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