Despite all the negative reviews of the past few episodes, I really gave this season a chance. I thought it was interesting, I thought it might connect to season one, which it was obviously hinting at, and I found the mysteries to be compelling. My biggest complaint is that nothing really happened for the first five episodes, and episode six does NOT fix this.
The episode is the length of a movie, and I swear, nothing happens. It's just character discussing their feelings and it is so, so tedious, because we've seen this a million times already in this show. This entire show is just characters talking about their feelings. The show has plot, it just won't give it to you, and when it does, it is in short spurts that feel unsatisfying.
The mystery reveal is equally as disappointing. While the first reveal that the lady was killed by the scientists was an interesting reveal, we really lacked the motivations to understand it and appreciate the reveal. All we get is just that the scientists wanted to cover it up to "protect their project", and that motive isn't developed at all. After that, the reveal that a band of women all killed the scientists felt like a punch in the face. The motivation is there, but it really wasn't an interesting conclusion.
If you want to watch a murder mystery similar to this, with equally as important messages about Native Americans issues, but that is 100x better, watch "Wind River" (2017). The film is actually fairly similar to this, but it is far better done and way more interesting, with horrific realism involved. It is basically what this season wanted to be.
My main annoyance is that they purposely brought up all these connections to season 1, knowing it was gonna get people interested in the show, only to have it all not matter. There really was no mystery, there was really no reveal, it was all nothing; a pointless show where characters talk about their feelings and nothing happens.
The episode is the length of a movie, and I swear, nothing happens. It's just character discussing their feelings and it is so, so tedious, because we've seen this a million times already in this show. This entire show is just characters talking about their feelings. The show has plot, it just won't give it to you, and when it does, it is in short spurts that feel unsatisfying.
The mystery reveal is equally as disappointing. While the first reveal that the lady was killed by the scientists was an interesting reveal, we really lacked the motivations to understand it and appreciate the reveal. All we get is just that the scientists wanted to cover it up to "protect their project", and that motive isn't developed at all. After that, the reveal that a band of women all killed the scientists felt like a punch in the face. The motivation is there, but it really wasn't an interesting conclusion.
If you want to watch a murder mystery similar to this, with equally as important messages about Native Americans issues, but that is 100x better, watch "Wind River" (2017). The film is actually fairly similar to this, but it is far better done and way more interesting, with horrific realism involved. It is basically what this season wanted to be.
My main annoyance is that they purposely brought up all these connections to season 1, knowing it was gonna get people interested in the show, only to have it all not matter. There really was no mystery, there was really no reveal, it was all nothing; a pointless show where characters talk about their feelings and nothing happens.
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