I am glad I am watching this after the hype and although I am not the target audience for this show I do find it occasionally funny, even LOL at a time. I had to overcome the first series which was poor and formulaic, but I more or less enjoyed most of the rest.
However, some of the characters are better than others, my favourite this season being Red and Alex Vause, who's so much better without the link with Chapman, one of the negative points of the show. I am not surprised her role was reduced, because she just go worse by the minute.
Despite the attempt to introduce a serious theme like the Muslim/Jewish conflict, it looks like the authors don't know how to handle it and they relegated it to the background, which is just as well, since the tone of this show should remain lightweight despite the settings.
The weakest narrative is the King/Healy plot. Healy is the scapegoat of the show, the toke bad, old white male, more a caricature than a real character, despite the failed attempt to give him a sympathetic background. What I don't buy is that he must force Judy King to give a cooking class. The woman is a celebrity chef and it looks like she enjoys being the centre of attention. What best occasion than that? Yet they make her reluctant, so that Healy can be the baddy, again... didn't like how forced that was
And regardless of other opinions, this is a voyeuristic show, titillating male audience with the gay sex scenes and the occasional heterosexual.
However, some of the characters are better than others, my favourite this season being Red and Alex Vause, who's so much better without the link with Chapman, one of the negative points of the show. I am not surprised her role was reduced, because she just go worse by the minute.
Despite the attempt to introduce a serious theme like the Muslim/Jewish conflict, it looks like the authors don't know how to handle it and they relegated it to the background, which is just as well, since the tone of this show should remain lightweight despite the settings.
The weakest narrative is the King/Healy plot. Healy is the scapegoat of the show, the toke bad, old white male, more a caricature than a real character, despite the failed attempt to give him a sympathetic background. What I don't buy is that he must force Judy King to give a cooking class. The woman is a celebrity chef and it looks like she enjoys being the centre of attention. What best occasion than that? Yet they make her reluctant, so that Healy can be the baddy, again... didn't like how forced that was
And regardless of other opinions, this is a voyeuristic show, titillating male audience with the gay sex scenes and the occasional heterosexual.