There is an overused phrased when reading reviews. We see it all the time and generally people are just exaggerating. They are trying to find a way to express how bad something is without really meaning it was as bad as all that. What's the phrase?
"That's an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back."
We've all seen it. Not taken it seriously. Knew it was a bit of hyperbole.
In this case, however, the first thing that came to my mind when the credits starting rolling was this:
"That's an hour and a half of my life totally wasted."
It really was that bad.
What has happened to this show?
Season 1 was very good. Lovely the characters. Plots were good. And on and on.
Season 2? Not so much.
Season 3??? Okay, I'll make allowances for a pandemic maybe causing disruptions and as a result things turned out badly.
But this? This is inexcusable.
At one point I thought this was the kind of things you might write for a 13 year old. Was that the audience they were aiming at?
Unlikely, given all the bad sexual jokes they kept slipping in. You'd hardly be doing that if your intended audience was young teenagers.
It obviously wasn't aimed at adults. Most adults are intelligent enough to realize that when it is looks like rubbish and sounds like rubbish then it probably is rubbish.
Then I realized it was probably aimed at adults who still had the minds of 13 year olds. What else could it be?
By about 1/2 way through, my wife had picked up her book and was reading trying her best to ignore what was on the screen.
Me? I was on the phone looking for updates on the recent Omicron cases. It was less depressing than watching this programme.
Never again.