The first season was a pretty good cat and mouse game. It's focused on the crimes and exciting.
The second season was a little slower. The evidence is all coming up roses, but they have to get the arrest just right. Honestly, stop here and save yourself 6 hours.
The third season is all boring aftermath. Police inquiries. Hospital visits. Lawyering up. Children wimpering. Press conferences. Internal Affairs. Childhood psych profiles. Reopening cold cases. Amnesia. Dreams. No real reason to watch.
My main criticisms of the show: 1. Bizarre coincidences. One example: he identifies a victim at random, later goes to the zoo, and happens to sit down right next to her on a bench, where she tells her sister loudly "Unfortunately my back door lock is broken." 2. Incompetent cops (other than the genius protagonist). One example: He walks into a park in a blue jacket and walks out in a black jacket (without sunglasses, hat or any other disguise) and the cops at every exit can't detect him. 3. So slow. How many stilted dialogs and long walks down hallways and staring into the rain? Every cop meeting and dinner date is just GA pontificating. very. slowly. and. quietly. and. everyone. hanging. on. her. every. word. I like to picture that in every meeting, after her 15 minute soliloquy, they all roll their eyes and say "Ok, let's start the meeting and make some progress." 4. Her boss is a spineless whiny dope who plays no meaningful role whatsoever. Not even sure why he's a character.
But the first two seasons are still quite enjoyable.
The second season was a little slower. The evidence is all coming up roses, but they have to get the arrest just right. Honestly, stop here and save yourself 6 hours.
The third season is all boring aftermath. Police inquiries. Hospital visits. Lawyering up. Children wimpering. Press conferences. Internal Affairs. Childhood psych profiles. Reopening cold cases. Amnesia. Dreams. No real reason to watch.
My main criticisms of the show: 1. Bizarre coincidences. One example: he identifies a victim at random, later goes to the zoo, and happens to sit down right next to her on a bench, where she tells her sister loudly "Unfortunately my back door lock is broken." 2. Incompetent cops (other than the genius protagonist). One example: He walks into a park in a blue jacket and walks out in a black jacket (without sunglasses, hat or any other disguise) and the cops at every exit can't detect him. 3. So slow. How many stilted dialogs and long walks down hallways and staring into the rain? Every cop meeting and dinner date is just GA pontificating. very. slowly. and. quietly. and. everyone. hanging. on. her. every. word. I like to picture that in every meeting, after her 15 minute soliloquy, they all roll their eyes and say "Ok, let's start the meeting and make some progress." 4. Her boss is a spineless whiny dope who plays no meaningful role whatsoever. Not even sure why he's a character.
But the first two seasons are still quite enjoyable.
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