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Originally Posted by Tinordi
There's a certain pastiche to the world that it seems like we're watching a contrived greek tragedy put together by the Gods, it's mechanical and deliberate.
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I think that is sort of what I was getting at when I said a lot of the things this season feel forced just to advance the plot.
The writers really don't seem to want the viewer to make their own determination about the characters and are force feeding the audience. It really feels like this last season is on rails.
Don't get me wrong, the show was always full of unilkely coincidenses that geared the story, but it still felt a little more wide open and intricate. I much preferred it when Walt was a shady MacGyver and the relationship with Jesse was are bizarre "odd couple" satire. There was no highgorund for anyone and just different shades of grey. Now, it seems like they are trying to teach the audience a lesson and are dictating how the audience should feel about characters... which is fine for some shows, but I was really hoping for different.
While I think the acting has been top notch this season and the story still interesting, it feels like they ran out of time and made things less intricate. I found myself disappointed with laziness of some of the plot advancements. For example; instead of Hank finding out about Walt trhough some incredible sleuthing, he just fell onto it. And then how Jesse pieced together the Brock poisoning, I am still not buying it. Both of those major plot advancements are too forced and undermine the cleverness that the show has had in the past IMO.
While it is a great show, it is not without it's flaws.