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octothorp · 06-08-2021, 12:58 PM

Anyone else watching Mosquito Coast? I thought the first two episodes were fantastic, but kinda went downhill as the season progressed. Still pretty good though. Great production values, well acted, but the story is letting the rest down. I don't mind that they departed significantly from the source material, but it kinda feels like it doesn't know what it wants to be. Needs to get back to an ominous slow-burn.

Biggest annoyance:

Spoiler!

06-08-2021, 12:58 PM	#1960
octothorp Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: not lurking Exp:	Anyone else watching Mosquito Coast? I thought the first two episodes were fantastic, but kinda went downhill as the season progressed. Still pretty good though. Great production values, well acted, but the story is letting the rest down. I don't mind that they departed significantly from the source material, but it kinda feels like it doesn't know what it wants to be. Needs to get back to an ominous slow-burn. Biggest annoyance: Spoiler! Drawing out whatever the secret family history is, just leaking out little predictable teasers. The parents are about to tell the kids... but oh no, just as they start to speak there's a knock at the door! Just get that out of the way and move on. The last episode big revelation that it was actually the mom who did whatever caused them to be on the run (but what?!) is something both my wife and I guessed in the first episode. Which would be fine if they weren't making such a big deal of it.