Television

The last interview with Vince made me a little sad

“Yeah, it’s going to frustrate some folks, just to be honest. We work at the speed we work at, much like glaciers melt at the speed that they melt at. For my own sake, as much as anybody, selfishly, I wish we could get this job done quicker because I don’t know how many years I’ve got left. I still want to do more things, but I go slower than I used to. So it’s going to be a while between seasons; it just is. Unless we invent a time machine or figure out how to stop time, it’s just the nature of the beast.”

Some of my favourite shows have a very slow pace. But so much of this story was frontloaded in the first 2 episodes, it created a stark difference in pacing compared with the rest of the season. I thought it'd likely return to the fast pace in the finale. I imagined Gilligan's process setting up the premise and having some big twist planned, with the middle episodes mostly serving as a means to get there. But now it seems like he just came up with the premise and once established, now wants to explore it slowly and methodically. That's totally fine for me, but can totally understand it having less widespread appeal than how it initially seemed

We've watched three episodes so far. I'm really enjoying it. I have so many questions and can't wait to get some of those answers.

Don't know how anyone can call this show slow and boring. One of the best new sci-fi shows this year, IMO.

Loved it!

I view people who complain about things being slow and boring the same as Mike from RLM. Doesn't need to be defended. Go watch Fast and Furious and let me enjoy my show.

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My theory is that the alien is an allegory for artificial intelligence. 🤷

No, it’s boring. Like, intentionally boring for most of each episode.

Paid propaganda to like the show

Meh. I saw a bunch of people absolutely obsessed with it and I just didn't see the appeal because it was so slow and boring. Obviously that's just because it's not my type of show, but that doesn't make the claim any less bullshit.

Disagree. It was slow, boring and focused on the worst kind of character for 90% of its short season. The last episode tried to give viewers something to cling on to while they settle in for a wait that is likely to be 2+ years before the next season trickles out. Trump and AI will have burned the world to ground by then.