Amazing show! I had never heard about this show - I vaguely remember seeing it mentioned on here but never read any threads since I never heard of the show. I caught a bit of the Emmy awards a couple weeks ago, saw that Rami Malek won, and saw that the show was nominated for best drama in the company of some of my favorite shows. Decided to give it a go, and my wife and I binge watched for the past 2 weeks. What a ride! Actually my wife went to bed after episode 10 tonight, but I couldn't help myself and finished out the season. I'll definitely do a re-watch of both seasons though after I watch the final 2 episodes again with her tomorrow.
I enjoyed season 2 as a whole more than season 1. Season 1 was certainly more unified and had better pacing, but as many have mentioned, it was definitely a bit derivative (re: Fight Club). I can understand how people may have become a bit lost during season 2 watching week to week, but the season definitely worked very well as a binge watch. I think binging made it much more cohesive and obviously delivered payoffs quickly. The whole prison thing was sheer brilliance. The whole FBI flow chart (thus the fact that they've been following everything all along) was a shocker for me, and I'm surprised that didn't get more attention in the discussion here. And I almost bought into "Tyrell isn't real," but at the end I kinda knew Elliott was taking a bullet to prove that he was. I thoroughly enjoyed both seasons.
I'm a bit surprised that the season 2 finale seemed to leave so many here unsatisfied - I was happy with the way things were wrapped up to end the season, but I'm sure binge watching made it an entirely different experience for me. This show is definitely the biggest mind-frick I've experienced on tv. If I'm searching for something that delivers a similar experience, Peaky Blinders is the only thing that comes to mind...not that the shows are thematically similar in any way - just in terms of having an "edge" to them that most other shows are lacking. I just wish I hadn't stumbled onto the show until season 3 was about to come out - it's going to be a long wait.

This post was edited on 10/3/16 at 1:59 am