re: The Bridge season 2 thread (S2 starts on pg 12)

I DVR'd it and will watch today. FWIW I have read numerous people on this board give up on The Wire because it was "too slow". Complaining about subtitles..really?

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But I couldn't stand the chick. The acting blew

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this is what I was thinking after 15 minutes as well, and almost bailed... but once I realized she had some sort of mental problems, the "shitty acting" made sense

This bitch is bat-shite crazy

Started slow, finished strong... Considering I almost bailed on Justified after the pilot, Ill give this one another few weeks

I liked it. Should be a good show.

I actually fell asleep after the first 10 minutes; not because it was a bad show just because I was half drunk. Woke up on the couch this morning at 6 with my Ipad up my arse. Guess I will have to watch it tonight.

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You set expectations of shows by what network it's on?

I've never heard of such a thing

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Yeah, why wouldn't I


This is an FX show and everything else they have done has been right out of the gate running.

That's just a notion completely foreign to me, I can't even begin to understand it actually.

I'm more or less likely to begin watching a new show based on what network it's on, but if a show's previews/premise look interesting to me, once I decide to give it a chance, it stands on its own. Either I continue to watch it, or not, based on its own merits. I would never compared one show's pilot to another simply because it was broadcast on that network.

I compare crime dramas to crime dramas, syfy to syfy, cop shows to cop shows, etc......

But comparing cross-genre shows simply because they got picked up by the same network doesn't seem to make sense to me.

Stuck with it through the entire episode. I read on Grantland about the female character's mental issues. So, I had an idea of what I was getting into. I could see the story taking a little time to develop, but I'm willing to give it a few episodes.

I will definitely be watching another episode. There were a couple of awkward acting moments by DK, I admit.

It was kinda slow but I liked how it picked up at the end. I kinda got a feeling the rancher was involved in something shady considering he had 2 cell phones. If you had noticed when they went into the old house there was a propane bottle, which could be used to make meth.

I think what's behind the locked door is a Fifty Shades of Grey "Red Room"! That ranch helper looked very scared to show Annabelle