I don't enjoy criticizing things (I always feel like a whiner) and, based on what I had read about it beforehand, I was optimistic about it, but this show was not very good. I recently sought out this series in an effort to familiarize myself with the work of Sean Maher who plays the street-wise ex-Navy trader Chris McConnell. His performance is, as I said, the reason I found The $treet and is the main reason I stuck with it through all eleven episodes. If it weren't for my desire to see him act, I would have stopped after probably the third episode.
Pros: Decent premise; I could see the potential that it had. Decent acting... sometimes. I think the actors were limited by the poor writing, but did well with what they were given. I have seen most of the cast perform well in other projects. This show did give us a look into a world that I think most of us are pretty unfamiliar with and that is interesting...
Cons: The writing. At best, the writing was interesting enough or funny enough that it was acceptable over all. At worst it was absurd. Too often the writing team fell back on overused, predictable, or contrived plot devices. On top of plot predictability all of the characters seemed to have the morality of alley cats in heat. I'm certainly not a prude, but the amount of sex-based activity was way over the top and much of it felt totally unnecessary to the storyline. That is, it was unnecessary to the storyline unless it WAS the storyline. I assume they were trying to draw viewers, but give me a break!
I could start getting nit-picky and throw down some further criticisms, but I don't think it's worth the effort. The $treet was okaaaay, it had SOME potential, but was flawed enough that I'm not surprised it only made it to episode eleven. Don't waste your time unless you have ulterior motives like I did.
Pros: Decent premise; I could see the potential that it had. Decent acting... sometimes. I think the actors were limited by the poor writing, but did well with what they were given. I have seen most of the cast perform well in other projects. This show did give us a look into a world that I think most of us are pretty unfamiliar with and that is interesting...
Cons: The writing. At best, the writing was interesting enough or funny enough that it was acceptable over all. At worst it was absurd. Too often the writing team fell back on overused, predictable, or contrived plot devices. On top of plot predictability all of the characters seemed to have the morality of alley cats in heat. I'm certainly not a prude, but the amount of sex-based activity was way over the top and much of it felt totally unnecessary to the storyline. That is, it was unnecessary to the storyline unless it WAS the storyline. I assume they were trying to draw viewers, but give me a break!
I could start getting nit-picky and throw down some further criticisms, but I don't think it's worth the effort. The $treet was okaaaay, it had SOME potential, but was flawed enough that I'm not surprised it only made it to episode eleven. Don't waste your time unless you have ulterior motives like I did.