I absolutely loved the first episode. The whole episode had an air of tension running through out and due to there being two separate incidents that means it kept building until the great climactic final scene.
Apart from Brolin, highlight performances come from Imogen Poots, Tom Pelphrey and Lewis Pullman. Lewis as Rhett has a great screen presence and you just want to see more of his character. Imogen's character Autumn is a nice enigma and is also quite the scene stealer. Her highlight scenes of course being with Brolin.
Unfortunately it does take a slight dip with episode 2. From say a 10/10 to a 7/10. Sure it starts off great with Lili Taylor giving a strong performance and a tense kitchen scene . But as soon as it shifts to the Sheriff, that tension evaporates and it kind of spins it wheels for most of the ep.
Its whenever the Abbots or Autumn are on screen that are the highlights.
But overall episode 2 had some unnecessary scenes:
* Edit - Ep 3 was enjoyable and 4 was ok. But eps 5 & 6 were pretty awful. I find it amazing that the show has got so bad so quickly. Its like those silly movie writers who save the good stuff for a possible sequel - yeah well, you might not get one at this stage. Make your show engaging instead.
Apart from Brolin, highlight performances come from Imogen Poots, Tom Pelphrey and Lewis Pullman. Lewis as Rhett has a great screen presence and you just want to see more of his character. Imogen's character Autumn is a nice enigma and is also quite the scene stealer. Her highlight scenes of course being with Brolin.
Unfortunately it does take a slight dip with episode 2. From say a 10/10 to a 7/10. Sure it starts off great with Lili Taylor giving a strong performance and a tense kitchen scene . But as soon as it shifts to the Sheriff, that tension evaporates and it kind of spins it wheels for most of the ep.
Its whenever the Abbots or Autumn are on screen that are the highlights.
But overall episode 2 had some unnecessary scenes:
- First up, the sheriff (or rather writers) constantly telling us she's gay. Yawn. First, once was enough, we get it. Secondly, its 2022, no one cares who you sleep with. Stop telling everyone every 5 minutes, this isn't twitter.
- Noah Reid as Billy. The singing underwear scene was just weird. That, mixed with his creepiness towards the little girl earlier in the ep started making me think he's one of those weird tiktok teachers (you all know what I mean).
- Lastly, the final scene didn't have the same punch as the ep 1 finale. It felt rushed and out of place. Just for the sake of another cliffhanger.
* Edit - Ep 3 was enjoyable and 4 was ok. But eps 5 & 6 were pretty awful. I find it amazing that the show has got so bad so quickly. Its like those silly movie writers who save the good stuff for a possible sequel - yeah well, you might not get one at this stage. Make your show engaging instead.