"rwgibson13" <rwgibson13@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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May 9, 7:09?am, masonReloaded <jonmason1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 9, 5:57 am, "alooo" <u...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Does anybody else think so? I'm in the camp that typically appreciates
> > the
> > questions as much or more than the answers. But this episode was just
> > one
> > enigma after another. I didn't (and still don't) understand half of
what
> > happened. And the appearances of Alpert and Abbadon aside, this return
> > to
> > the flashback format was rather boring so it probably goes down as one
> > of my
> > least favorite episodes ever.
>
> I agree it wasnt the best, and to me just reminded me of last season
> where despite "lots happening" we arent actually too far along from
> where the season started - there are still people coming to the island
> who may or may not try and kill everybody, a lot of mysteries have
> been answered, but even more have been added. ?I've been enjoying the
> heck out of the season so far due to the feeling of being swept along
> with the ride, this episode definitely felt like the old days of
> slooooww plots where you get one or two im****tant scenes per episode
> and the rest feel like padding.
>
> Side note: why was the captain built up to be such a terrifying
> person? ?almost seems that they had other plans originally - he came
> off as a wuss compared to the head mercenary, rendering all the "you
> dont want to see the captain!" dialogue earlier in the season
> completely pointless...
Well, at least three episodes' worth of material had to be cut because
of the writer's strike and I'm thinking most of that dealt with the
new characters...
In which case the story should be moving faster, not re-treading old
ground... I thought this week's adventure was pretty uninvolving and,
well,
repetitive, actually...
RWG (most of the beach and freighter scenes do seem a bit rushed)
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