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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
I heard from people that watched season one that it was a disaster. Is that your take? I've also heard that season two is significantly better.
Maybe one of these days I'll catch up. But I still haven't seen the final season of Justified, which I think will premiere on Amazon in January, along with too many other shows to count.
FYI, I had the final season recorded by the Direct TV DVR crapped out and had to be replaced. .
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It can be disorienting early on, because you're dropped into the narrative and aren't spoon fed anything. But by the back end of the season, the things you know from earlier start paying off in spades. Episode 3 has a great standalone episode in the vein of Lost's Walkabout. Episode 6 is about where things start to gel. And Episodes 7-10 land haymaker after haymaker. If you find yourself in the later parts of season 1, you will find yourself explaining to friends and family why you're crying out of nowhere remembering bits and scenes.
It does require a bit of patience, but like I said. Even as early as episode 3 you start to see the amazing potential of the narrative.
Perhaps the best way I can explain it, it doesn't so much feel like watching a TV show, so much as watching the news covering tragedy in a part of the world you're almost but not quite familiar with. It's a very empathetic show that sticks in your brain.
Also, the credit sequence for the first season does it no real favors. It's not bad, but the credits for the second season, by the time you get there is perhaps the best credits [in terms of being perfectly suited for the show] in the history of television [but no fair peeking ahead of time].