I watched the episodes as I was having my morning coffee. It was...an intense way to start the morning, especially episode 6! LOL I'm a bit squeamish so it was a lot. That said, I'm impressed they've been able to pack so much character evolution in so few episodes. Can't believe it'll be the season finale next week!
Re character evolution, i kinda disagree outside Stede and Ed (and Izzy). A lot of the Jim/Olu/Zhang/Archie storyline evolution just exists and felt really forced to me and not a natural progression at all.
For sure, this season has shifted more to romantic plots, which outside of Ed and Stede and Lucius and Black Pete, we didn't need to go to that well. But I've enjoyed the crew dealing with the aftermath of the invasion and working through the trauma of that. It felt like they were bonding and growing, and that was an interesting perspective you wouldn't usually see in this type of historical narrative. Plus, Wee John in drag, Izzy seemingly evolving, Buttons going on a whole bird journey,... There has been a lot of tidbits for different people outside of Stede and Ed
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Now I'm sitting here wondering if Buttons and Swede were ditched for cost savings this season lmao. But tbh I didn't notice either of them gone, particularly Buttons after his bird journey. I just wish they gave some better attention to Jim/Olu rather than just kinda handwaving off any resolution from season 1 and just suddenly having them be with others with no resolution to their relationship from season 1. Besides them saying Olu can't stop talking about Zheng when he hasn't said a damned thing about her since they left her ship lmao.
My guess is they felt they had to pare down the cast possibly for budgetary reasons, but also because with fewer episodes, it was hard to find screentime for everyone. Plus, given they moved filming from LA to NZ, maybe not all actors wanted to be there for weeks/months, especially if they weren't going to be filming a lot. They might have given them the option to have a more time-limited filming schedule.
Everything to do with Jim and Olu (and Archie and Zheng) would have benefitted from additional time to be developed, 100%.
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Everything to do with Jim and Olu (and Archie and Zheng) would have benefitted from additional time to be developed, 100%.
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I know Ivan went to Doggie Heaven between season 1 and season 2 because of the move.
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