I've had a lot of trouble staying interested this season, which says a lot, considering I binge-watched season 1 and ate up season 2. While I'm several episodes behind in watching, I have read all the recaps, and not sure if I'm actually going to watch at this point.
My lack of interest in S3 is because everything has felt really disjointed and somewhat pointless. Splitting up "the gang" into disparate storylines made it less compelling for me. And while I have always loved Dorian, at several moments, I've thought: "Why is Dorian still in this show?"
I know John Logan has gone on record to say "this is how we intended it all along," but I do have to wonder whether the consistently dropping ratings had anything to do with the "we planned our own death" verbiage. Of course, there are S4 truthers among us! :) http://www.parentherald.com/articles/50428/20160622/penny-dreadful-spinoff-
I find it really hard to believe that they knew this would be the last season, especially as early as Logan claims. But I automatically disbelieve any show runner who claims that they always meant to do x or y shocking or stupid thing, or that a cast member was always going to be written out, or whatever. I don't know why they always feel obliged to say those things.
The season has been really disjointed, and the last couple of episodes were really rushed, and full of dropped plot threads. I would say, watch up to episode 7 or 8; there are some great scenes! But the last episode is not worthwhile. I agree that splitting everyone up made the whole narrative les compelling, and at the end they rush everyone together again for no good reason. It just felt like a really lame ending.
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My lack of interest in S3 is because everything has felt really disjointed and somewhat pointless. Splitting up "the gang" into disparate storylines made it less compelling for me. And while I have always loved Dorian, at several moments, I've thought: "Why is Dorian still in this show?"
I know John Logan has gone on record to say "this is how we intended it all along," but I do have to wonder whether the consistently dropping ratings had anything to do with the "we planned our own death" verbiage. Of course, there are S4 truthers among us! :) http://www.parentherald.com/articles/50428/20160622/penny-dreadful-spinoff-
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The season has been really disjointed, and the last couple of episodes were really rushed, and full of dropped plot threads. I would say, watch up to episode 7 or 8; there are some great scenes! But the last episode is not worthwhile. I agree that splitting everyone up made the whole narrative les compelling, and at the end they rush everyone together again for no good reason. It just felt like a really lame ending.
Although I would totally wat h a season 4, ngl.
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