I loved the first season, it's original, dark, and engaging and I'm giving it an 8/10.
Although, it could have been a 10/10 if the characters (especially Beck) were a bit more likable, and the end bit when Beck is trying to escape the basement but she's caught by Joe was so disappointing, it cuts away from what's happening (which is a pretty important and dark moment for these characters, and it should not have been shide away from, it should have been shown) and then it's suddenly 4 months later and she's dead and her therapist is being framed for her murder and Joe is releasing a book of her writing after her death?
This was all in the last 5 minutes of the season finale, and in my opinion all that could have made up a whole episode which I think I would have really enjoyed. The last episode of a season is always something I look forward to, but this just disappointed me.
It's clearly supposed to be a dark creepy show, and yet they cut away from the truly dark stuff which I think does the story and characters (and viewers) a disservice.
That said, the show was still entertaining, and Penn Badgley was brilliant, so I will be looking forward to a new season, and a new obsession for Joe, although, I will now have expectations that they will cut out the truly dark stuff.
Review by ClareBlockedParent2019-03-10T01:21:06Z
I loved the first season, it's original, dark, and engaging and I'm giving it an 8/10.
Although, it could have been a 10/10 if the characters (especially Beck) were a bit more likable, and the end bit when Beck is trying to escape the basement but she's caught by Joe was so disappointing, it cuts away from what's happening (which is a pretty important and dark moment for these characters, and it should not have been shide away from, it should have been shown) and then it's suddenly 4 months later and she's dead and her therapist is being framed for her murder and Joe is releasing a book of her writing after her death?
This was all in the last 5 minutes of the season finale, and in my opinion all that could have made up a whole episode which I think I would have really enjoyed. The last episode of a season is always something I look forward to, but this just disappointed me.
It's clearly supposed to be a dark creepy show, and yet they cut away from the truly dark stuff which I think does the story and characters (and viewers) a disservice.
That said, the show was still entertaining, and Penn Badgley was brilliant, so I will be looking forward to a new season, and a new obsession for Joe, although, I will now have expectations that they will cut out the truly dark stuff.