This was a frustrating season for me. The first episode was my favorite episode of the entire series and provided the fast paced melodrama that I had come to enjoy from the show, adding in a lot of action-packed moments and giving good payoff to the cliffhanger of season 3. However, after the opening episode the season came to a screeching halt and I have a hard time even remembering what significant things happened this season aside from the last episode. The show got caught up in trying to take itself very seriously again, and in order to make this work you need a well written and engaging main story. I just didn't find the main story that engaging and the show seemed to focus on a lot of smaller side plots that carried little significance to the overall story. This show has shown us in previous seasons that it is more character driven than plot driven, which is completely fine, but at some point you need to focus on some level of plot development and in this season it was barely there. I think there were more scenes of horses just running around than there were scenes of actual plot development. I wouldn't mind focusing more on side plots and characters if the entertainment value was high and the character dynamics were interesting, but I thought the side plots were mostly boring and the character dynamics were repetitive and old. For example, they focused a lot on Beth vs Jamie this season and this relationship hasn't changed at all in 4 seasons and is getting repetitive. I wish they would evolve this relationship or focus on it less and give us more meaningful time with other characters. For example, Rainwater has so much potential to be a great character but we barely see him anymore. I had a bunch of little frustrations with character arcs and plot points that wouldn't bother me as much if the show played into the melodramatic soap opera tone (like season 2). But because they tried to take themselves more seriously this season the little things stood out more. Overall the whole season just felt somewhat uninspired and repetitive. I still really enjoy the overall themes/characters and the show continues to transport you into its setting with its amazing scenery and setting, so I am still a fan of this show and will continue to watch it with excitement. But overall I am left a little disappointed in this season after I thought it had so much potential to be great.
Review by Justin NumerickBlockedParent2022-07-07T05:02:36Z
This was a frustrating season for me. The first episode was my favorite episode of the entire series and provided the fast paced melodrama that I had come to enjoy from the show, adding in a lot of action-packed moments and giving good payoff to the cliffhanger of season 3. However, after the opening episode the season came to a screeching halt and I have a hard time even remembering what significant things happened this season aside from the last episode. The show got caught up in trying to take itself very seriously again, and in order to make this work you need a well written and engaging main story. I just didn't find the main story that engaging and the show seemed to focus on a lot of smaller side plots that carried little significance to the overall story. This show has shown us in previous seasons that it is more character driven than plot driven, which is completely fine, but at some point you need to focus on some level of plot development and in this season it was barely there. I think there were more scenes of horses just running around than there were scenes of actual plot development. I wouldn't mind focusing more on side plots and characters if the entertainment value was high and the character dynamics were interesting, but I thought the side plots were mostly boring and the character dynamics were repetitive and old. For example, they focused a lot on Beth vs Jamie this season and this relationship hasn't changed at all in 4 seasons and is getting repetitive. I wish they would evolve this relationship or focus on it less and give us more meaningful time with other characters. For example, Rainwater has so much potential to be a great character but we barely see him anymore. I had a bunch of little frustrations with character arcs and plot points that wouldn't bother me as much if the show played into the melodramatic soap opera tone (like season 2). But because they tried to take themselves more seriously this season the little things stood out more. Overall the whole season just felt somewhat uninspired and repetitive. I still really enjoy the overall themes/characters and the show continues to transport you into its setting with its amazing scenery and setting, so I am still a fan of this show and will continue to watch it with excitement. But overall I am left a little disappointed in this season after I thought it had so much potential to be great.
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