Oh good god, I couldnt imagine another season or two of that misery!

Ugh. Finished it. All those hours, for a one-two combo to the gut. I feel like I was teabagged.

What a train wreck. Season 1 was legit, season 2 was a bit whacky but ok. This was just bad.

Around episode 7-8 I honest kept checking the listing to make sure I didn't accidentally miss a couple episodes because NOTHING made sense.

WTF? Was John Lequizamo in this season for? He leaves then comes back and is some kind of psychic-vision-seeing dude on a mission for some priest who we never meet and maybe never existed. then blow's his brains out? That story line was just odd and crazy.

Sissy Spacek. Jesus she was over the top in that last seen.

Just a convoluted mess.

On episode 5 right now, can someone help me with something?

In episode 4, O'Bannon is going to his mom's funeral and John is worried Roy Gilbert is going to kill him. So did John pay the transport guards to fake a breakdown to keep him safe?

Yes. It may be next ep, but there's a moment where they clarify that was the case (John gives the guard an envelope).

A couple other thoughts.

Kevins wife. Wth? She is ready to leave him then he tells the truth and it's like "Oh you killed Marco? and you're running drugs with Cubans? Ok, cool." She goes from a house mouse to his ride or die in a heartbeat. Was a crazy turnaround.

My favorite scene was probably John in the car getting the gun back from the Coroner and this exchange.

John - Get the F out of my truck.
- coroner starts to open the door -
John - Wait a minute. The Diazes need access to the body tonight. Can you make that happen?
Coroner - Yeah I can make that work.
John - Thanks. Alright, now get the F out of my truck.

That killed me. It was a perfect Kyle Chandler delivery and scene.

Just finished the season


that was the biggest letdown and wtf just happened moment I've had watching tv in a while. Can't believe it ended like that

Jim01 said:

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What a train wreck. Season 1 was legit, season 2 was a bit whacky but ok. This was just bad.

Around episode 7-8 I honest kept checking the listing to make sure I didn't accidentally miss a couple episodes because NOTHING made sense.

WTF? Was John Lequizamo in this season for? He leaves then comes back and is some kind of psychic-vision-seeing dude on a mission for some priest who we never meet and maybe never existed. then blow's his brains out? That story line was just odd and crazy.

Sissy Spacek. Jesus she was over the top in that last seen.

Just a convoluted mess.

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Thanks for the recap.

My director ALWAYS talks about this series.

I'm into BCS and Fargo now. Will turn my attention to Turns after that.

Might try catching Season One of this at some point.

I keep thinking about this season even days after I finished it. Horrible thing that sticks with me today:

Johns resolution. He builds up the courage and resolve to confess and then sheriff homeboy just says. "Nah. You're just under stress. Besides I'm retiring and going to Boston. You good bro. Don't sweat it." Da Fuq?!?!?! lol just so so bad.

I liked this show and enjoyed it to the end more than everyone else seemed to. Probably a big part was because of the setting. But yes, obviously 2 & 3 weren't nearly as good as 1.

I agree with Jim01 on two aspects:

John Leguizamo... what the hell was he even in this show for? I like him a lot, but what was going on with his character this season? Just bizarre and in a bad way.

And Sissy Spacek who was great throughout the whole show was just sooooo over the top in that last scene. I blame the dialogue more than her though.

Final two episodes were worthless, IMO. So many storylines left unresolved. Real headscratcher.

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I was waiting for this ending.

John walks into the main house after one of his benders and sees the entire family standing at the kitchen island waiting for him(even Danny like he had all season). He stares them all down for a minute as they try and figure out how they are going to get out of the season 3 mess then he responds "clear eyes full hearts....Can't lose". Series ends.

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You can tell they just rushed to wrap it up at the end after having a season or two more originally planned. Show could have been great.

I'm on episode 7 and can just feel this coming off the rails. Horrible

Ha, I made it to episode 3. Not able to pick it back up and finish it - this thread isn't actually motivating me much either lol

It's best just to skip season 3 altogether imo. Nothing to be gained from it.

Wycliffe_03 said:

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It's best just to skip season 3 altogether imo. Nothing to be gained from it.

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Exactly. It accomplished nothing. Total waste of time.

Finally finished the season. W T F ?

Haha. Worst ending to a show I've maybe ever seen

Everyone save themselves...don't watch this season

Ryno01 said:

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Everyone save themselves...don't watch this season

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it's too late. I agree. If you've just started, please stop at end of season 1. Trust us.

Nm

This season was absolutely demolished by editing. So confusing and rushed and random. I loved the show overall but this was a beating

I actually really enjoyed the season through about episode 7 or 8. Episode 9 was a total WTF and then episode 10 didn't do much to recover. My wife and I watched 2 episodes of this and 2 episodes of house of cards and picked to watch this one first, but wow, I can't imagine House of Cards is going to be worse than this ending...

I do agree with the assessment that maybe this season would have been saved had they not had to wrap up an extra seasons worth of loose ends in the last couple of episodes.

Just finished. Chelsea Obannon's boobs in that scene in the bar saved the whole series.

If you do watch this season, just skip episode 9, it's completely worthless and adds nothing to the show.

aggieforester05 said:

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If you do watch this season, just skip episode 9, it's completely worthless and adds nothing to the show.

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Agreed

Uncle Gunnysack said:

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in their defense, i believe they had 4 or 5 seasons planned but the tax situation forced an untimely cancellation so they were probly given late notice to just wrap it up ASAP. probly why so many loose ends.

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Yes, I read that they had planned this to be a 5 or 6 season arc.

I liked the show overall, but I do share the frustration w/ S3. I just think the writers were put in a tough spot.

Here's my question to people who liked it but thought it was simply Season 3 that was bad, and only because it was rushed (and this is an honest question, because I never saw the end, just couldnt make it past episode 5 of Season 3 and gave up)....

What about Seasons 2 and 3 make you think it could have been great if they were allowed time to finish it properly? I started disliking it in Season 2. Absolutely loved Season 1, but Season 2 was just too much of a descent into complete disrepair for all of the characters. Absolutely no one to root for by the end of it, and even worse they were all legit unlikeable.

I mean, I loved Breaking Bad, another show about bad, ****ed up people. But even amidst all of the detritus it gave you someone to "like", even if it was only for a few episodes until they became detestable like the others. And some characters flip-flopped between likeable and hateable throughout the seasons. Hell, even by the end Walt still had a few redeeming moments when he remembered that the whole point of his endeavor was supposed to be about providing for his family. And the overall plotline was compelling enough, regardless of the characters.

However, with Bloodline, by the end of Season 2, all it gave you was a bunch of detestable characters in the Rayburn family, who kept doing dumber and more vile things. And the plotline felt like something that should have ended after Season 1, but was stretched into just absurd territory just to keep the show going (John Legizamo's character is a perfect example of that).

I dont know, maybe some of the characters redeemed themselves by the end in some fashion....I just hope that turd Kevin did everyone a favor and shot himself in the head.

FL_Ag1998 said:

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Here's my question to people who liked it but thought it was simply Season 3 that was bad, and only because it was rushed (and this is an honest question, because I never saw the end, just couldnt make it past episode 5 of Season 3 and gave up)....

What about Seasons 2 and 3 make you think it could have been great if they were allowed time to finish it properly? I started disliking it in Season 2. Absolutely loved Season 1, but Season 2 was just too much of a descent into complete disrepair for all of the characters. Absolutely no one to root for by the end of it, and even worse they were all legit unlikeable.

I mean, I loved Breaking Bad, another show about bad, ****ed up people. But even amidst all of the detritus it gave you someone to "like", even if it was only for a few episodes until they became detestable like the others. And some characters flip-flopped between likeable and hateable throughout the seasons. Hell, even by the end Walt still had a few redeeming moments when he remembered that the whole point of his endeavor was supposed to be about providing for his family. And the overall plotline was compelling enough, regardless of the characters.

However, with Bloodline, by the end of Season 2, all it gave you was a bunch of detestable characters in the Rayburn family, who kept doing dumber and more vile things. And the plotline felt like something that should have ended after Season 1, but was stretched into just absurd territory just to keep the show going (John Legizamo's character is a perfect example of that).

I dont know, maybe some of the characters redeemed themselves by the end in some fashion....I just hope that turd Kevin did everyone a favor and shot himself in the head.

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Not being a writer, I don't know where I expected it to go. A good show like Breaking Bad is one you may not be able to predict at all, but you trust in the writers/directors to take you somewhere cool and leave you impressed. I guess I was hoping the entry of Danny's son to the show might somehow serve to mend fences in the family or take the show in a slightly different direction. I loved the old scenes of him and his father beginning to cultivate a bond and was kind of hoping he may have been some type of catalyst for change or something.

I actually enjoyed most of Season 2. But Season 3 was an abomination, and i genuinely felt that it was just overly rushed/condensed to the point of becoming a cluster F that barely made sense.

I can almost guarantee they planned on a longer show arch and that John Leguizamo's character was going to be more heavily involved over time.

Wycliffe_03 said:

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FL_Ag1998 said:

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Here's my question to people who liked it but thought it was simply Season 3 that was bad, and only because it was rushed (and this is an honest question, because I never saw the end, just couldnt make it past episode 5 of Season 3 and gave up)....

What about Seasons 2 and 3 make you think it could have been great if they were allowed time to finish it properly? I started disliking it in Season 2. Absolutely loved Season 1, but Season 2 was just too much of a descent into complete disrepair for all of the characters. Absolutely no one to root for by the end of it, and even worse they were all legit unlikeable.

I mean, I loved Breaking Bad, another show about bad, ****ed up people. But even amidst all of the detritus it gave you someone to "like", even if it was only for a few episodes until they became detestable like the others. And some characters flip-flopped between likeable and hateable throughout the seasons. Hell, even by the end Walt still had a few redeeming moments when he remembered that the whole point of his endeavor was supposed to be about providing for his family. And the overall plotline was compelling enough, regardless of the characters.

However, with Bloodline, by the end of Season 2, all it gave you was a bunch of detestable characters in the Rayburn family, who kept doing dumber and more vile things. And the plotline felt like something that should have ended after Season 1, but was stretched into just absurd territory just to keep the show going (John Legizamo's character is a perfect example of that).

I dont know, maybe some of the characters redeemed themselves by the end in some fashion....I just hope that turd Kevin did everyone a favor and shot himself in the head.

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Not being a write, I don't know where I expected it to go. A good show like Breaking Bad is one you may not be able to predict at all, but you trust in the writers/directors to take you somewhere cool and leave you impressed. I guess I was hoping the entry of Danny's son to the show might somehow serve to mend fences in the family or take the show in a slightly different direction. I loved the old scenes of him and his father beginning to cultivate a bond and was kind of hoping he may have been some type of catalyst for change or something.

I actually enjoyed most of Season 2. But Season 3 was an abomination, and i genuinely felt that it was just overly rushed/condensed to the point of becoming a cluster F that barely made sense.

I can almost guarantee they planned on a longer show arch and that John Leguizamo's character was going to be more heavily involved over time.

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I agree with this. I also think it's unfair to thrown in BB because it's, most would believe, one of the top two or three best dramas to ever be on television.

I think it was good. Not great; but I think it had the potential to be great if it had a chance to have a longer arc.