Koholint

I was hopeful when the show seemed to be finding its footing after the rocky first half of the season, but ultimately I came away feeling like I'd just watched a forgettable crime movie. None of the conclusions to character arcs (or Ray and Ana's relationship) really felt earned or affecting to me despite me liking all of the characters throughout the season. From both a plot and character perspective nothing in this season really felt satisfying to me in the end. The final scene with Frank particularly irked me; hinting at events in Frank's life so significant that he would be thinking about them while taking his last steps felt like a real slap in the face considering we could have had some of those character details fleshed out in the place of the fairly redundant plotting of the first handful of episodes. That's probably a bit hyperbolic. I guess what I'm really trying to get at is that the pacing of this season was a mess, and I could have done with a little more characterization and fewer scenes where the detectives find out Caspere was into nonstandard sex stuff for the second or third time. There was at least an episode or two worth of time that just felt wasted to me. Anyway, I'm curious to hear how the guys respond on the podcast and to see if it sways my opinion at all (assuming their opinions are any more positive than mine). In any case, I'm looking forward to the season 1 rewatch casts since I really do think that season was something special even with its missteps.

I just watched this movie for a second time with a couple of friends (one who had never seen it because he'd been warned off of it but ended up loving it). One thing I noticed that I haven't seen pointed out before is that when Gerard is driving erratically behind Leland and Laura you can hear the sound The Man from Another Place makes in Laura's dream after he identifies himself as "The Arm." Just another interesting connection between Mike and him that I hadn't noticed before.

Hmmm. All this is making me want to go back and play through the game again. Seems like there're more meaningful choices than I originally thought.

I just finished this and though it was fantastic. Great art, music, writing, everything. I was curious about one decision in the game though: