14:10 Many online talk about mental health but very often, quickly dismiss it. They've ignored the themes of trauma exploration and resilience through it
I wish ppl understood that the storyline is going somewhere and not every episode is a complete ending to the season. The story hasn't ended, there's 1 more chapter
I follow American politics but being from the UK have no political axe to grind. I didn't like this season simply because the writing was poor. The Sam 'revelation' was so obvious that I hoped the twist would be that he actually was real. That was my suspicion as it would have been very clever and the writing has been clever previously. Instead to my disappointment I learned it was meant to be unexpected, with Fight Club style flashbacks during the reveal. Also the gags have become eye rolling and lame. I'm thinking of my stony faced response to all the 'hilarious' jokes in the barn during the sheep shenanigans. 'This man is in no condition to f*ck a sheep!' Wut? Does Frenchie suddenly have the IQ of a boiled potato? None of that was funny. Happily some of this season was hilarious (Deep wrongly assuming Noir had been lobotomizing Sage had me in stitches) but a lot of the humour was just dumb. With some shows, like Veep and Sherlock, they reach a point where they become a caricature of themselves and overdo what they think everyone loves about the show, to it's detriment. At points in the past there have been sickening scenes which have given the show a real edge. This season, in episode six particularly, it was just one vomit inducing scene after another (drugs up the ass, farting in a cake etc etc) until it became stale and just unpleasant to watch. Also there used to be clever references, satarising society with a sly wink. That subtlety was gone with ham fisted references to Jewish space lasers etc to clumsily hammer home who the characters are meant to represent. I was half expecting Homelander to start sporting a dodgy comb over. The story is still strong, and the finale was good, but this s definitely the worst season so far. I hope five sees a teturn to form.
A few things: Can’t argue with the Sam aspect. It worked for me and I thought it was clever, but to each their own. Again, humor is personal taste, I personally thought the sheep joke was incredibly funny. Same with the shock value stuff in episode 6. That episode worked for me. And finally the last point, about subtlety. Here is what I will say. When the artwork that you are satirizing is not subtle then it feels ok to hit those level of extremes. The Jewish space laser line is based on a reality that some people in America seem to think is actually real. Sometimes the best way to address something is address it head on.
To much wokeness and proud. As resault of it it is the weakest season for me! We dont need that woke and proud shit. Its Part of some ppl. Who can not accept that they normal human Brings with same right that others.
