Just finished the last episode, and an overall 8/10 season for me. I will say the show had particular highs, and a lot of these happened quite early on, such as end of first episode, which really set the tone, and although Tennant's Killgrave scenes remained engaging, I think some of the effect was gradually diminished as things moved along, as you sort of get used to the carnage unfolding before your eyes. It's certainly very dark, and bloody, and largely very well done..
There isn't too much if any goofiness to take you out of it either, as in it finds a tone and keeps to it for largely the whole duration. The one except being the oddball 'unhinged' neighbour lady, who to me seemed to serve mainly as being a dimwit, and someone who subsequently causes a lot of ball ache for Jessica, and who you feel little to no sympathy for with her own particular situation, of her brother's death, largely owing to how annoying she is. Also what was up with her harbouring this unpleasant almost incestuous attachment towards him? I found that whole thing, as well as the dumping of his body a bit weird. There were a couple side plots like that I didn't much care for.
.. but seriously, there is a lot more to love about this show than dislike. However I would put it ever so slightly below Dare Devil right now, but it's very much in the vein of what the Netflix shows are going for, and seems to keep pretty well the same tone the whole way across, which is all you can hope for really. The fights were pretty good (not quite Dare Devil good, but good). The actors were all largely stellar, excepting aforementioned annoying neighbour lady (I forget her character's name owing to lack of paying attention), and the brother was sort of forgettable too. Tennant was solid, and I was majorly impressed with Ritter for what she's done here. And Luke Cage was excellent. Carrie Ann Moss was a suitable slime ball Lawyer. Now I want to go watch Dare Devil again to tide me over until Luke Cage and Dare Devil S2 arrive.
There isn't too much if any goofiness to take you out of it either, as in it finds a tone and keeps to it for largely the whole duration. The one except being the oddball 'unhinged' neighbour lady, who to me seemed to serve mainly as being a dimwit, and someone who subsequently causes a lot of ball ache for Jessica, and who you feel little to no sympathy for with her own particular situation, of her brother's death, largely owing to how annoying she is. Also what was up with her harbouring this unpleasant almost incestuous attachment towards him? I found that whole thing, as well as the dumping of his body a bit weird. There were a couple side plots like that I didn't much care for.
.. but seriously, there is a lot more to love about this show than dislike. However I would put it ever so slightly below Dare Devil right now, but it's very much in the vein of what the Netflix shows are going for, and seems to keep pretty well the same tone the whole way across, which is all you can hope for really. The fights were pretty good (not quite Dare Devil good, but good). The actors were all largely stellar, excepting aforementioned annoying neighbour lady (I forget her character's name owing to lack of paying attention), and the brother was sort of forgettable too. Tennant was solid, and I was majorly impressed with Ritter for what she's done here. And Luke Cage was excellent. Carrie Ann Moss was a suitable slime ball Lawyer. Now I want to go watch Dare Devil again to tide me over until Luke Cage and Dare Devil S2 arrive.
