I have read criticism that almost unanimously says that the 2nd season is a downgrade from the 1st one. Bad writing, bad acting, inconsistent quality in a wide range of aspects... while I would like to be able to personally verify those things, I won't.
This may seem odd, but I'll criticize the 2nd season having only watched the 1st episode for one simple detail which is big for me. It's about the lead actor being changed, something which I should have expected given the show's premise of sleeves (mind/body transplants). Either way, it's something that breaks any show for me, the same reason why I could never get on board with Doctor Who.
I am not a huge fan of the previous lead, but I much preferred Joel Kinnaman to Anthony Mackie - although that is probably biased by the fact that I got attached to the actor from the 1st season, but I never really liked Anthony as an actor anyway. I keep repeating myself, I don't like one bit when leads are switched, even when the reason for it is death - case in point: Spartacus. When the late Andy Whitfield (RIP) was replaced by Liam McIntyre, I did go along with the show, but just because the show was damn good, yet it still was very hard to keep up with the lead change up until the end of the show.
I know this may seem unfair and poor criticism, but that's really how I feel about any show when it comes to this; I don't feel like throwing away 6 hours of my life just to validate something which I already know to be true for me.
Review by ner0BlockedParent2020-03-21T11:39:24Z
I have read criticism that almost unanimously says that the 2nd season is a downgrade from the 1st one. Bad writing, bad acting, inconsistent quality in a wide range of aspects... while I would like to be able to personally verify those things, I won't.
This may seem odd, but I'll criticize the 2nd season having only watched the 1st episode for one simple detail which is big for me. It's about the lead actor being changed, something which I should have expected given the show's premise of sleeves (mind/body transplants). Either way, it's something that breaks any show for me, the same reason why I could never get on board with Doctor Who.
I am not a huge fan of the previous lead, but I much preferred Joel Kinnaman to Anthony Mackie - although that is probably biased by the fact that I got attached to the actor from the 1st season, but I never really liked Anthony as an actor anyway. I keep repeating myself, I don't like one bit when leads are switched, even when the reason for it is death - case in point: Spartacus. When the late Andy Whitfield (RIP) was replaced by Liam McIntyre, I did go along with the show, but just because the show was damn good, yet it still was very hard to keep up with the lead change up until the end of the show.
I know this may seem unfair and poor criticism, but that's really how I feel about any show when it comes to this; I don't feel like throwing away 6 hours of my life just to validate something which I already know to be true for me.