This is the crux of it and it's a real conundrum. I'm hooked on the show, but despise 2 of the main characters. Gwen and Owen could both die excruciatingly painful deaths disappear tomorrow and I would never miss a beat. I just hope that the scripts are weighted more heavily toward Jack this season. Enough with the Gwen stories.
Excuse me while I boggle for a moment or two. ::boggle:: Dude! I knew your Gwen-view was in flux, but...wow. And I agree with you completely.
Owen is absolutely awful, I don't care how much they try to convice me (much too late) that there's a real human being beneath his creepy!horrible exterior. I just don't care about him as a character, and I'm not sure what they can do to remedy the situation in season two.
Gwen's characterization was absolutely abysmal. She's got to be the worst excuse for audience buy-in since...good Lord, I can't think of a worse character in recent memory that I was supposed to care for. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, she's the heart of the show? Puh-leeze.
And I meant to ask you this before, after I read your season one rankings. You never mentioned anything about the episode "They Keep Killing Susie" and it was one of my favorites. Was it the mythology that bothered you, or was it the Gwen factor?
The Gwen factor killed it for me. I loved Susie, she was delightfully evil, but my God, they just kept hitting me over the head with Gwen and how special and important and fabulous she is and MY GOD, enough is enough.
I just hope that the scripts are weighted more heavily toward Jack this season. Enough with the Gwen stories.
I agree. Like Owen, I can't think of anything at this point that would make me care for Gwen. I want to see some Jack focus, dammit, since he's the whole reason I'm watching.
If season two continues like season one, I don't think I'll be around for the third. Actually, if season two continues like season one, I don't think the BBC will bring it back for a third...
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Date: 2008-01-27 02:25 am (UTC)Excuse me while I boggle for a moment or two. ::boggle:: Dude! I knew your Gwen-view was in flux, but...wow. And I agree with you completely.
Owen is absolutely awful, I don't care how much they try to convice me (much too late) that there's a real human being beneath his creepy!horrible exterior. I just don't care about him as a character, and I'm not sure what they can do to remedy the situation in season two.
Gwen's characterization was absolutely abysmal. She's got to be the worst excuse for audience buy-in since...good Lord, I can't think of a worse character in recent memory that I was supposed to care for. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, she's the heart of the show? Puh-leeze.
And I meant to ask you this before, after I read your season one rankings. You never mentioned anything about the episode "They Keep Killing Susie" and it was one of my favorites. Was it the mythology that bothered you, or was it the Gwen factor?
The Gwen factor killed it for me. I loved Susie, she was delightfully evil, but my God, they just kept hitting me over the head with Gwen and how special and important and fabulous she is and MY GOD, enough is enough.
I just hope that the scripts are weighted more heavily toward Jack this season. Enough with the Gwen stories.
I agree. Like Owen, I can't think of anything at this point that would make me care for Gwen. I want to see some Jack focus, dammit, since he's the whole reason I'm watching.
If season two continues like season one, I don't think I'll be around for the third. Actually, if season two continues like season one, I don't think the BBC will bring it back for a third...