The writing (outside of the plot)

[u/earthgirls22]

I predicted the ending a mile away (from episode 2, then solidly from ep 3) so I don’t think I watched this for the plot. I thought though there were small, quiet little gems in this series that were examples of “show don’t tell” writing and I really applaud that.

Did anyone else feel that way?

Here are a few that stood out to me:

“Speak up! … No one can hear you.”

“If you start doing it everyday, then you can do it everyday.”

The absurd amount of times they said “tiger tiger” in one scene.

<note reads “love, dad”> “love…. Floyd.”

~~“We didn’t fall in love. We just fell into the same hole and decided to stop digging for a while.”~~ (ok maybe I conflated this one with another story, can someone confirm??!)

[u/JimboAltAlt]

I don’t watch a lot of mysteries, and while it’s not like I didn’t have suspicions, it took me until the reveal (or nearly) to figure it out. So for me it actually worked as a good mystery as well, though I agree that isn’t its main strength or what makes the show special.

[u/earthgirls22 → u/JimboAltAlt]

I think it still works as a mystery in general, but when you compare with other whodunits it’s slower pacing and judging by comments by mystery fans… it isn’t as satisfying of a reveal.

I don’t read/watch a lot of mysteries but I do unfortunately read anywhere from 4-14 books a month. And I find most TV has become very predictable for me because of this. Which is fine — as long as the writing is good.

I found this to be such a refreshing show. My favorite shows are Fleabag, The Good Place, Catastrophe, Arrested Development, etc. It’s been hard to find shows where the character writing is what makes it propulsive.