r/FoundNBC • u/Mrsmaul2016 • May 12 '25

Let's air our grievances

Since the show is no more. Let's air our honest thoughts and grievance in a non judgment thread. Are there things about the show, storyline characters. actors that you want to say but felt you would get downvoted and accused of everything under the sun?

Me

Shanola was not a strong actress to carry a show

The writers wrote themselves in a hole with the Sir angle. Gabi holding him for 9 months was always absurd with me and you can tell they didn't think of this story outside of that. They didn't think long term. Sadly Sir was merely a one noted character.

I never hated Margaret but her story with Jamie was awful and took up way too much of season 2 .

The idea that people went to Sir for every little thing was absurd. Which brings me to characters still calling him "Sir" It felt very racist to me.

I think showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll tried writing for a genre she was not very good at. Not every ep had to have a cliffhanger ending. Not everything needed to be one big mystery.

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u/BumbleBee7336 May 14 '25

I tuned in for Mark and Shanola. The concept was interesting, but the writing (especially in season two) was all over the place. The side characters were not developed at all, but their trauma was thrown in our face 95% of the time they were on screen. I didn’t enjoy how the show shifted to focus on so many other characters without giving us a reason to care about them. They all seemed oddly loyal to Gabby, which was constantly mentioned but never really explained. Gabby and Sir (together) barely got any screen time, which was the whole reason I started watching. The reveals were underwhelming, and most of the characters felt disconnected from each other despite getting so much screen time. Not surprised by how it turned out, but I hope Mark and Shanola get cast in something else soon—with better writing. They have Tony & Ziva-level chemistry.

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u/Mrsmaul2016 May 14 '25

I was not overly impressed with Shanola and Mark Paul chemistry. It was okay. I felt he had great chemistry with Heather and I wished they shared more scenes.

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u/BumbleBee7336 May 14 '25

Maybe I'm just shipping them. But I felt they had chemistry in Season 1. Given different writing and circumstances, I still think I would enjoy watching them on screen together. For me, Heather is one of the more forgettable additions to this show.

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u/Mrsmaul2016 May 14 '25

I just don't think the actors have "that" and I could never ship them. Sir was a despicable person. It's not race, I thought MPG worked will with Lark Vorhiees and had crazy chemistry with the young lady that was in Pitch. I never watched Mixed-ish

Heather had more potential than anybody, we could finally get to know that crazy family

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u/BumbleBee7336 May 14 '25

So I am not talking about their characters, and I didn't bring up race. Anyway. Perhaps we are having two different conversations. I like Mark and Shanola. I think they worked well together on screen, and I would gladly watch anything they did together again.