Netflix ripped out the heart and soul of this show and left a big giant turd in its place. Much of the 3rd season is spent trying to escape the consequences of the 2nd season ending. Instead of moving forward and showing the characters cope, perhaps learn and grow, the story moves sideways. Much of it is superfluous. The most obvious what-if questions I asked myself over the previous 2Netflix ripped out the heart and soul of this show and left a big giant turd in its place. Much of the 3rd season is spent trying to escape the consequences of the 2nd season ending. Instead of moving forward and showing the characters cope, perhaps learn and grow, the story moves sideways. Much of it is superfluous. The most obvious what-if questions I asked myself over the previous 2 seasons, are made moot.
To be fair there was something languorous about the first 2 seasons. Dividends for watching the show weren't paid until the 2nd half of season 2. But at that point things picked up and the slow waltz turned into a compelling climax. I wanted to see more of this show! Updates, Ingram, The Faction, but most compelling, the big reveal.
The season 2 finale understood, or perhaps stated, that the heart and soul of the show was not the travelers themselves, but the people around them. Ironically, Grant even distills this in a season 3 episode: The small moments of Kat's day were real life, not the his crazy frantic 'save the day' adventures. While true that the former could not exist without the latter, the latter was empty without the former. Season 3 as a whole doesn't understand this at all and becomes an empty plodding machine hitting its plot points, to the very end when finally everything we see is made meaningless.
Season 4, if there is one, could run with a completely new cast. And one can't help but wonder if that is deliberate. A new cast would be cheaper for season 4. Story wise you wouldn't care. I know I don't. Netflix brutally erased any reason to.… Expand
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