*** This review may contain SPOILERS ***
First of all, seasons 1-3 were very well done, with few disappointments. Characters were well developed, as were relationships.
Then came season 4. With all respect to the reviewer who claims Eleanor "dis not go off the rails", she clearly did. And so did the writers, who appear to have little sense of balance or subtlety in season 4.
I am inclined to believe that the absence of some characters in the closing season resulted from their having read the scripts and dashed for the door.
Major failings include: - no clear sense of the time elapsed since end of season 3
I could write more, but suffice it to say, your time will be spent much more happily on more engaging activities; arranging your books, or doing your taxes, or even a visit to the dentist.
First of all, seasons 1-3 were very well done, with few disappointments. Characters were well developed, as were relationships.
Then came season 4. With all respect to the reviewer who claims Eleanor "dis not go off the rails", she clearly did. And so did the writers, who appear to have little sense of balance or subtlety in season 4.
I am inclined to believe that the absence of some characters in the closing season resulted from their having read the scripts and dashed for the door.
Major failings include: - no clear sense of the time elapsed since end of season 3
- horrible music, intrusive and forgettable
- loss of characters without explanation (Sidney, Robert, Kate, and others)
- new characters whose back story only becomes apparent in snatches over time
- near total suspension of reason on the part of Eleanor, and of morals, as well
- utterly implausible introduction of Dr. Marsham's moral turpitude (the man worked too many hours to have had time for that)
- uneven exposition of plot: there are jarring leaps over details which needed explication, and on the other hand, dreary working to death of the details of the search for Dora, which added little to our understanding, or of the plight of such girls
I could write more, but suffice it to say, your time will be spent much more happily on more engaging activities; arranging your books, or doing your taxes, or even a visit to the dentist.