Agent Red
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The thing that frustrates me about Jed Mercurio’s writing is that he seems to throw out a million storylines and then just pick one to be “the answer” and the rest are all cut off with either no resolution or one that feels rushed and overly neat.
Why, for example, did they they spend so long building up this relationship between Jo and Kate this season only for them to barely interact in the last episode and it never really be explained?
Similarly there has been a lot of focus over the years on building up Hastings being suspicious. I never suspected he would be, but it’s a bit weird they tied it all up with one quick conversation and then just said “yeah I believe him” and no more was said.
I don’t mind that the finales aren’t big bang or the message about the banality of corruption, but it’s frustrating how so many things are just cut off and the conclusion leaves the impression of having been randomly chosen from a list of possible options.
Why, for example, did they they spend so long building up this relationship between Jo and Kate this season only for them to barely interact in the last episode and it never really be explained?
Similarly there has been a lot of focus over the years on building up Hastings being suspicious. I never suspected he would be, but it’s a bit weird they tied it all up with one quick conversation and then just said “yeah I believe him” and no more was said.
I don’t mind that the finales aren’t big bang or the message about the banality of corruption, but it’s frustrating how so many things are just cut off and the conclusion leaves the impression of having been randomly chosen from a list of possible options.