What We Do in the Shadows
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Kirun
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They completely ruined the running gag from the season about how nobody gives a fuck about the guide, which was actually starting to become pretty fucking funny imo. So fucking pointless.
The season started off pretty great, but the last half or so has been pretty fucking awful. Very few laughs to be had.
The season started off pretty great, but the last half or so has been pretty fucking awful. Very few laughs to be had.
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RobXIII
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Yeah first half was super fun to watch, and had a lot of great moments. Last few episodes I was on my phone a lot.
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There will be the same amount. They literally spend the whole last episode (last 2 really) just doing the "Gotta get back to status quo where nothing has really changed" bit. Literally pulling out some seriously stretched writing to make sure it's smooth.
What I mean by that is going so far as to bend their own vampire logic on what happens when one's sire is killed, and pulling the last second trip to the necromancer so that Derek doesn't really "die". Meaning Gizmo "learns his lesson" without REALLY needing to sacrifice anything (i.e. lose a friend over it.). Although the highlight of the last two episodes was "So.. we're a clip show now?" )
All that said, I generally concur that the season was decent, but the last 2 episodes didn't carry through. (second to last episode it was clear almost immediately what was going on, last episode just ran around the whole time to "tie up loose ends and reset the game to factory defaults for next season".
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Taking a shower just now and mentally pondering the end of season 5 and it hit me.....
The whole series to this point has been Gizmo's story of trans regret and detransitioning.... He dreamed so much about being a [something he wasn't born as] that he starts hanging out with a lot of [something he wasn't born as], discovered what he [was truly born as].... fights against it to keep being with the group of [something he wasn't born as]. Eventually gets impatient and goes to abnormal means to try to become [something he wasn't born as] and it goes wrong and awkward and painful and makes him something of a half way abomination, risks costing him his friendship with the [something he wasn't born as], and in the end makes the decision to go back to what he [was truly born as]...... And everybody seems happier with that.
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Synj
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Homsar
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You did watch the final after scene right? I can't find the clip but all the nice stuff they said was because they were trying to hook her up with Colin so he would move out.
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Kirun
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Burns
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When I have tried to rewatch TV shows, comedies seem to suffer the most when you already know what's coming. Even for shows I love, like Entourage, Curb, or Silicon Valley, I'm never able to get in the mood to rewatch. Which is in stark contrast to dramas, where I have watched shows like The Wire, Sopranos, and Deadwood at least 5 times each.
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‘What We Do In the Shadows’ to End With Season 6 at FX
'What We Do in the Shadows' is ending with its sixth season at FX.
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