Yellowstone - new TV "western"
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The wife and son of the favored son are the worst actors ever on screen.
Yeah, I can't think of a redeeming moment outside of the very beginning of the first episode. Maybe the storyline with the little Rip is okay.
Mayor of Kingstown, on the other hand, has found another gear after a few episodes of building the story. That last episode was phenomenal.
The last few episodes have picked up, but yeah I agree this season has been disappointing. Just not a lot of storyline to me and it's been really slow. Most episodes have had a 5+ minute scene of them just riding horses or working cattle with a country song going. That's fine for a minute or two sparingly (it is a Western after all) but I think it's been a bit much and they've just used it as filler because the plot/storyline has been dull.
I watched the most recent episode last night, and for me the "jump the shark" moment is Kayce's ridiculous storyline involving a lone wolf and his vision quest.
Seriously...this guy is the Livestock Commissioner of Montana, a state that, for all I know, conceivably has as many, if not more, cows as people, and this guy is going to sit out in the middle of nowhere for four days, completely neglecting his appointed duties as said Livestock Commissioner of Montana, while getting stoned out of his mind and not eat or drink for four days?
Man, must be nice working for the State of Montana.
I've been watching this show since Episode 1 of Season 1, but the plotlines are increasingly absurd and nonsensical. I'll watch the season finale next Sunday, but I am firmly on the fence right now about tuning in for Season Five.
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You must have missed the segment when Kayce met with the Montana Department of Agriculture's Human Resource Office, explained his desire to pursue a vision quest, and was approved to take FMLA.
It feels like they're holding back for the election year
So. Much. Paperwork.
You must have missed the segment when Kayce met with the Montana Department of Agriculture's Human Resource Office, explained his desire to pursue a vision quest, and was approved to take FMLA.
So. Much. Paperwork.
I watch to laugh. I kid you not. it's gone from good to complete garbage. Kind of fascinating, really.
Maybe I missed something, but in an earlier season, when the Duttons were battling the Beck Brothers, Kayce put a bomb in the plane so they could be eliminated. He then just drives up to house and offs the dude sitting on the toilet. Is there a plane just sitting in the hanger with a bomb in the fuel tank? What was that about?
While I do understand the criticism, as it is warranted, lets all remember it is a fiction story for entertainment purposes.
Seems like we are heading to the next criticism being, "such a phony show, I have never once seen Rip poop or pee, just so dumb, is the guy a super hero? All humans must go to the bathroom! I didn't think I was watching a cartoon."
I've never seen someone so angry about a show they choose to watch.
My issues are the noticeable downturn in the quality of the writing, plotlines/plot development, and the increasing number of scenes that require ever more drastic suspensions of disbelief; i.e. the Kayce vision quest storyline I mentioned above.
Some shows take a season or two to become quality shows beloved by both critics and the audience (Park and Recreation comes to mind, for example. I enjoyed that show from Season 1, but it did get noticeably better as time went on). Yellowstone is the complete opposite; it's gotten worse as time has gone on.
I have to wonder if Taylor Sheridan has just stretched himself way too thin with all of his different projects. I understand it's a fictional show, and I have written before that I thought it was more of an entertaining show than a good show, but when that entertainment comes in increasing part due to how campy and/or laughably bad it's become, that's a problem.
The people frequently complaining about a show they choose to watch.
I haven't been this angry about a fictional show since Rod Belding ditched out on Zach and the rest of the Bayside senior class the morning of the big white water rafting trip.
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