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Would you elaborate on that please since i found it more satisfying that bittersweet.
Both the dude and the episode in itself were really underwhelming, to say the least.
Someone i know actually articulated well enough, so i just gonna quote him:
PlasmaWolf, on 26 Nov 2013 - 04:42 AM, said:
Ugh, where to start? I didn't like how a freaking pigeon got the better of a notorious masterminded serial killer, for one thing. Yeah, I know the writers kind of foreshadowed the ornithophobia in the wedding episode when McAllister saved Jane and became spooked when a flock of birds flew by, but it was still sloppy writing. Where did Jane get the bird? Did he already have it on his person? And if so, how the hell did the Blake Association lackey miss a goddamn bird during a pat-down after finding a gun in Jane's back-pocket?
The random lady showing up at the church with a knife was beyond silly. Jane really didn't see that coming? Most of the episode was spent on boring car and foot chases (an old man with a gunshot wound outruns a physically fit, middle-aged man pumped with adrenaline?), while that FBI dude couldn't be any more incompetent if he tried (and he's supposed to become a main character, too).
Bertram's death was not only anticlimactic, but the way in which he collapsed was almost comedic in its execution. As for Red John, I completely disagree with how the writers portrayed his ending. When you have a character created to be one of the smartest and most sadistic mass murders in the history of television, you don't freaking humanize him! That was the exact mistake made by the Dexter writers, who thought fans wanted to see Dexter Morgan with emotions. Well, fans didn't; season eight was universally panned.
The Dexter fans felt as if it was the biggest slap in the face to the character in literally making him impotent to killing after falling in love. The ending to Red John's reign of terror was just as bad, if not worse, imo. Pleading for Jane to spare his life? Calling 911 for help after falling over due to blood loss? It was pathetic. This was the same guy that Heller and the other Mentalist writers kept "demonstrating" (off-screen) was a brilliant and ruthless butcher without a single regard for human life.
How did McAllister find out about the list? "Well, derpy-derp, I have real psychic powers, dont'cha know!" Seriously? Did they actually put that in the script or was it extemporized? The explanation about the bombs was legitimate, and Jane actually killing Red John was performed phenomenally, but the rest was just... meh. What about the Red Barn? We were led to believe that Red John had a major connection to the Visualize organization, yet none of that was even mentioned. In the end, they reduced him to a generic James Bond complete with the full exposition, although conveniently short of some of the more questionable feats.
I wanted to see Red John in action; why he was so cunning, what made him able to brainwash so many people into helping him, what his backstory was like, and so on. I was actually surprised they didn't devote an entire episode to the character, and how "Red John" came about. The writers missed the mark entirely, in that regard.
The random lady showing up at the church with a knife was beyond silly. Jane really didn't see that coming? Most of the episode was spent on boring car and foot chases (an old man with a gunshot wound outruns a physically fit, middle-aged man pumped with adrenaline?), while that FBI dude couldn't be any more incompetent if he tried (and he's supposed to become a main character, too).
Bertram's death was not only anticlimactic, but the way in which he collapsed was almost comedic in its execution. As for Red John, I completely disagree with how the writers portrayed his ending. When you have a character created to be one of the smartest and most sadistic mass murders in the history of television, you don't freaking humanize him! That was the exact mistake made by the Dexter writers, who thought fans wanted to see Dexter Morgan with emotions. Well, fans didn't; season eight was universally panned.
The Dexter fans felt as if it was the biggest slap in the face to the character in literally making him impotent to killing after falling in love. The ending to Red John's reign of terror was just as bad, if not worse, imo. Pleading for Jane to spare his life? Calling 911 for help after falling over due to blood loss? It was pathetic. This was the same guy that Heller and the other Mentalist writers kept "demonstrating" (off-screen) was a brilliant and ruthless butcher without a single regard for human life.
How did McAllister find out about the list? "Well, derpy-derp, I have real psychic powers, dont'cha know!" Seriously? Did they actually put that in the script or was it extemporized? The explanation about the bombs was legitimate, and Jane actually killing Red John was performed phenomenally, but the rest was just... meh. What about the Red Barn? We were led to believe that Red John had a major connection to the Visualize organization, yet none of that was even mentioned. In the end, they reduced him to a generic James Bond complete with the full exposition, although conveniently short of some of the more questionable feats.
I wanted to see Red John in action; why he was so cunning, what made him able to brainwash so many people into helping him, what his backstory was like, and so on. I was actually surprised they didn't devote an entire episode to the character, and how "Red John" came about. The writers missed the mark entirely, in that regard.
Btw, it is practically confirmed that RJ won´t return unless maybe in a flashback. The storyline of RJ is over.
While that certainly holds some truth, it still does not explain how such a dumb and coward person has done so many unbelievable things.
