Review of Forever

Forever (I) (2018)
6/10
Wasted potential
14 September 2018
By No means bad. I could watch Fred armisen all day, I just love the dude. This show really impressed me with its first few eps setting up the story. It posed a lot of questions I would've liked to have seen addressed which woulda lead to better world building. There are a lot of deep existential themes in here, or rather attempts that don't always land, would probably be a more accurate way to state it. I can respect the effort tho, as it's not overly condescending or preachy like a lot of other Amazon shows. Sometimes the chemistry bt the leads didn't feel believable as a forever type thing. Ending was a cop out, and honestly not a lot really happens in the last half of the season, which I guess is kinda the point within the context of stagnance of marriage, but they set up a bunch of intriguing mystery and just don't really answer it, it's like the show was filmed by 2 different ppl who didn't know what the other was doing sometimes. I would've liked to have seen the reality they're in further addressed. It's like the creators had all this ambition to start with and kinda burnt out by the end, it felt kinda rushed at times. Having said all this, I don't wanna poop all over it, there's a genuine creative and artistic effort here: it's defiently shot well, it just misses as often as it hits, in my humble opinion. It's still worth watching. A second season that addresses some of these issues would retroactively make the first season better, but seems unlikely. Honestly it's better than a 6, it's more like a 6.9, but i didn't feel right giving it the full 7.
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