Man. I just can't remember a TV Series being this intense. This episode is good, really good. The reviewer saying Abby and Octavia are dragging the entire show down must be watching a different program, living in an alternate universe, on some potent substance, or being emotionally distorted by the heavy content conveyed by those actors. As someone who has physically experienced opiate WD's, Abby's depiction was actually TOO realistic and riveting for me.
I just grow so weary of the "the storylines COULD have been so good" or "it had SO much potential" criticisms. I get it if you just don't like something or it's not your cup of tea, but if 90% of viewership is not ready to "clean house", how pretentious is it to think your conclusions are sufficient enough to make major production staff changes ? I propose that maybe YOUR house be cleaned and examine what internal issues are causing your negative viewpoints, while we stick with the satisfied 90%.
If all these arm-chair screen writing experts could show me their portfolios so I can see what a REAL masterpiece looks like, I would greatly appreciate it. It's important to distinguish the difference between "bad, sloppy writing" and just a storyline or character arc that doesn't happen to be YOUR personal preferred direction or choice.
"Time to clean house".... Yeah I'm sure the producers will get right on that for ya. Peace.