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BluBonnet · 05-28-2025, 02:06 PM

Fiffy · 05-28-2025, 02:14 PM

June 27th. If it's anywhere as good as Black Bird it'll be a must watch.

d2cheer · 06-05-2025, 06:49 PM

Agree but the trailer really didn't do much for me.

BluBonnet · 06-05-2025, 07:09 PM

sandboxgamer · 06-30-2025, 10:25 PM

I watched the first two episodes of this and it's a mixed bag. The concept is great, but my main issue is the cast. I don't know what Taron Edgerton is doing performance-wise, and his accent is awful. Jurnee Smollett isn't much better either, as she's just acting like a man, and it's very awkward. They reveal at the end of episode two that

[Show spoiler]

. While interesting, it kinda felt like they let the cat out of the bag way too early. I'll definitely check out the rest of the series, but I feel like this could've been a lot better. We shall see.

sandboxgamer · 07-06-2025, 06:02 PM

We're only on the third episode, and we're already getting an entire filler episode. Not a good sign. The show seems to be spinning its wheels. I can't believe this is going to be nine episodes, it honestly probably should've just been a movie. I'll stick with it because it's a miniseries, but I'm not impressed

sandboxgamer · 07-13-2025, 07:21 PM

The writing on the show just keeps getting worse and worse, which is shocking because Dennis Lehane is a fantastic writer. Every episode is nothing but misery porn. I can't stand these characters, especially Jurnee Smollett. She's so smug and her fake laugh is obnoxious. Taron Egerton's character has become a full-blown parody. I'm baffled more and more each week by this show. It still feels like we’re crawling to nowhere.

John Powers · 07-13-2025, 08:28 PM

After the previous brilliant Lehane show on Apple+ I expected better. This is just a terrible show all around.

Samus Aran · 08-16-2025, 07:19 AM

This show officially went off the rails once it was down to one arsonist (and the other one was completely forgotten). Thought there were a lot of meaningless details and character history that were never followed up on but supposedly they were to set up future seasons, but I don't think this show deserves more.

06-30-2025, 10:25 PM	#5
sandboxgamer Senior Member Member since:Jul 2020 Location:New York 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:293 DVD collection:84	Episode 1 & 2 I watched the first two episodes of this and it's a mixed bag. The concept is great, but my main issue is the cast. I don't know what Taron Edgerton is doing performance-wise, and his accent is awful. Jurnee Smollett isn't much better either, as she's just acting like a man, and it's very awkward. They reveal at the end of episode two that [Show spoiler]Taron Edgerton is one of the arsonists . While interesting, it kinda felt like they let the cat out of the bag way too early. I'll definitely check out the rest of the series, but I feel like this could've been a lot better. We shall see.

07-06-2025, 06:02 PM	#6
sandboxgamer Senior Member Member since:Jul 2020 Location:New York 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:293 DVD collection:84	Episode 3 We're only on the third episode, and we're already getting an entire filler episode. Not a good sign. The show seems to be spinning its wheels. I can't believe this is going to be nine episodes, it honestly probably should've just been a movie. I'll stick with it because it's a miniseries, but I'm not impressed

07-13-2025, 07:21 PM	#7
sandboxgamer Senior Member Member since:Jul 2020 Location:New York 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:293 DVD collection:84	Episode 4 The writing on the show just keeps getting worse and worse, which is shocking because Dennis Lehane is a fantastic writer. Every episode is nothing but misery porn. I can't stand these characters, especially Jurnee Smollett. She's so smug and her fake laugh is obnoxious. Taron Egerton's character has become a full-blown parody. I'm baffled more and more each week by this show. It still feels like we’re crawling to nowhere.

05-28-2025, 02:14 PM	#2
Fiffy Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:San Jose, CA Trading Score:4	June 27th. If it's anywhere as good as Black Bird it'll be a must watch.

06-05-2025, 06:49 PM	#3
d2cheer Senior Member Member since:Jan 2012	Agree but the trailer really didn't do much for me.

06-05-2025, 07:09 PM	#4
BluBonnet Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Trading Score:1

07-13-2025, 08:28 PM	#8
John Powers Member Member since:Dec 2022	After the previous brilliant Lehane show on Apple+ I expected better. This is just a terrible show all around.

08-16-2025, 07:19 AM	#9
Samus Aran Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:USA Home Theater Gallery:11 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:49 Trading Score:195	This show officially went off the rails once it was down to one arsonist (and the other one was completely forgotten). Thought there were a lot of meaningless details and character history that were never followed up on but supposedly they were to set up future seasons, but I don't think this show deserves more.

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