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[Marvel14]

I adored the first four seasons for the relationships and character struggles and the gradually told story of a family's generations. Very emotionally cathartic. But Season 5 seemed to turn the show into pure social commentary on BLM and the pandemic.

I was bored after watching the first two episodes and felt soo let down i couldn't bring myself to watch more. Did this happen to anyone else?

 

[Spoog]

It became crap as soon as Peter Petrelli's twin brother showed up.

 

[DeafTourette]

I adored the first four seasons for the relationships and character struggles and the gradually told story of a family's generations. Very emotionally cathartic. But Season 5 seemed to turn the show into pure social commentary on BLM and the pandemic.

I was bored after watching the first two episodes and felt soo let down i couldn't bring myself to watch more. Did this happen to anyone else?

I think the season has become more layered. Yeah, race SHOULDN'T be an issue but this is actually a thing in mixed adoptions. Plus, many black folks can relate to some of his experiences.

 

[Pagusas]

The problem with writing as you go. All the main hooks of the show have come and gone, so what’s left is just junk ideas to try keeping all the staff employed till the network cancels the show. Potty as it was good, though I feel the fall started happening last season, it’s just more obvious this season.

My opinion? Bring back ATT girl.

 

[Airola]

I thought the same after watching the first episode. Didn't really watch much of the second episode and I think I skipped one or two episodes while my GF still continued watching (she at first was also disappointed in the first episode and even said that she hopes this didn't just get ruined like they ruined Grey's Anatomy).

That said, I had been eyeing on the show here and there while she watched it and it didn't seem to have too much political stuff and she started to tell me how this is still actually pretty good. I then jumped back in and first watched one episode, then another, and I was glad to see that despite the weak opening the show still was pretty much what it used to be and I've now been gladly following it again.

It's definitely one of the best drama series ever made and I'm impressed how long they've been able to keep the quality great.

So, to OP, the season gets a lot better after those two episodes. Sure it might at some point get back to commenting current social issues, but for the most of the time in the later episodes it has been very much different. The pandemic stuff is still there (can't really blame them though for that) but the focus has been mostly in other things (I think I haven't seen the "BLM" stuff come back at all after the first episode). I've kinda felt like the creators of the show were forced to add the social commentary and the pandemic stuff in but have tried to make their best to move around those subjects as much as possible so that they can continue making the show the way they first had envisioned it. I've really enjoyed Kevin's storyline in this season so far.

 

[farmerboy]

Definitely the weakest season so far, but still ok. I think you're judging it a touch harshly, OP.

 

[Clarissa]

Is the fat sister still fat?

 

[futurama78]

Shit got scary

 

[Marvel14]

Definitely the weakest season so far, but still ok. I think you're judging it a touch harshly, OP.

Airola and you have convinced me to plow through to later Episodes. In the earlier seasons all Episodes were either very good or excellent. Exceptionally High standards were set. Two boring episodes to start a new season that are not about the characters' lives and interactions in meaningful ways and that drowned Randall's voice in social commentary was a huge downer for me....

 

[Nico_D]

I stopped watching at the end of the season 2. Watched a few episodes of the season 3 but lost interest. Loved the first two though.

The problem, for me, with the show is it's character arcs and how it builds them. Every character arc (like the one with Toby's depression) is short and built pretty weakly. And worst of all, all the problems kinda just vanish and fizzle out, solved by deus ex machina. The characters don't really change or learn anything, the problems are solved for them if at all. And it kind of keeps with the good vibe thing the show is build on and it is a lovely show in that regard, really happy, happy, happy - but I can't watch that indefinitely if the characters aren't relatable in the sense how they deal with their problems without being disconnected from them.