Even Cthlulu couldn't save lines like
"Shouldn't a reasonable man infer from Ossip's arrival, and departure, and fucking failure to make good on our terms, as being connected not just to Caspere, but prefiguring Caspere, in a causal sense?"
*blank stare*
"What I'm saying is, do you think Ossip could've done Caspere?"
The bolded parts are the only ones that should have remained in the script.
This is absolutely the worst part of the show so far.
Pizzolato trying to be far too clever for his own good, trying to make Frank too clever, simultaneously realising both the character that's supposed to be inferior to Frank and the watching public that are
undoubtedly inferior to Pizzolato may not understand what he meant so let's clear that up (having wasted time saying that bullshit elaborate nonsense in the first place), and all of that without even factoring in the ineptness of Vaughn's delivery and ability to sell us on this character's perceived intelligence.
Horrendous scene.
Not feeling the show 3 eps in. Of the cast, only Farrell is doing anything anywhere near to exceptional of the mains - Vaughn out of his depth, Kitsch wooden, McAdams solid but the role hasn't required much so far - , and the mayor is bringing the entertainment on the supporting side.
It's lacking focus, it's devoid of humour for the most part, the plot is struggling to be interesting, Fukunaga's visual eye and ability to let things breathe is sorely,
sorely missed.
It's such a short commitment - almost halfway there already - that I'll stick with it, but it's barely batting above average right now. Far inferior to the first season.
