Abruzzi is underappreciated next to T-Bag because the guy playing T-Bag seems to just watch everyone else practice offscreen so he knows exactly when and how to waltz in and steal every goddamned scene. But Peter Stormare's complexity is overlooked. He doesn't just want the informer to be killed because of revenge--he's got a threat against his children to consider. I find giving Abruzzi a family greatly deepens him as a character. As does his whole interaction with Michael when they first meet.
Mostly they lost me when they had a therapist come on and say he had a pathological need to help people. Oh, please. That's almost as bad as Peter having the power of heart.
Okay, first: ::SNERK:: Nice :) Second, yeah, they really blew it when they did that because in that episode even (I think), he's like trying to get Tweener to do something for him and completely ignoring the fact that Tweener is like crying because he's been raped a billion times by his fat-ass cellie. Sensitivity my ass. I like Michael pathological, thanks. That's when he's actually scary and you're cheering for him--when he seems that much smarter than everyone else.
It's not hard to be smarter, though, is it? You've got Veronica "I put the 'Duh' in" Donovan running around trusting random strangers and the Conspiracy of Overly Complicated Plots to Take Over the Free World. And that's it. The people in and working at the prison are more competent, and these are the people who missed the fact that eight random guys suddenly got really tight and worked construction, like, all the time (36 hours from death, Lincoln is on a work detail? I think not).
I want to say more about some characters, but I'll avoid spoilage. Go on and watch season two! It's got like 50/50 love-hate going on. People who liked the first season for the setting are all pissed at them being free (uh, what did they think was gonna happen?), but I found it was almost too suspenseful to watch. I mean, it's an endless chase, and if the guys get caught, they're proper fucked. It was nail-biting for me--not always good, but definitely tense. And a lot of people die. I got spoiled by the TWoP reviews that listed in the summary titles "So and So--DEAD!" a few times, but many of the deaths managed to be surprises. Have fun!
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Date: 2007-07-11 04:20 am (UTC)Mostly they lost me when they had a therapist come on and say he had a pathological need to help people. Oh, please. That's almost as bad as Peter having the power of heart.
Okay, first: ::SNERK:: Nice :) Second, yeah, they really blew it when they did that because in that episode even (I think), he's like trying to get Tweener to do something for him and completely ignoring the fact that Tweener is like crying because he's been raped a billion times by his fat-ass cellie. Sensitivity my ass. I like Michael pathological, thanks. That's when he's actually scary and you're cheering for him--when he seems that much smarter than everyone else.
It's not hard to be smarter, though, is it? You've got Veronica "I put the 'Duh' in" Donovan running around trusting random strangers and the Conspiracy of Overly Complicated Plots to Take Over the Free World. And that's it. The people in and working at the prison are more competent, and these are the people who missed the fact that eight random guys suddenly got really tight and worked construction, like, all the time (36 hours from death, Lincoln is on a work detail? I think not).
I want to say more about some characters, but I'll avoid spoilage. Go on and watch season two! It's got like 50/50 love-hate going on. People who liked the first season for the setting are all pissed at them being free (uh, what did they think was gonna happen?), but I found it was almost too suspenseful to watch. I mean, it's an endless chase, and if the guys get caught, they're proper fucked. It was nail-biting for me--not always good, but definitely tense. And a lot of people die. I got spoiled by the TWoP reviews that listed in the summary titles "So and So--DEAD!" a few times, but many of the deaths managed to be surprises. Have fun!