UnowPriceless
hyped garbage
Kaydan Christian
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Rexanne
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
lance-76655
I thoroughly enjoyed season 1. A group of young undercover agents who do a terrific job fighting crime. Episodes are suspenseful and plots interesting and evolve throughout the season. In season 2, all that skill goes to hell and they can't seem to tie their own shoes laces without screwing it up. The characters who in season 1 were intelligent,courageous and highly skilled have somehow become stupid imbeciles who look like rookies and have seemingly lost many of those skills and act in defeatist ways in season 2. And with each passing episode the characters get more and more inept, emotionally stunted and incapable of carrying out simple tasks successfully. One character who was a star in season 1 seems to become fixated on one thing and looks more and more paranoid and fixated with each passing episode. It's like she had a dual personality; a competent one is season 1 and an emotionally stunted paranoid one in season 2. I'll watch season 3 just to see if any of these people regain some of the skills they seemed to no longer have in season 2. I wonder if the writers wrote season 2 while using some of the cartel's drugs they wrote about in this series as it is a very unrealistic portrayal of how characters can evolve from one season to the next. One final thing. A protagonist in season 2 who in the real world would have been arrested for having $20 million in safety deposit boxes on a $50K/year salary isn't even investigated and is single handedly capable of brining an entire FBI operation down. Further, why are there no alarms or cameras in Graceland for filming any break-ins if it is such a high risk secret safe house. The protagonist can break in with a pick and basically is able to reveal the entire secret group of undercover agents. This just doesn't make sense. This is one of many huge gaps in common sense in the plot of season 2.
tub51461
Two seasons in, this show is developing several major & minor arcs to the storyline. Twists & turns at every corner. There's some cliffhangers, what ifs & plot holes from the start, just never stops, & Season 3 is expected to fill some while opening others. If you're looking for a rock star series, you'll be puzzled at how this is playing out. This is one of those shows that you might not like everything that happens, but eventually there's light at the end of the tunnel for various situations. Like, don't like it,...this is a new character's welcome series and good one for USA. Each dark storyline doesn't last forever even though it appears as if like a sinking ship, a character goes through disastrous complications. Just have to see it to believe it & understand it.
jobear2484
As the most arid couple of weeks in television are drawing to a close and the huge tsunami that is the fall season is set to start, I thought I'd muse a bit about this past summer season. We no longer call it mid-season with the plethora of cable channels that offer up some of their best shows during this time. So what did I enjoy most these last few months? Was it the long anticipated return of AMC's Mad Men that turned out to have one of the most do-nothing seasons in a do-nothing show? Was it FX's The Bridge, which started so strongly and then started meandering, lost in the desert in which it was set with characters popping in and out like mirages? Was it Showtime's heavily advertised Donovan, which had a cast I should have liked but I gave up on because it was so cliché and boring? Perhaps it was NBC's too short of a season for Crossing Lines, which I ended up watching all the way through and enjoyed most of. Of course A&E's Longmire (the best show you may not have heard of) struck great twangy modern western chords during its sophomore season that were music to my heart. But, it turns out my most overall enjoyable television experience during the hot months was the ubercool Graceland on USA that has its season finale this Thursday. This is one of those shows I had no feeling of anticipation for, I only stumbled across the premier date in an ad on IMDb. There are absolutely no other shows I watch on USA, though I've sampled most of them. I wasn't even sure what it was supposed to be about, since the ad was just a typical USA style still with an attractive person staring intently off to one side striking an awesome profile pose. Turns out, the show features a lot of incredibly attractive people who work mostly undercover for various agencies like the FBI, DEA, and Customs, all living together in a huge beach house. The house- nicknamed Graceland- serves as a safe haven where these agents can relax and be their (supposedly) true selves. The newcomer, played by Les Miserables' Aaron Tviet, is a FBI legacy who isn't happy that he got transferred to California right out of the Academy, as his ambitions lay in the nation's capital with hopes of becoming a director rather than a field agent. During the premier episode it is revealed that his true assignment is to investigate the charismatic and enigmatic unofficial leader of the house and training agent played by Daniel Sunjata. This show is full of eye candy. Death Proof's Vanessa Ferlito has permanent duckface, but in a smolderingly delicious way. Though they could just stand there, each character is three-dimensional and well-portrayed. The double and triple lives these people lead become entwined with each other and the criminal underworld of drug smugglers in ways that rarely feel forced or preposterous. The red herrings aren't just used to stretch the story into a season's worth of plot, but rather to add to the layers of who these people are and where their final loyalties lie. There is true tension here. This show should NOT be as smart as it is. It works as a breezy beach read AND as a complex psychological thrill ride. Don't get me wrong, there are some things that you do see coming- I mean, how much of the face does a bandana really cover?- but quite frankly, it was a bigger surprise than Hannibal. I feel badly I didn't clue my readers in on this show earlier. When you can find a way, check it out. It just got renewed for a second season today.
Katrina Cacal
I've seen a lot of TV shows,and this is by far my favorite. I fell in love with the pilot episode when I saw it before the official June 6th premiere. I went to the advanced screening in Chicago, and people who hadn't seen it loved it. What I love about Graceland is that there's some comic relief to lighten up the dark situations. And I gotta say that I LOVE the entire cast. In my opinion, this is the best cast I've seen on TV. You get so drawn into each character and their stories. So is this show worth watching? You better believe it! Each episode keeps getting better and better, and I have faith that this season will be a great one. If you love suspense, thriller, and humor, you'll love Graceland. So far, I've been on the edge of my seat watching each episode. So don't miss out on a fantastic show! Here's to hoping for more seasons!
