I've started bingewatching this series on Netflix. Dunno why.
I loved season one, but I'm not loving season two. I like the addition of the Delouise boys, but the two chicks they added irritate me. I HATE it when they throw "cute and bubbly" onto a show to attract a younger crowd. (Incidentally, that's why I stopped watching NCIS: LA. I loved that show until cute-and-perky-with-the90s-flip-'do showed up. I really, really can't stand her. How many computer geeks do they need??)
Back to the point, the doctor from the first season of Seaquest was a major part of the crew, and was a love interest for the captain. Then season 2 rolls around and she's just gone. No explanation or anything. A parapsychologist takes her place, and now the captain's making googly-eyes at her. He went from being a widower haunted by the loss of his late wife, tentatively allowing love back into his life - to a horndog that chases down every skirt on the boat. Kinda disappointing.
Also disappointing is the writing. The first season was intellectual and included storylines that, well, frankly, didn't suck. They took a decent stab at what technology in the future (now) might be like, and actually came pretty close with some of it. If only they could have foreseen flat keyboards and consoles. *sigh*
In season 2, it seems like they're cranking out implausible sci-fi that any ten year old could debunk. Keyboards or no keyboards.
And the "cute and bubbly" new helmsman just makes me want to hurl.
I love Darwin, the talking dolphin, and the characters the Deloise boys play. Roy Scheider is brilliant, as ever. I'm still saddened by Jonathan Brandis taking his own life at such a young age. But the new girls have me wondering if I even want to finish season two.
I loved season one, but I'm not loving season two. I like the addition of the Delouise boys, but the two chicks they added irritate me. I HATE it when they throw "cute and bubbly" onto a show to attract a younger crowd. (Incidentally, that's why I stopped watching NCIS: LA. I loved that show until cute-and-perky-with-the90s-flip-'do showed up. I really, really can't stand her. How many computer geeks do they need??)
Back to the point, the doctor from the first season of Seaquest was a major part of the crew, and was a love interest for the captain. Then season 2 rolls around and she's just gone. No explanation or anything. A parapsychologist takes her place, and now the captain's making googly-eyes at her. He went from being a widower haunted by the loss of his late wife, tentatively allowing love back into his life - to a horndog that chases down every skirt on the boat. Kinda disappointing.
Also disappointing is the writing. The first season was intellectual and included storylines that, well, frankly, didn't suck. They took a decent stab at what technology in the future (now) might be like, and actually came pretty close with some of it. If only they could have foreseen flat keyboards and consoles. *sigh*
In season 2, it seems like they're cranking out implausible sci-fi that any ten year old could debunk. Keyboards or no keyboards.
And the "cute and bubbly" new helmsman just makes me want to hurl.
I love Darwin, the talking dolphin, and the characters the Deloise boys play. Roy Scheider is brilliant, as ever. I'm still saddened by Jonathan Brandis taking his own life at such a young age. But the new girls have me wondering if I even want to finish season two.