Judge rules against creationist teacher who called Buddhist student’s faith ‘stupid’

[Warren DeMontague]

46. I get it, but as other posters have noted, some of that sounds like cover for lazy writing.

I mean, anyone can say "we meant it to be that way, it's an artistic statement" about anything. Fact is, there were massive elements to the story which just didn't make sense. I don't mean like, 'oooh, weird, mysterious, how cool that they didn't make sense', I mean they literally didn't make sense in the context of the criminal story which certainly at the very least was a component of the narrative.

Not arresting all the conspirators? Sure. But broadly implying some spooky far-ranging powerful conspiracy and then wrapping it up, impossibly, as essentially the work of the one lawn guy in his dirty house and greasy underwear? Nah. Lazy writing. They did a good job of keeping everyone engaged through the episodes, but endings are tough, and they didn't really pull it off- or together, in my mind.

Character is important; but so is story. I'm not going to write it off as "bad" television- shit, I watched it, and the performances were phenomenal, obviously... but it has some big problems. IMHO, YMMV.