Suggestions please: I watched all of Dexter

[jollyreaper2112]

13. I had the same thought

Really enjoying cards. I have three episodes left on season 2. Really well-done.

When you finish that, I highly recommend the Shield. The protagonist runs a squad of dirty cops. While he is clearly a villain, not quite as bad as frank underwood, he is very human. You see the charisma and animal magnetism and also how he sees himself as the hero. The rationalizations are all very easy and makes right and wrong seem so murky. You can become blind along with him until you have those moments of no no no this is wrong! I am out!

While the show was not mapped out in advance, written season to season, the creator was very clear on what the reality of the universe was, themes, and brought it to a satisfying conclusion. It is a perfect Greek tragedy.

My biggest complaint with Breaking Bad is they forgot their own rules. They were supposed to be in the real world but by season 3 everything was operating on Hollywood logic. Its like if you are shooting a realistic war picture and suddenly someone breaks out with John Woo twin pistol action, you lost sense of it.

To compare with real life, there are people who have survived some crazy shit. But when you see the details, you can understand. With bad writing, survival feels like author fiat and plot armor rather than something earned or simply a lucky break.

I think Shield earned it. It's hyper-reality in the sense that you would never see this much shit happen to such a small group but it's realistic shit. Same way a good medical drama takes what would be the worst night in a year in a real ER and make that into a typical night episode after episode. They are selectively editing out boring shit, not making up situations that could never happen.