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PetyrDayne t1_jabfv4i wrote

Reply to comment by TheBlackSwarm in Damian Lewis Returning to ‘Billions’ For Season 7 by impeccabletim

Show ended for me after season 2. The writers just kinda lost it after that.

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ghostcider t1_jabgllv wrote

Clancy Brown even said in an interview that to cut corners they fired the writers who made season 1 what it was.

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Captain_-H t1_jabj43v wrote

Wow, yeah I loved season 1, and then 2 was still pretty good and it kept getting worse after that

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ghostcider t1_jabo41r wrote

The writer's room also went from a complex understanding of the worlds they were writing about to just using generic tropes about the rich. Tropes are awesome, but not when used as a replacement for knowing what you are doing.

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PetyrDayne t1_jabh2rn wrote

I didn't know that. What a bunch of muppets. Knowing showtime they are gonna keep this running for 5 more seasons till they eventually cancel it when the writing gets even more god awful

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NaRaGaMo t1_jad47lj wrote

>more seasons till they eventually cancel it when the writing gets even more god awful

you mean when viewership decreases below profitable levels, it's pretty clear at this point they don't care for quality at all

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Indigocell t1_jad1efm wrote

Very reminiscent of how AMC treated The Walking Dead following a hit first season.

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loose_larry t1_jaccgwt wrote

Pretty much how I felt. Chuck motherfucking rhoades

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ebradio t1_jacqdl1 wrote

I made it to season 6 but quit half way through. The writing is horrific.

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Halo909 t1_jabpib5 wrote

In one of the seasons there was a writers strike. I don't remember which season but it was with the one of the storylines where they poison the chipotle .

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