Reign, season two

[mariness]

I have suffered for your sins, my readers. I watched the second season of Reign, a show very very loosely based on the life of Mary Queen of Scots, and one of the most gloriously terrible television shows ever to hit our screens

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[swan_tower]

Thank you confirming that nope, I still don't want to watch this show.

(I could forgive a lot of terrible history if they just gave me costume porn. BUT THEY CAN'T EVEN DO THAT RIGHT.)

Out of curiosity, is the second season of Flash substantially better than the first? I found the first one overwhelmingly disappointing, but I'll give it a second chance if it's gotten its act together.

[mariness]

So far, four episodes in, I think the second season of Flash is actually a little worse than the first season

[abigail_n]

It's the big questions thing that is making me seriously prefer Arrow over Flash this season. I have problems with how Arrow has transitioned into full-on heroics and abandoned its roots in economic issues and inequality, and this season isn't exactly a return to that. But just by raising the fact that there's a limited utility to a guy who beats up criminals in a mask, the show is saying something that hardly any other superhero show is.

Flash, meanwhile, seems to have taken its light tone as a license to do anything, no matter how morally suspect, with no consequences. So in four episodes Barry has committed two premeditated murders, and is illegally imprisoning a third person, and neither he nor anyone on his team seems to care. Also, the stuff with Iris, Joe and her mother makes me want to throw my TV out the window.

[mariness]

Oh, )(*)(*, the Iris stuff

[swan_tower]

Ugh. Okay, I'm going to continue to steer clear. Thanks for the rundown!

[mariness]

I really wish Reign had left out the rape plot, because otherwise I could continue to recommend this show as gloriously bad television, complete with ghosts skilled at oral sex. As it is I have to hesitate.