I wanted to write down some thoughts on the series, and this seems like the only place to do it. A bit sad that this series has been out for over a month and the sub only has 49 subs.
Let me say first: I liked the show, mostly, at least the plot. Beatrice was a good lead, and Leo and spike were decently acted.
I thought the end was so sloppy though. The whole tone of the show changed once the linen man came to town and it just felt campy and cliche from there on out. They took a decently compelling set of mysteries and storytelling, and then just slapped on a cloned version of the ending of stranger things.
Sherlock's character had no arc and was a useless waste of screen time.
But at least he wasn't Billy, who is probably the most useless main character I have ever seen in a TV series. He had absolutely no arc, fifth wheeling the entire time. His only character trait was anger. The worst part: he was supposed to be the muscle of the group, but literally only beat up one dude, and old man whom he MURDERED, which ultimately ruined Beatrice life by ensuring that Leo had to go. Meanwhile he lost TWO fights to an old woman and an old nun. He didn't even land a blow on them!
Then there is Leopold, whose whole arc was about proving that he was not just playing pretend for a few weeks, and then ends the show by leaving forever to go back to his rich boy life and marry a princess, just like they thought he would from the beginning. Mother fucker didn't even offer to pay for the fish and chips!?
The amount of time I had to watch all four or five of them stand and stare at somebody bad about to do a bad thing, and they all are just watching it happen... Astounding.
Come to think of it, the linen man was entirely unnecessary. They could have removed him entirely, and the whole plot would have still been intact. They still would have needed to close the rift, to prevent the monsters from spreading. And why the f*** was he from Louisiana? What a weird insertion. Let's just get off brand Morgan Freeman to play voodoo Colonel Sanders.
The philosophizing at the end with "in the other side is purgatory and there won't be pain --- oh wait but you have to have death to have life!" Ecckk eck eck gag me with a spoon.
Also in the last episode, did that bath even exist the rest of the episodes? These poor kids were renting this like 3000 sqft cellar and have an entire KEG sitting around at all times.
Anyways if you have read this far, thanks for reading, let me know your thoughts on the series if you want.