• Kjell@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    How many seasons have you seen? I watched the first two and they are great but I lost interest after the first episodes of season 3. How was the last seasons?

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      The Eps do go downhill after season 2.

      Season 1 is the best, all that janky early space stuff is so cool. Season 2 is pretty good, but some episodes are a bit weak.

      The first episode of S3 was a big let-down. The out of control space hotel, all the obvious engineering design flaws, all those astronauts in one place reacting way too slowly to a crisis. The commander deferring station decisions to Karen Baldwin (not an astronaut), and the convenient dearh of Sam. And the cheesy tension building “if it exceeds 4 gees it explodes” felt like a mediocre sci fi thriller.

      But I kept watching the show. Some of the dramas get progressively sillier and higher stakes, which is entertaining, if you can suspend your technical engineering disbelief, and common sense. It becomes more predictable in building up a character and getting you attached to them right before putting them in mortal peril.

      But I still watched them all because I’m not a quitter.