Justified

[azziria]

So, now that I'm all caught right up to the end of S4 of Sons of Anarchy, I've started in on the first season of Justified, which I am enjoying so much - the writing is making me laugh for all the *right* reasons.

So how come, when there are shows as well-written and well-characterised as SoA and Justified to watch, how come I've got myself all twisted up by a police procedural where the writers dropped the ball with the characterisation of one of the main leads (for the first third of the season, anyway) and completely failed to make a major new character anything other than completely two-dimensional and uninteresting?

I love H50, but I have to say that (for me, anyway) the quality of the character writing this season has been decidedly patchy to say the least, and when I watch shows that get it right it really hammers that home to me.

Comments

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Justified is one of the best written shows out there. There's a few meh moments, but for the most part it's just amazing even when there's not much going on. You just enjoy 'living' with the characters.

Then you watch H50...lol. They do try. Most shows wouldn't go through the trouble to have at least a few character moments at the start and end. But that's the difference between network and cable TV writing. (and lets not forget diff pressures)

[azziria.livejournal.com]

I just love the way even the minor characters are interesting... and how their criminals have all sorts of shades of grey :)