would like to hear more of your thoughts about the show. :bartsmiley:
ironically i feel the show did a really good job of capturing life, for a show mostly about death
everything about nate post season 3 was truly captivating - the slow breakdown of his happy marriage into complete disarray was fasinating to watch, as was the complete self-destructive nature of himself, which led to his expected and later demise in season 5. it is truly bleak and dark stuff, but incredibly realistic. like all the characters in the show, he was just searching for happiness, but he just flew too close to the sun
claire was another realistic character, you could really see her mature over the series, and you really felt for her as she tried to start anew for herself at the end of the series. loved her sarcastic nature too.
david and ruth lacked serious progression as nate and claire, and instead just went in repetitive circles in the series, but then again that's realistic isn't it? no matter how hard some people try to break out of a cycle, there will always be a Jake or a helpless family member to put you back into it
i was glued to brenda from her inception, when she got thrown off her high horse after season 2 she became less interesting, but still a joy to watch. however i wish she had never got back together with nate, they were toxic together
rico/vanessa/keith/george all did their parts as the "secondary" characters. my favourite of the four was probably keith, whose backstory with his family was really interesting to watch, shame they kind of dialled down on his development towards the end of the series
all in all a good show, what are your thoughts on the series?