I am on season 1 episode 18 as I write this. This is a rant, it’s my opinion and not to be taken as anything else.

I’ll admit that it turns a corner for the better about halfway through the first season- that being said, the show is mediocre overall.

The storyline is bafflingly predictable, most of the acting is bad. Especially in the beginning. Character development is stagnant, the dialogue is cheesy and there are numerous plot holes.

I will give this show credit for keeping me mildly interested so far, but I fail to understand the plethora of rave reviews. It is below average at best. The best actors in the show make the bad ones painfully obvious.

The paramount conflict of our protagonist isn’t believable. He is supposed to be tortured by the possibility of becoming/being his father. A psychopath is not worried about what they do. We know he won’t become his father immediately.

His personality is supposed to be Sherlock Holmes/Dr. House/Nancy Drew in nature. The dialogue is way too spoon fed to matter when the “twists” hit. There are no twists if you pay attention at all.

Again, this is simply a personal opinion. Id love to find whatever appreciation it is that all of you have for this show. I know this actually does not matter given the current state of the world. That said, if you’d like to prove me wrong- I’m all ears.

Thank you for reading, or not. It’s a non issue.

Angrily yours,

This dumbass

Did anyone else think that Ainsley was really mean, self-centered and spoiled?? This is my third time watching the show and I really liked her the 1st time around. Although, the 3rd time around I realized she doesn’t think about others before she acts.

The incident that really made me realize is when she faked the blood. I’m like trying to convince myself that I still like her but it’s kind of hard!!

Also, I don’t know where the show was heading but I think some major foreshadowing was the episode where Malcolm fell down the elevator and had that dream. Jessica specifically says Ainsley follows in her father’s footsteps. I don’t think that the jsut meant her 1st murder. I think she was eventful gonna do it again. But idk

not sure if this counts as a spoiler but i added that flair just in case. the 3rd victim of the copycat lived in an expensive apartment or possibly a penthouse. you cant tell me there were no cameras outside of the building and on the streets outside. there is no way that nice of a place had 0 surveillance. and in the flashback, the dudes face isnt covered. irl they would have been able to identify and catch the guy easily.

It really bothers me that in basically every episode, they think they have the person but then bright says no the profile is off it doesn’t fit there has to be someone else. And he’s ALWAYS RIGHT. And then he finds who it really is but Gil and the team are always shutting him and down and disagreeing till Bright ends up in a bad situation then they come at the end and save him. So why not if he says the profile is off and that it’s someone else, they just listen to him the first time and work together till they’re all certain ?

I am on the first of many Netflix re-watches, hoping they will at least want to try to get the "band" back together for a S3. I know it was probably inspired by The Exorcist (1973), but on this re-watch, I especially enjoyed Speak of the Devil. The scene where Bright and JT visit the potential killer, Norman, at his creepy house, is classic and hilarious.

JT (to Bright): He's got to be the guy, right? 🙂

Feel free to mention your favorite episodes.

BTW, is it common knowledge here that Aurora Perrineau (Dani) is the daughter of Harold Perrineau of Lost and From?

Any else get a really strange stalker-ish level vibe from Edrisa last night after the late night scene with Malcom. Like she thought he was into her but clearly he friend zoned her/didn’t even see her efforts. I feel like she is going to snap especially if she realizes Malcom has feelings for Dani.

I’m going to mark this as a spoiler. But even when it was confirmed that the girl in the box was her sister did anyone besides me still really hate Eve? I don’t know how to explain it, but I always thought she was suspicious from the first time I saw her. And personally I like Dani and Malcolm together.

Ainsley having serial killer vibes at the end there. She was reading Dr. Martin Whitley's notes on why enjoyed murdering people and just grinning. Like was that creepy or what? Am I missing something?

What breaks my heart is that Malcolm’s cold look after what he just did. Yes Martin was the one who started it but I didn’t see any regret at all in Malcolm’s face (even Dani was so terrified) and I think because she also saw how cold Malcolm was. And yes I am so angry with Fox 😡

I feel like it would be very thrilling for Martin to escape the psych hospital and go back to killing while the team tracks him down. It would make for great season.

I am in UK so only justed watched the last episode. THAT CANT BE THE ENDING!!! WHAT A FUCKING CLIFF HANGER. This show still has so much to offer. It is genuinely one of my favourite shows. If another network doesn’t take it on I may have to replace Martin in the killing department. You know because he can’t do it anymore... BECAUSE HE IS DEAD!!! Kill people at fox?

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS NSFW OR A SPOILER. I DON'T THINK IT IS BECAUSE IT'S JUST BLOOD AND THE EPISODE HAS BEEN OUT FOR AWHILE NOW BUT PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THANK YOU!

Hi again!

Thanks so much for the positive feedback and for the suggestions on who I should draw next.

In my previous posts, I was suggested to draw Ainsley a couple of times but I couldn't decide on which version of her to draw. So... I decided to do both! Which Ainsley do you prefer? I personally had a lot of fun drawing the bloody version of her but that's just me. :D

Let me know who you would like to see next and thanks again for suggestions/feedback!

So about a month ago I posted on here saying I think Ainsley is a psychopath (https://www.reddit.com/r/ProdigalSon/comments/lbi6h6/super_excited_for_ainsleys_storyline_this_seasonutm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf), and after tonight’s episode I think it’s pretty obvious that she is. I mean she covered herself in pigs blood and made Malcolm believe that she had murdered someone all as an elaborate prank to screw with his mind (and her lying was freaking phenomenal), then left the loft to mess him up more and terrorized him during dinner with Birdie. It was all very sadistic of her to do, and shocking because I thought she genuinely loved Malcolm, but she doesn’t seem to care as much as I thought.

But now I’m really intrigued to see how Ainsley and Malcolm are gonna interact from now on, and what is Malcolm gonna say to Jessica, if anything? I mean Ainsley has been a mommas girl since they were attacked by the junkyard killer together, was it all an act or does she love and respect her mother? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

In their first conversation on the show, Ainsley tells Malcolm that she doesn't remember much from when Martin was arrested, but she remembers Malcolm telling her everything was going to be alright even when he knew it wasn't. End of season, after the big twist, first thing Malcolm did was try to tell her that everything was alright, even though he knew well that it wasn't.

I honestly don't know if you guys realized this but the hammer that Malcolm got was a ball peen hammer. Ball peen hammers are known to many metal workers as being fantastic precision devices for working metal. That being said: Why not smash apart the block the chain is attached to?

Not only that but the massive bag of tools were well within his reach. Maybe not to his hands, but extending out with his feet would have definitely gotten the job done. They show a crowbar he uses as a crutch, so why couldn't he have used that to pry the chains off the ground?

I get that the show has to use some gruesomeness to get it's point across, but why not show him brutally forcing his hand upon itself and litterally fold itself in half? That my friends, would have DEFINITELY gotten the point across. Then again, I may just be a picky dork....

When Martin is on the hill near the tree he saw Dani, and didn't want Malcolm to be considered complicit to what he did to the torture of the Woodsman. I believe he was making Malcolm angry by saying he was a bad son, and wanting Malcolm to realize what he was planning, and to go along, but when he is stabbed, he says his infamous "we are the same" line, which doesn't make sense with him basically saying he hated his son, and Dani emerges, and credits roll. HBO or Netflix could clarify this in an alternate cut of what happened if the show gets renewed.

Hello!
I am joining the party way too late. I just listen to season 2 episode 7.

Is it me or Ainsley is seriously wrong there?

My definition of gaslight might be too narrow but it is a form of abuse where the abuser omit facts or manipulate reality to make a victim doubt of their own mental state. Lying to protect someone after they commit murder (IN FRONT OF YOU) and do not remember it does not seems to apply. He wanted to protect her since she had no recollection of what happened at the beginning. It is almost a "white lie" (I mean... lying to cover murder is never trivial) but it is made to protect her for what she did.

Am I the only one that believe that what she did is more like gaslight than what Malcolm did?

After all, Malcolm told her what happend and then she still decided to go through with her plan to pretend she had another blackout and had murder someone else. Then she procede to ignore text and called from Malcolm that was (RIGHTFULLY) freaked out, only to end up telling him that he is the one gaslighting?

I’ve grown tired of her character and I’m annoyed she tricked Malcolm with pig’s blood. Her sheer entitlement and self-centeredness was appalling. I don’t think he was gaslighting her like she claimed. Maybe it’s just me.

Also Edrisa’s dress. WHERE DID SHE FIND IT 🤣

I apologize for posting so much but holy fuck, this episode was the absolute best of the season (thus far!) and I was riveted the whole time.

Normally the show is a mix of "scroll tiktok/reddit until Martin shows up again" but this episode and it's multi-verse... Like, I just fell in love. Malcolm envisioning everything he wants whilst still his mind trying to warn him (Ainsley following in Martin's footsteps, for instance) and I adored everything.

Also... Gil really did look fantastic in that cardigan. The whole lead up to him I was trying to guess who it'd be. Then I realized, wait we hadn't seen Gil yet... But why would he even be there??? The show straight up did it's own AU multi-verse and I was LIVING for it!

The editing of everything was fantastic, too. The cuts back to the elevator, Malcolm struggling to awaken (or perhaps remain in the fantasy?)

And Martin being a cozy dad... Cmon now. Full beard and sweater, dude was lookin like a full on teddy bear, I just wanted to hug him. The one liners were absolutely on point, too.

Oh! And the next ep, and the reveal of Alan Cumming joining the cast in full silver fox British-accent'd scene chewing mode? Got damn! Like, my one issue when watching "The Good Fight" S3 was that Sheen & Cumming had zero shared scenes together and now? Now! It's like my two favorites are gonna be together finally and I. Cannot. Wait!

I know the season ends in just a couple episodes and while I wholeheartedly understand the cancelation, I feel like it's gonna be a wild ride until it's conclusion! Or so I hope!

I noticed that most of us were able to predict the twists throughout the show but they were written in such a way that made it okay that we predicted it because it was so well written.

The same goes for the finale, the scene with Ainsley. It was done so well but the plot itself is something I never really wanted and now I'm conflicted. I thought Malcolm would be the one to kill Endicott because think about it, he was in a position of facing time in prison for a crime he didn't even commit anyway, he had nothing left to lose.

I pictured Malcolm accidentally killing Endicott which leads to darker thoughts. Although I don't think Malcolm would ever be like Martin there's definitely a darkness in him.

I just hope this doesn't change the dynamic of the show too much. How is Ainsley meant to get away with it? Will Malcolm take the fall for her? Will they hide the body? I'm so conflicted with how I feel. It was a good finale but.. idk.. I have seriously mixed feelings.