Castle Rock *Spoilers*

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Since it's an anthology series, I'll give the second season a shot even though the first didn't do very much for me.

 

A close friend of mine, their brother in law was added as a writer for S2, so I'm forced to watch as I'll be bombarded with what I thought about it type questions.. He worked on Stan Against Evil which I thought was fun, and that newly released movie Ready or Not (havent seen yet) so might be good.

 

I would be happy to hear reviews since I don't plan to watch it.

Haven't had much luck in this genre on Hulu except season 1 of Handmaid's Tale.

Worst it takes several episodes to figure out it's bad.

 

Bump.....

Season 2 has started.

 

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Watched the first episode, what a great cast for this season.

 

I just finished Season 2 and thought it was pretty good. I can't fairly compare it to Season 1 since I gave up in the middle of that. Season 1 felt disjointed and I never got into the story and just forgot about watching the rest of the episodes. Season 2 was much better in that aspect. It was more cohesive and I looked forward to the next episodes. If you gave up on CR because you didn't like S1, you should give S2 a try.

I thought Lizzy Caplan did a great job portraying Annie's mental illness. I never really knew what she would do, but whatever she did seemed to fit her character. I wish the the backstory childhood flashback could have captured that aspect a little better. I thought her childhood seemed a little happy and young Annie didn't seem to have the seeds of the mental illness that we see in adult Annie. There was trauma in young Annie's life, but I didn't think the story did a good job of linking that trauma to Annie's struggles we see later in the show. But it's just minor things like that I had quibbles with. Overall I thought S2 was pretty good.

I can't imagine that they'll have the next one set in Castle Rock. With all the crazy stuff that happens, why anyone lives there escapes me.

 

Well, the Kid returning as the Season 2 Big Bad was a whole Easter basket! And the references to the Kid's imprisonment and the death of the warden...

 

I guess I don't really think of anything as an Easter egg when the two things are already connected...it's just another indication of the connection.

 

I'm not sure what point you're making with the easter egg. I regret making that comment in my original post. I have deleted it and I hope the whole thing can be forgotten.

 

Well I was a skeptic over season 1, but this was well worth watching.

The cast was great and the story kept me interested.

 

You go Hulu! I wonder if they have secret plans to cancel Handmaid's tale as well. I have been putting my Hulu subscription on pause lately maybe I will need to take that up a notch.

Edit to add: ‘Shrill’ To End With Season 3 On Hulu – Deadline

You go HULU twice!!

 

Ugh. So disappointed. S1 was good, S2 was fantastic. I was really looking forward to where they took it next.

 

Season 2 was the best King I've seen.

Season 1 - not so good.