Season 2 was sadistic, and not only with Timothy Dalton's S/M stuff.

I really enjoyed S1 and liked it better than 1883, but what Sheridan (or whoever wrote it) put the characters through in S2 was absurd.

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Originally posted by YellowJacket:
Season 2 was sadistic, and not only with Timothy Dalton's S/M stuff.

I really enjoyed S1 and liked it better than 1883, but what Sheridan (or whoever wrote it) put the characters through in S2 was absurd.

Yes it was sadistic and absurd. It was terrible. They didn't even give Jerome Flynn's character a chance to escape with his wife and son. Which is stupid, because they ruined the entire redeeming arc for that character by killing him that way, and so quickly. Shit, we saw Dutton shrug off more bullets than Santino Corleone, but sure, THAT one would have killed him if Potato McHonorable hadn't intervened.

Hey idiot writers, simply killing characters doesn't make you better writers. If anything, they should have killed the son, who was an abject failure of a son. He said nothing, mostly. He hid behind his mother, mostly. He sounded like an effeminate fool, mostly. Which is also stupid considering the way they wrote the father to be a combination of tough leather, Irish grit, and a combination of impassive retribution and determination. Another missed opportunity I suppose.

Honestly though, of all the retardation this season encompassed, the most intellectually bereft thing this show had to offer was the murder of Jack Dutton, on his horse, in a mountain pass, for ZERO reasons other than they obviously wanted an opportunity to yet again try to be edgy. Even the dialogue of that scene was hokey and current day.

Ugh.