Undeniably, this is a good show.
Without the powerless narration of domestic dramas, the struggles and transformations of all the characters come from everyone's words, expressions, and behaviors.
Skyler was constantly being deceived and broke down when he learned of all the things that Lao Bai had done. After Lao Bai made drugs, he continued to become a real gangster poisoner. Little Pink's pain every time she dies.
However, in addition to the advantages, the problem is that the screenwriter's ability to create conflict is too weak.
The focus of the first and second seasons is on the problems that Old White and Little Pink encountered in the process of drug trafficking. They earn too little, and the local snakes want to eat black people and inevitably kill people. These conflicts are very logical and at the same time curious, because there is no such thing in China, so many times you can see that in addition to being logical, you will also find it exciting and novel. Season 1 and 2 had a lot of fun for me.
The problem is that at the beginning of the third season, Lao Bai took the line and started a bigger business with Gus. At this point I was thinking about how to continue creating conflict. Competing with drug lords in other regions? That way the show becomes a gangster movie. Old White and Gus conflict? But in the beginning, Lao Bai was satisfied with three million a week. At this time, Skyler jumped out. She used a completely incomprehensible way to make Lao Bai want to mend the cracks in the family and wash his hands with gold. After Gus found out, he first asked Gale to learn Lao Bai's drug-making skills, and replaced Lao Bai with the intention of killing Lao Bai. Lao Bai chose to fight back and kill everyone who could replace him.
During this period, Skyler's performance confused me. Her words and deeds in the first and second seasons made everyone think that she is a woman who has a sense of justice, loves her family, loves her husband, and loves her children. Later, I found out that Ted evaded tax and still signed the financial statement (before she signed it, she knew there was a problem), because Lao Bai invaded the house like a madman, so he turned around and cheated on Ted, because he wanted to force Lao Bai away. ', but isn't once enough? Is it because the floor heating is very comfortable so I can't help it? Later, when looking for Lao Bai with the divorce agreement, he saw Lao Bai's drug money and sighed, "It seems that drug trafficking is indeed very profitable", and then he started to help with money laundering? The most disgusting thing for me is that while laundering money, I slapped my face, blaming Lao Bai for dragging her into the water. In fact, even if she can't bear to expose Lao Bai, she can force a divorce. Although Lao Bai can't give up in this way, this is the rational logic of the character of skyler.
In the fourth season, you can see this skyler who is full of benevolence, righteousness, morality and family, and directly takes money to fill Ted's account without going through Lao Bai. I also found someone to intimidate Ted before and made Ted crippled. Although Ted is not a good thing, I doubt whether skyler is really as noble as she said. Skyler coquettishly sang Ted's birthday song and I skipped it. I have been enduring the discomfort until the end of the third season, and I skipped it when I saw skyler in the fourth and fifth seasons.
Season 5, because it's about the direction of the story, so I didn't skip one of the paragraphs. After Todd's group killed Hank, Skyler picked up a knife and tried to drive away Lao Bai. At this time, Lao Bai was scratched and angry. Taking the knife, I even thought that I would kill Skyler by accident, but Xiaobai called the police and said that Lao Bai had hurt Skyler. Me at that time? ? ? , when there may be violent conflict, women are the victims by default? I don't know what other people think, but the old white looks like he is going to stab Skyler to death?
The role of skyler is almost a contradictory character. In the play, it is used to create story conflicts, so you can see that her behavioral logic does not conform to her foreshadowing at all. I know some people say that skyler, as a woman or mother, doesn't have the endurance of old white, and it is understandable to do strange things. But that's not the problem, it's that her words and actions are not logical.
At the beginning, I said, "I am the one who loves this family, not just talking about it", and forget about her derailment before. Later, he said, "You dragged me into the water", and then ignored Lao Bai's efforts to stop her from helping with money laundering. He also said "I won't accept the money", and then promised to pay Hank for treatment as a matter of course. As for "the floor heating is so comfortable", "I'm looking forward to your cancer coming back", "Did you tell him (Little Pink) about my cheating" and so on, I think this woman is really confused, as if she did The fault is because of the old white.
I have seen comments in many places, all of which are disputing the character of skyler. Many people think that skyler behaves normally, but what I want to say is that the controversy itself represents a problem. Do you see this kind of controversy in Little Pink? I knew from the beginning that Little Pink was an off-line gangster, young. So he wanted to show that he was controlled by Gus, wanted to get out of Lao Bai's control, and in the end he wanted to kill Lao Bai because of the poisoning. The brain is not enough, and there are few strings, so the behavior can make sense. In addition to discussing his intelligence, everyone also attracted a lot of fans. what about skyler? In addition to hating her constantly scolding "bitch", like her saying "she's just a woman", what else?
I thought that screenwriters in the United States would not do some inexplicable things like domestic dramas, because it means that the screenwriters cannot control the characters, resulting in inconsistencies and chaotic behaviors. However, this problem still exists. In fact, it's not just the skyler who has a problem. Although the logic of Little Pink's behavior is reasonable, it can still be seen that many times the screenwriter has set a lot of settings for him, infatuation, sympathy for children and so on. So does mike, because Lao Bai killed Gus, so he thinks Lao Bai is an unreliable person, forgetting that Gus once wanted to kill Lao Bai (but I am also surprised that Lao Bai killed Mike, after all, killing Mike is not enough to kill him Insider list), so the trio was very loose, and finally fell apart.
On the whole, this drama does not have a level above 9.0, at most 8.5. Except for skyler, the story itself is still very exciting, but skyler is indeed a manifestation of the screenwriter's incompetence.
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