Castle Rock
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Wokeness: 80%
Overall Score: 60%
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Season 2 is Watchable Only For Annie Wilkes
I watched season 1 when it originally came out several year ago and remember really enjoying it and don't recall it being very woke
if at all. Season 2 however is extremely DEI heavy. The amount of diversity for a small town in Maine is absurd. Latest data has
Maine as 98 percent white. There is also a lesbian teen love interest. All white people are bad and racist while all Somali people
are good and noble. White males in particular are always bad and several female characters make blanket negative statements about
men being violent and bad. One Somali character makes a comment about a white character going full KKK when the situation referred to
has absolutely nothing to do with race. The church is of course evil. The season overall has two storylines one an origin story for
Annie Wilkes and the other a supernatural story involving the Merrill family. The Annie story is the highlight with the acting by
Caplan in general being incredible and the writing is excellent. This is the only real reason to watch the second season. The Merrill
family story is junk, the acting by most is average to poor and the writing is all over the place and makes no sense. Two episodes
in particular at the end of the season come out of left field and go full Walking Dead zombie story for no reason. The writing here
gets really poor and the Annie character feels out of place and forced into the other story for no reason. All the characters go full
Rambo gun and explosive experts with perfect marksmanship instantly. The henchmen who are told many times by the villain to 'kill anyone
who isn't us' on multiple occasions have opportunities to eliminate main character but just don't for no reason. The lesbian character
in particular serves no purpose to the season at all and could have been completely written out and changed nothing. This is another
character that should have been killed on several occasions but just isn't for no reason other than.....Lesbian. You can instantly
figure out who survives based on woke writing alone so there are no surprises at all. I would still say the season is watchable for
the great Annie Wilkes story and scenes but should have been compressed to half a season and leave out the Merrill garbage.
Created: 08-04-2024