I watched all 3 seasons pretty recently on Hulu because I’m a sad sack of shit who commits to shows and waits for them to actually get good. Ive been wanting to talk about how disappointing it was but every online conversation I’ve seen is from when the show was on ten years ago. I get that this is because it is no longer relevant, but again I’m a sad sack of shit and I need to get this rant out. Michael sucks. He’s ineffectual as shit as a gangster to begin with, let alone as a mob boss. Plus, hes a snitch. The closest thing he has to a personality trait is that hes against the gentrification of the neighborhood, which he drops as soon as he’s making money off of it. The annoying guy with the big mouth, he cuts off his ear, doesnt kill him, and later hes one of his three guys that make up the whole gang. The old mob boss? No problem that guys his buddy too. All he does is scowl and wear a track suit and then eventually shoot the Italian boss for no damn reason. Theres no character progression for anyone in the damn show, the closest thing is the Irish cousin who develops feelings for Michaels girl, which was really clearly going to be his character arc from the moment he shows up because that’s what the Italian guy on the sopranos does. Alright, sorry y’all, I had to get that out
I guess I’m also gonna throw out there that I did watch the whole show because I thought that the actors who played the brothers did a good job but the writing and the directing and everything else were complete shit. Like the whole show was put together by people who have never seen a gang drama and for sure have never met an actual criminal. I’m seriously done now, I will shift my focus back to something important like all the flaws and things that are great about a video game.