Board Thread:Spoilers/@comment-25176701-20160216160456/@comment-71.94.221.9-20160216211135

Skyzy wrote: It still wasn't earned in the story we saw. As a viewer, I shouldn't have to sit here basically writing fanfiction in my head to make sense of the actions that occured on screen. What's the point of watching the show if I have to do the work for them?

(Pike's story is fine. It's Bellamy's that I have a problem with.) I agree with you in that regard. Too much of this story arc happened off screen and at a pace that is ridiculous. I think knowing they were putting the 1st 4 episodes as screeners for a major press push caused them to go all crazy fast in their story telling for 4 episodes throwing at you everything and the kitchen sink and then some more kitchen sinks. I mean even the shocking death of Queen Nia felt more like a stunt and not entirely earned at that point. It was too ambitious and a lot of the nuances got lost in crosshairs. Which is too bad because its the balance of characters and nuance in situations that made the show work in the first place, and not trying to out throne, Game of Thrones. In my mind they were already telling a better story (or were) for the mere fact that they were more diverse and didn't use sexual violence in a violent world.