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What We Do in the Shadows: The Roast (2023)
Great show, dragging on plot
This entire season has felt like episode by episode they have no idea what to do or where they are headed.
In the past, every episode felt good and solid. It was making beats towards a story or fleshing out the world.
With the entire of season 5 with Guillermo being a vampire, we have gotten multiple episodes that have kept the plot exactly the same: Nandor has no idea and Guillermo has no powers.
At the very least they could've given subplots of Guillermo exploring his powers and having to hide them but no. This episode does feature small bits but it still feels like Guillermo is a super-powered familiar vs a burgeoning vampire.
I hope for this show's sake they can land it hard in the next two episodes or I am going to stop anticipating new episodes then binging them when the season is over. I would love if this show made me excited to see what was next rather than feeling let down that the plot hasn't advanced & nothing is new.
Big Timber (2020)
Much better than most "hard job" reality shows
Very little screaming. Very little scary jump cut "this will end us!" type stuff.
Yes, there is plenty of "we got to do x or we'll close down" and "predictable situation is going to close us down!" but that's just television honestly.
There is no false drama. There is very minimal interpersonal drama. It all seems like good people trying to do their jobs while highlighting their profession. The Wenstob couple are just lovely and their love & respect for each other come through fantastically.
I think my only wish is they could drop the played upon drama and keep it more strictly documentary style but that's just personal preference which probably wouldn't hook / play as well as sticking to the formula.