The ninety-ninth TV show: #894 Revenge
While we watched the first season of Revenge, we never went back to it afterwards - possibly not a bad decision, now I've continued watching the second season for the blog. The first story was a fascinating story of revenge, sometimes twisting itself to make sure there's a victim of the week, but overall building up to some great moments and making for a compelling watch. The second season moves into more standard intrigue, a bunch of it feeling almost standard soap opera fare, and the story feels like it loses its impact. I've not really seen how it goes from much further after that, but it's the first season that really stood out for me - a great story of revenge that fits in a lot of character development around keeping the per episode plot moving forward, creating some decent themes that push it beyond standard drama fare.