Those of you of a certain vintage may well remember the A-Team, a bunch of vigilantes bent on justice for all. Sound familiar?
Their leader 'Hannibal' Smith - Harold Finch, Harold is way cooler though. Their idiot 'Howling Mad' Murdock - Root, not as amusing or entertaining. Their bad-Ass B.A Baracus - Ms Shaw, less annoying and more willing to kill. Their pretty boy 'Faceman' Peck - John Reese, recently neutered for some reason.
Unfortunately recent episodes have become idiotic, with several 'gangs' vying for dominance. If only they could stick to the original premise of the show and that is 'Big Brother' is watching and we're here to control it.
The idea that a 'super-super-computer' is spying on everyone is a very compelling concept and one to be of recent relevance. So to take a show that was a clear ratings winner and dumb it down to a point where it becomes interesting only to nine year old's is beyond me.
I urge you to watch S4E09, this episode was exceptional in the fact that more weaponry and the consumption of munitions, could not have been matched even by the A-Team. However, they are similar one regard - none of the protagonists it seems, can hit a barn door at thirty paces.
I'm losing patient with this show, once it was different, challenging, posing big questions about privacy, morality and with great power comes great responsibility cliché. This show seems to have forgotten its primary motive for being.
To be honest, if this show doesn't improve I will stop watching it. Perhaps killing Root in the very(very) near future may keep me around. But it has to be a very painful ending (for her), nothing else will do.
Once I would have given this show a rating of 10, but since Carter got killed and HR is no more and we're stuck in dumb-down land, I'm struggling to keep my interest.......
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