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my opinions on countdown (some spoilers?? not really):

I don't ship Mark and Amber at all

I need to know more about Evan, love that girl

Finau is 🥵🥵

I hate that they keep doing flashbacks so frequently, it's getting confusing.

The ending of episode 8 just made me GASP

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I hope Countdown gets a second season.

It was not a great show.

Both of these things can be true. It was fun. Dumb, action fun. And I have a place in my heart for that. I'm going to give an analogy because that's how I communicate. Maybe you know that by now, maybe not.

Yesterday was Keanu Reeves' 61st birthday. I watched Johnny Mnemonic, a favourite of mine, to celebrate. Is it good? No. Is it his best work? Absolutely not. Is it an adaptation from one of the greatest sci-fi authors of all time? Yes. Is it unintentionally funny? Yes. The dialogue isn't good, but Johnny's freak out is one of my favourite rants of all time. Keanu Reeves can give the most perfect performance of all time (Speed, The Matrix, My Own Private Idaho, John Wick) or the worst. There are far too many examples of that. But when I need a comfort movie, mid 90s Keanu is a staple. And in all of them, there's something to praise and there's always Keanu's beauty to see me through even his worst movies.

Countdown nestles in that space.

The potential is there. I actually like the actors and I think with better material they could be really good. Each one is fitting a trope and could be built on.

Mark, I know Jensen could do you justice. We saw flashes of it. The last three episodes since the magic cure have been bad for his character. Maybe we need that vulnerability back, but I was glad that I'm not having the uncomfortable feelings of relating too hard. I know not everyone sees it that way, but for me it was bringing up the ptsd of my own medical trauma. Neurology is a fucked up thing, and there was too much in Jensen's performance that was well done. Now, we don't have that because of the worst possible writing choices.

Amber, you deserve a writer that has ever listened to a woman speak. Fucking hell. The dialogue was bad. I can only imagine that after delivering some of the lines, she had to find a tree to vomit against. Jessica is beautiful though. Absolutely a face for television.

Luke, I love a giant who's a pacifist. He's the only one with a family dynamic that has potential. Evan, I didn't like at the start but with her sister we saw a bit of a different side and I liked her actual chemistry with Keyonte. A relationship there would make sense. Keyonte, you're going to get killed if you do dumb shit like visit people alone. But you're hot so I'll let it slide. Better eyebrow arch than Scarlett O'Hara.

Nathan...mate, retire. I think that's what was being set up with the conversation he had with Mark. I don't know if it's a character thing or an Eric thing but he was so fucking flat. So many lines had truly zero emotion, and I'm not sure how people were meant to bounce off that and give a decent performance. There are some fantastic real world examples of stoic people that he could draw on, but it's like that didn't cross anyone's mind. Obviously Eric has so much to deal with in real life and it's heartbreaking what he's going through, but his performance was weak compared to the others, and weak compared to other work of his.

Countdown needs a writer. Several writers. However many it takes. Derek simply doesn't have the skill it takes. Much like the classic IT "picnic" issue (problem in chair not in computer), I think many of the weaknesses trace back to the writer's chair. Everything keeps coming back to that. The actors were seemingly rudderless. Mark needs to be developed further for the new phase of his life, and in a way that's not embarrassing to watch. I'd like to see the hot cop become a recurring character and have a relationship with Mark rather than painfully shoehorned in romance with Amber. That could totally work over a longer term, but with where they are it was just awful. Embarrassing even.

With new writers, keeping up with this second arc that's in my opinion more interesting than the first, there's potential here. I want there to be a second season. I'll give it a chance.

But if the second season is as bad, or God forbid worse, than this? It's going to do real damage to people's careers. Especially Jensen because he's the biggest name that's attached, and Eric is on borrowed time (I feel like a bitch saying it, but it's true) so probably can't act much longer in a way he is used to. It's Jensen whose career will feel the effect of shitty shows more. But if a second season of Countdown means that Dean Russell can't become a second lead on Tracker, then it's worth it. He's at a crossroads still, and 50 is looming. Dean doesn't cut it anymore. Soldier Boy isn't a basket to put all his eggs into. Please Jensen I'm still rooting so hard for you, but you aren't making it easy.

Right, well I'm far too far into a bottle of rum after a long day at work to keep writing but I'm happy to come back to this for more discussion.

I want a season 2. I want a better season than the first. It still isn't a great show but it doesn't have to be. It just needs to be good enough.

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