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They are not my own, but I thought these comments constituted a good review of the second season of the show:

"I thought the show I was watching was still an extension of The Good Wife, just a bit more edgy having been liberated from the constraints of network TV. That all changed for me with the finale. TGF has well and truly become its own thing.

The Good Wife was a legal drama with occasional silliness. The Good Fight is a silly show with occasional legal drama. The transformation is complete: this is a pitch black comedy above all else. It was when [2.13 spoiler] that the true nature of this show shifted into focus for me and everything made sense again. It has been said before that TGF is about Trump and how he feels like an actual character on the show, but it didn't hit me until now how much this is true. This is not a show about lawyers set in current times, it is a show about the current times, featuring lawyers. In light of this revelation (...), the entire season looks much more cohesive in retrospect. That overarching storyline I thought it was missing was there all along. Those episodes that felt a bit too on-the-nose (...) were actually the heart of what the show wanted to say, and not the background calling undue attention to itself. (...)

Is it liberal wish fulfillment? Sure you can call it that, but I think it's selling the show very short. It's clear where the creators of TGF stand on the political spectrum, but it didn't feel to me like they were trying to push an agenda. Rather it was an attempt to creatively process the world we live in, through dark comedy and farce, but with sincerity. And to me, that's admirable and exciting to watch. For the Kings to use their platform of a little-watched drama tucked away on a litte-subscribed streaming service to do that, utterly transforming the very genre they operate in in the process, is more than a little crazy. And must-see television as a result."

(credit: CrashTextDummie @ http://forums.previously.tv/topic/70551-s02e13-day-492/?do=findComment&comment=4369585)

For a dry comedy about aliens, this was surprinsingly tender. It reminded me of Go On a bit. Much recommended!

I love a good mystery, but most of this was just confusing. And dry... And slow! And it took me a while to start caring about these people, well... kind of...

I liked ep 1.09 and ep 1.10 was okay, so if I'm bored next summer, maybe I'll check out season 2... Hopefully it'll be more enjoyable for those of us who haven't read the books... :/

A masterpiece. I'm sad it's over, but I feel lucky to have experienced it.

DO NOT START THIS SHOW! Terrible yet oddly addictive, it will be disastrous for your blood pressure. It has the laziest, most simplistic writing, the weakest characters - the president is supposed to look strong, I'm guessing? But he's a ridiculously dumb cardboard cutout whose only purpose seems to be to state the obvious, preferably several times in a row; the Chief of Staff is a mustache-twirling villain, the Secretary's staff is poorly written as well, with some boring office romance plotlines you won't care about in the least since none of them are particularly likable, her wonderbulous husband is shoehorned in every storyline, earning him nicknames such as Professor General McSpy SuperPilot EyeCandy on boards, which really say all you need to know about how realistic that is, they have three teenage children who will naturally irk you if you are predisposed to be irked by TV teenagers, and then there's the Secretary herself, who manages to be both a Mary Sue and an entitled bitch, two words I normally never use, but... She is just the worst. And you're not supposed to see her as the worst, of course! It's just terrible.

What else? Let me see: a whole lot of empty posturing on every side every time, which of course doesn't matter since the perfect MadSec will always win in the end, a title card that only shows up 22 minutes into a 42-minute episode (I'm telling you, those are some great writers!), plot points that'll get hammered three or four times for you in case you have trouble following at home (this is a show that'll allow you to just unplug your brain!), and of course, if you're not American, know that these characters WILL insult you and your country. I don't think there's been a single country mentioned whose nationals weren't by default stupid/incompetent/ridiculous/evil. Even Canada!

I don't know what it was that made me binge the first 30 episodes over 30 days. Summer, probably, there was nothing on and I was desperate for new TV... Luckily, I seem to have stalled now, at ep 2.12. GOODBYE, TERRIBLE SHOW! You won't be missed.

Delightful! Please don't be deterred by the cheap-looking credits or Amanda's 00s look; everything else looks good, and the show is incredibly fun. It has many surprises in store - which you'll enjoy a lot more if you're familiar with the novel, of course - as well as a great cast. It basically offers the viewer the best of both worlds: we're still in that Regency world we all adore, except this has a lot more shenanigans and a lot less broodiness and "manners" than you'll find in the source material... A pretty perfect combination, if you ask me. :)

A weird one. Brilliant and boring at once, and probably a lot more fun if you're spoiled!

Objectively, I knew it was good cos the internet wouldn't stop telling me, but I just didn't *enjoy* it very much. It just felt very flat. Cold. Gray. And slow, too: I was able to watch all of it at 1,5 or even 2x the normal speed without missing anything (I use close captioning, of course).

And yet... I feel more interested in the show now, post finale, as I'm starting to read more and more analysis, theories on forums and interviews of the creative team behind the show. I actually just spent a whole afternoon reading everything I could about it... Down the rabbit hole I went!

I'd never watched any of the shows/movies that this shares a major trope with, and I'm not sure I would have figured it out, had I not started reading other viewers' comments on boards after a few episodes. Their insights really helped me appreciate the show more... but I gotta say, if you're someone who enjoyed Lost, Fringe, etc., you're probably gonna enjoy all the theorizing a lot more than the show itself!

In summary: if you're bored, spoil yourself! Previously.tv has episode threads so you can limit yourself to speculation and not actual spoilers, and Reddit has some good stuff too.

Anyway, me and my trusted fast-forward button will be back for season 2! See you then!

Randy's my favorite. But also Derrick's my favorite? And sometimes Pete's my favorite. And the sergeant major. And Perez. And Gumble. And Park. And... And this is really lovely, and very funny. Pity it only has 13 episodes! Which aired out of order, btw, so make sure to look up the "right" order before you start watching, or you'll get spoiled on a few things.

Here's the production order according to http://enlistedbros.tumblr.com/post/79765062966/enlisted-correct-episode-order:
Episode # 1 Pilot (aired as episode 1)
Episode # 2 Rear D Day (aired as episode 5)
Episode # 3 Pete’s Airstream (aired as episode 3)
Episode # 4 Parade Duty (aired as episode 7)
Episode # 5 Brother and Sister (aired as episode 6)
Episode # 6 Randy Get Your Gun (aired as episode 2)
Episode # 7 Vets (aired as episode 8)
Episode # 8 Prank War (aired as episode 10)
Episode # 9 Homecoming (aired as episode 4)
Episode # 10 Paint Cart 5000 vs. The Mondo Spider (aired as episode 9)
Episode # 11 The General Inspection (aired as episode 11)
Episode # 12 Army Men (aired as episode 12)
Episode # 13 Alive Day (aired as episode 13)

(Executive producer Mike Royce suggested a slightly different order: "People are asking what the preferred #Enlisted episode order is and it would go something like this (although you could switch a couple) ½ Pilot/Parade/Airstream/Randy GYG/Rear D/Bro&Sis/Prank War/Vets/General Inspection/Homecoming/Paint Kart/Army Men/Alive Day #Enlisted 2/2")

If you're watching this for the first time in 2016 / are not familiar with Austen's work: HANG IN THERE! It feels a bit dated and Darcy starts out completely unlikeable and some ridiculous or villainous characters are complete caricatures and Colin Firth's lovesick looks at Elizabeth last a million years and you'll wonder if he's maybe a bit constipated or what and, and, and... And I ended up loving it! It really pulls you in; after a few episodes, you won't want to leave Elizabeth Bennet's world anymore! I hadn't known what to expect and almost watched the show ironically at first, but when I was done with it... it went straight on my "To Rewatch" list! :D

Confusing on purpose, and just not that interesting in the end.