They will waste time, again.

And more time was just wasted typing up this article

Honestly. Bourrasque is SEEEERIOUSLY starting to remind me of this one guy who got banned off the Kanzenshuu forums a few months back because he had a long history (for literally a decade and some change) of constantly creating a fuckton of new threads that often had little to nothing to do with Dragon Ball (which is relative, since Kanzenshuu is a fansite specifically dedicated to Dragon Ball).

Granted, what really got him banned in the end was when several people called him out over it due to being very understandably sick of it, he created ANOTHER new thread just to bitch about getting called out over it lol. But obviously that was just the crescendo to a what had become at that point a very long, drawn out issue. And don't get me wrong, he was a perfectly nice guy, he was never mean or anything, and I similarly mean NOTHING personal to bourrasque either... but sometimes you gotta go touch a LITTLE bit of grass every now and then lol

Point being, it got to the point where it became thuddingly obvious that he had a nigh-Aspergic addiction to making posts just for the sake of making posts, often going against the forum's rules that said posts should be, you know... related to Dragon Ball in some manner, and that's what bourrasque is reminding me of: constantly and consistently making posts for the sake of making posts, out of some nigh-Aspergic (and note, I say that as someone who has very mild high-functioning Autism myself lol) desire to complain and nitpick non-stop about Lazarus in particular for reasons I cannot even begin to fathom.

And I'm preeetty sure we're not the only ones who feel this way... in other words, I don't think it's coincidence that engagement with bourrasque's slew of low-effort, nitpicky posts has consistently gone down over the months the show's been airing 🤷🏻‍♂️

Not saying it NEEDS TO STOP RIGHT THIS MINUTE, YOUNG MAN or anything like that; bourrasque is well within their right to post whatever the hell they want and obviously are not required to listen to some nobody schmuck like me... but you know, sometimes a little bit of self-reflection can go a long way.



But I do also have to say this... it is very, VERY funny to me how completely and utterly obvious it is that bourrasque has clearly not been paying a LICK of attention to the show when they're complaining that every episode is spent "wasting time somewhere that has nothing to do with Skinner".

Yeah, cuz episodes where Lazarus spent time doing things such as:
- Checking out Skinner's house
- Checking out his hometown where his mother still lives
- Looking into hackers that were traced back to him
- Looking into several submerged islands he bought to ascertain why
- Looking into a cult that worshipped an AI system THAT WAS PROGRAMMED OFF OF HIS VERY BRAIN PATTERNS

Nope. NONE of that had ANYTHING to do with Skinner whatso-bloody-ever. No siree bob.

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Seriously??

Bourrasque, my dude... if for whatever inexplicable reason you just CANNOT fight the urge to keep posting and posting and posting about this show ad infinitum... maybe, oh I dunno... at least TRYYYYY to put SOOOOOME effort into your posts???? Pretty please with some crushed up Hapna on top?

Hmm... could THIS be the biggest reason why no one's engaging with these lately?? Naaah, couldn't be... 🙄🙄🙄

I wonder how it would be if Cowboy Bebop or Samurai Champloo were airing on these days and we'll be seeing posts like this every week lmao.

I hope that, just to give conniptions to people who keep droning on about this, they don't find Skinner by episode 12.

The last episode is another wild goose chase, after which they're back to square one. Except now there's only 1 day remaining. We cut to our team sitting in the barber shop, talking about how they're out of clues again... and then it cuts to black and the end credits roll.

The notion of episodic storytelling has been so thoroughly exterminated by "peak TV" that people cannot even conceive of a show that's driven by things other than the plot.

It's like people watching Dallas, the soap opera, and 5,254 episodes in going, "Ok, enough now, what about Dallas, what about the city?! What's going to happen to it?! Get to the point already!"

Honestly. Bourrasque is SEEEERIOUSLY starting to remind me of this one guy who got banned off the Kanzenshuu forums a few months back because he had a long history (for literally a decade and some change) of constantly creating a fuckton of new threads that often had little to nothing to do with Dragon Ball (which is relative, since Kanzenshuu is a fansite specifically dedicated to Dragon Ball).

Granted, what really got him banned in the end was when several people called him out over it due to being very understandably sick of it, he created ANOTHER new thread just to bitch about getting called out over it lol. But obviously that was just the crescendo to a what had become at that point a very long, drawn out issue. And don't get me wrong, he was a perfectly nice guy, he was never mean or anything, and I similarly mean NOTHING personal to bourrasque either... but sometimes you gotta go touch a LITTLE bit of grass every now and then lol

Point being, it got to the point where it became thuddingly obvious that he had a nigh-Aspergic addiction to making posts just for the sake of making posts, often going against the forum's rules that said posts should be, you know... related to Dragon Ball in some manner, and that's what bourrasque is reminding me of: constantly and consistently making posts for the sake of making posts, out of some nigh-Aspergic (and note, I say that as someone who has very mild high-functioning Autism myself lol) desire to complain and nitpick non-stop about Lazarus in particular for reasons I cannot even begin to fathom.

And I'm preeetty sure we're not the only ones who feel this way... in other words, I don't think it's coincidence that engagement with bourrasque's slew of low-effort, nitpicky posts has consistently gone down over the months the show's been airing 🤷🏻‍♂️

Not saying it NEEDS TO STOP RIGHT THIS MINUTE, YOUNG MAN or anything like that; bourrasque is well within their right to post whatever the hell they want and obviously are not required to listen to some nobody schmuck like me... but you know, sometimes a little bit of self-reflection can go a long way.



But I do also have to say this... it is very, VERY funny to me how completely and utterly obvious it is that bourrasque has clearly not been paying a LICK of attention to the show when they're complaining that every episode is spent "wasting time somewhere that has nothing to do with Skinner".

Yeah, cuz episodes where Lazarus spent time doing things such as:
- Checking out Skinner's house
- Checking out his hometown where his mother still lives
- Looking into hackers that were traced back to him
- Looking into several submerged islands he bought to ascertain why
- Looking into a cult that worshipped an AI system THAT WAS PROGRAMMED OFF OF HIS VERY BRAIN PATTERNS

Nope. NONE of that had ANYTHING to do with Skinner whatso-bloody-ever. No siree bob.

...

...

Seriously??

Bourrasque, my dude... if for whatever inexplicable reason you just CANNOT fight the urge to keep posting and posting and posting about this show ad infinitum... maybe, oh I dunno... at least TRYYYYY to put SOOOOOME effort into your posts???? Pretty please with some crushed up Hapna on top?

Hmm... could THIS be the biggest reason why no one's engaging with these lately?? Naaah, couldn't be... 🙄🙄🙄

Do you guys realize the point of the show is to find this guy? Like, the point is that he's REALLY REALLY hard to find. Like, that's why they had to assemble a team of REALLY REALLY special people to try and find him. That's the plot of the show. Did you want them to teleport to him in the first episode? Do you apply this criticism to every show and film?

That's level 1. Level 2 is realizing that art and storytelling isn't just about plots. It's about people, and the way these characters are unraveling and coming to understand themselves, the world, their relationships, etc. That stuff's more important and has real ramifications on the audience, moreso than the main mystery or primary action of the show.

I'm not trying to be a jerk, but have you ever heard of themes? Themes in art?

@NothingReally
Your argument that it would be hard to find Skinner is not convincing because:

Lazarus didn't initially suspect the pharmaceutical company. It took four episodes to figure out who else to suspect.

Lazarus didn't initially investigate the island Skinner bought. That fact was not hidden at all and anyone could have found out by searching the internet, but no one did.

They read Skinner's Wikipedia article, which may even have mentioned that he purchased four islands, which they learned about by confronting a cult and completing a quest.

The team members didn't Google the name of their boss, Hirsch. If they had just done a casual search once, they would have found a commemorative photo of Hirsch and Skinner. It took eight episodes to accomplish the simple task of Googling Hirsch's name. It also required Doug to order a genius hacker to search.

Chris forgot about the pills she found in Skinner's house for about two weeks. She turned in the important clue she found in episode 3 to the team in episode 9. The pills were Skinner's heart medication, but none of them blamed her.

In conclusion, it's not hard to find Skinner.

They just aren't searching for Skinner.

@bourrasque they're searching for Skinner. He's just made himself very difficult to find. A lot of clues seem like obvious pathways to finding him, but in practice they end up with cold trails. This is fairly realistic to me. I don't think Skinner would make it possible to find him just by googling stuff. His private islands would've been searched already if his ownership of them had been public information prior. A lot of that stuff has most likely already been consulted about by actual intelligence agencies who aren't made up of half teenagers. Really try and think about that kind of stuff. Googling isn't the answer in procedurals. Not with intelligent super criminals.

Episode 2 - a survival bunker Skinner purchased (the FBI and DEA arrive to similar conclusions and are similarly investigating)
Episode 3 - Skinner's grandmother in Istanbul. They find a hidden camera confirming that Skinner wanted to keep tabs on her.
Episode 4 - investigating other parties who potentially colluded with Skinner and may have known about Hapna's dangers
Episode 5 - hosting a conference where they claim to have cured Hapna, in order to draw Skinner out. Also, tracking an affiliated hacker
Episode 6 - investigating a cult commune living off the grid. they worship an AI which used Skinner's brain as a base model. It has a memory bank.
Episode 7 - memory bank info used to locate four private islands Skinner purchased. They split up and search them and they discuss Skinner's intentions.
Episode 8 - not about their investigation, but it does a great job bringing our cast together. The characters aren't just disposable robots that could be replaced. This show is about them too, not just Skinner's plot. Art is not just about plots.
Episode 9 - Lazarus is being indicted. They argue for an extension. Forgetting the pill for that long is weird, but they were operating on many other leads. IT's likely she kept the pill because she thought it was an antidote and was tempted to keep it for herself and just forgot about it. Realistic.
Episode 10 - Skinner's potential medical history. Investigation clearance. The artificial heart deal and the third party in Pakistan.

Really all but episode 8 has been about getting closer to Skinner. To deny this is absolutely asinine. Or at the very least, willfully ignorant. The show's not an electrifying 1v1 genius against genius rally. It's much more about humanity. This has seemed corny to me at times but it's still very moving and progress feels consistent. Process of elimination is progress as well. Most people in this embarrassing thread seem to wish this was Carmen Sandiego or Catch Me If You Can and over in 4 episodes, rather than something that feels very modern and carries with itself as much human solidity and weight as it does inspire urgency in every episode. If you guys can't handle something this adult then I'm sorry. You don't have to like it or even think it's special, but your reasoning for calling it terrible feels puerile.

I wonder how it would be if Cowboy Bebop or Samurai Champloo were airing on these days and we'll be seeing posts like this every week lmao.