A month ago, when the mid-season finale of Covert Affairs aired, I was extremely frustrated with this show. I went into the fall premiere with another month's worth of realizing how annoyed and disappointed I was with the way that the quality of the storytelling seemed to complete drop off a cliff between episodes 6 and 7 of this season. The first 6 eps were quite enjoyable and I had given them all good ratings in my reviews.
So I couldn't, and still can't, figure out why the next 4 eps were such a cluster of half-baked and convoluted stories, leading into an ultimate decision by Annie that felt totally unconvincing. And the crazy thing is that the turn in the story was actually something that I really LIKED in theory. It's something that should be completely amazing and badass, but we got there in a way that didn't make much sense.
This week's fall premiere was the start of that new storyline, so I tried to just set my frustration with the way the show brought us here to the side, and take in the new storyline for what it was, on its own. Interestingly ... the ep ended up being FAR better than the last four. It felt like suddenly the show had come back to sanity ... back to the show that gave us 6 quality episodes in the first third of the season.
I don't know what happened, or why, but it suddenly feels like the show has its focus back. It's a bit of a different focus, but it's one that sounds extremely interesting to me. I see great potential in it, and it's starting to give me hope again. Will the goodness continue, or will we return to convoluted chaos again before the season is out? Only time will tell, but in the meantime, here's my ep 4.11 review at GeekFurious:
http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-plopper-reviews-covert-affairs-411.html
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