Bloodline

How can you rate 3 seasons when they are so different? I loved the first 2, but the third was really bad. Don't know what happened in production but something must have happened. The third season didn't have any of the qualities and ideas in the first two. Too bad... I'm leaving this on a very bad impression.

First time review. I typically don't bother since movies/shows can be so highly subjective.

Started out to be at least one of our top 5 series... Gripping story, great writing, superb acting. What more could you want?

Season 1....10 stars Season 2....9.5 stars

Waiting for season 3 was agonizing, and the result was a total failure for an ending. What a monumental disappointment.

Season 3....0 stars

Bloodline is every bit as good as everyone says it is. I can't say enough about how good the acting was. Ben Mendelsohn and Kyle Chandler give as good as performances as you'll see on a television show. The only negative thing about this show was how bad the ending was. There have been plenty of good shows with bad endings before but this has to be near the top for all-time worst. The show is still a must see but prepare to be disappointed by the finale. It's about a popular Florida family who dark secrets start to come out and make them do things they never thought possible. The story and acting is what makes this show so special. If you give this show a chance you'll most likely become hooked and want to binge it as quickly as possible.

This rating is based on 10 for the first two seasons and a 2 for the last season. I don't think there has ever been a more captivating story that fizzled into meaningless garbage in the end. The last two episodes can only leave me to believe that the writers either quit before then, or they decided that since the show was being canceled that they would deliver crap to fill out the rest of the season. What a disappoint.

It took me a long time to start watching Bloodline. I felt I should, because it got such solid reviews, but the description - black sheep brother returns home, did nothing for me.

When I finally started watching it, though, I realized the description didn't in any way convey the intensity of the series.

This is a show about a brother whose homecoming raises old conflicts and causes new ones. The characters are all distinct and real, beautifully written and acted. Ben Mendelsohn is particularly memorable as Danny.

The story is punctuated by flash forwards that are brilliantly put together in the season finale.

Bloodline was designed like a great mini-series. This made the season ending satisfying, but it also meant that things happened that made it harder to make a good season 2. The best character goes and the writers decide to do the worst thing they can do; create a new character that is very similar but inferior. After a couple of episodes I gave up on it.

My recommendation: watch the first season as a mini-series, then stop.