The Flight Attendant

First off, this show is way better than the commercials made it look. I was very pleasantly surprised by the pilot. The lead actress is showing she is capable of so much more than the Big Bang theory (thank god). She's not outright likeable as a character but it's by design and she pulls it off really well. The directorial choices are bold, and threw me off at first but by the end of the episode I was digging the unique flairs the show goes for. From the score, to the shot framing, self aware flashback scenes (if you can call them that) and more, the show makes an effort to stand out from the crowd and it hits on 90% of those choices. I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest of the series goes. Will update my review if it goes downhill from here.

Loved season 1, hated season 2. Have no idea what the writers were thinking. I heard Kaley was done with the show; I approve that message. Why waste more time?

Well, this is a show with a twist that keeps on delivering. First off, Kaley Cuoco finally proves she's more than a sit-com bambi, and that's quite a feat in the Flight Attendant where her character is...well, a blonde silly bambi, to some degree. Her delivery of a whole scope of emotions and reactions to events unfolding is way better than I would have previously given her credit for. She alone is worth seeing the show, and that's just a start. The story arc seems interesting and well planed. It doesnt give away too much, keeps you mostly on the edge of the seat. Supposedly there's not that much going on in the episodes following the pilot, but they are well shot and well written. The pace seems quite fast thanks to the on going state of general turmoil around Cassie. I did not get bored watching the first 4 episodes. Are there any flaws? Minor, sure. I have had some minor issues with the way FBI acted, sometimes it seems they would have made better choices. But it's not a big deal, doesn't compromise the show entire.

Struggled getting through each of the 8 episodes. Story was not told in a very compelling way :-(

1 was twisty. Murder mystery. Confusion. Interesting process of how the main character brain works, sees things, looks back and sees more, a living dead guy that adapts, and a partying alcoholic that might have a multi personality.

2 is focused on being an alcoholic from wanting to drink, struggling not to drink, meetings, sponsor and a crazy life. If you remove all the alcohol and the struggling then you are left with a flailing untrained part time CIA agent that doesn't listen or take any instructions. This season should have been about 1-2 episodes total. If it was laid out, tested and then drilled down it could have been better across the board. If you want to watch a season about alcoholism then watch it. If you want twisty then just skip this season altogether.

If there is a season 3 it could potentially work if multi personality disorder is made as a clear diagnosis. Based on the life struggles, the changing memory process in season 1, the focused alcoholism season 2, then if the main character has multiple personalities which usually brought to life in extreme situations to try and protect the individual, then the main character could become a super spy, great double agent, have a personal life, etc. I think this was the overall attempt season 2 strived for but it needed to be worked out a bit more before shooting, editing and airing.