The Equalizer

We've quite enjoyed it. It's nice to get a series that wraps up a storyline almost every episode. But there are some big red flags that mean it's a poor show tbh.

Firstly the main character can't hold a gun properly! It's hilarious. She'd last about 3 seconds as her arm flies back and she hurts her shoulder 😂🤷‍♂️

Then I'm not quite sure what's happened in season 4 but it has gone downhill fast! Ouch.

It's now very preachy and predictable. In one episode a random woman showed up in their holiday home hiding in their house. They didn't kick her out they decided to trust her and helped to solve her mother's munchausen syndrome by proxy! Honestly you couldn't make it up. So random so unbelievable. The Aunt and daughter stories used to be nice. Now they're annoying Nd very preachy. The writing is terrible.

A dscntshow is getting worse - such a shame.

I'm switching off.

Even though the Denzel releases had their own minor flaws, they were entertaining and the actor suited the role, and the story was interesting. In this reboot however it just seems ludicrous to have cast Queen Latifah in this role, even though she does do good roles elsewhere.

It just was a bit on the nose, I won't be watching it.

I watched the 1st episode hoping to rekindle some of that magic from the 1985 TV series starring Edward Woodward. Everything about that series was stellar, including the electrifying theme music composed by ex-Police Stewart Copeland. Everything about this remake is the opposite. The plot's simplistic beyond credibility, the protagonist hardly finds herself in any life threatening situation, and because everything from point A to Z appears as contrived as a 10-piece jigsaw puzzle, there's no suspense to speak of. Sad. I had expected much more from this and from 'Clarice'. Thank goodness for WandaVision. My opinion is based on the first two episodes.

Why? Just why. The moves were not that bad. This is just totally awful.

This is just not good television. The jump cuts are annoying, there is no believability in Queen Latifah being a seasoned fighter, and even for a network procedural, the writing is generic and over-the-top-hammy at best.

To be fair, my parents like this show for what it is, so I decided to watch the 1st episode with them. And yikes.

It has some likable people ( stand-outs being Tory Kittles and Adam Goldberg) but it just feels like a series trying to be something rather than actually being it.