Ruthless

This show is SERIOUSLY lacking. The "acting" is garbage, and I can't wrap my mind around the idea that TP doesn't know that it's garbage. I mean really? How does BET feel about peddling this trash? Do they even care that this type of programming hurts their image? Or does the money drown out the terrible dialogue? As I attempted to watch this series, in stunned silence, I expected Ashton Kutcher to jump out and say that I was being punked. There's no way the positive reviews on here are real. No way!!! Do better TP, do better.

I binge watched both seasons....not because they were so good, but because I couldn't believe they could get any worse. I was mistaken. I can soldier through a mediocre performance by actors trying to hone their craft, but bad writing is unforgivable from someone who has been doing this as long as TP has.....The storyline and plot had potential, but this appears to be a rushed project, similar to Fall from Grace. As a supporter of TP projects I would much prefer quality over quantity. TP has a few projects going at one time, and they all have the characteristics of someone working on their freshman project. I feel like the last decent script was from Why Did I Get Married.

I give it 2 stars because all the actors are attractive, and I think Elder Mother's character is dark and comical at the same time. She brings a little life to the script.

In The Haves, The Oval, and now Ruthless, Tyler's lines go like this: "Are you going to the store?" "Yes, I'm going to the store." "Why are you going to the store?" "Because I want to" "Are you sure the store is where you are going?" " I SAID I was going to the store and that's where I'm going" "I don't really believe you're going to a store." "Well then where do you think I'm going?"

Once Tyler stops doing this mess, his shows will be PERFECT. They are entertaining as all hell, but he really should listen to Oprah and hire writers. No offense Tyler, we love you. But stop trying to write your own scripts.

You can tell the dialogue was written by one person, run unchecked. Two people will argue and go through every variation of the exact same question and answer. This pads the scenes to well over how long they would normally go in a properly written show. The plot is stretched out to put it at 24 episodes a season. Mind you, I only watched the first 7 episodes before I bowed out. I just can't continue. It gets one star out of the respect I have for what Tyler Perry has done overall and one for the beautiful women on the show.

Bad acting! Sick minded script writing! It's like they are reading straight from a script and repeating the same things over and over. And forgetting what happened in the previous scene or episode. Like why ask if she took a bath when you were right there with her watching her. This needs to end real soon and I bet if we stopped watch it it would. I wanted to see how it ended hoping it would on a good note. But I decided today that I will not watch this sick show anymore. I can't support this anymore I don't care who wrote or produced it. I really hope the actor and actresses are able to find other jobs after this. The storyline is so dark they must have a real hard time sleeping at night. They will need therapy after this and some real training on acting.