Ruthless

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.

I was rooting for this series especially after the Fall From Grace shortcomings.

Similar to the other reviews the dialogue between characters seem like an after thought. There is a lot of back and forth conversations that take up the scene but go no where and have little to no impact on character development. In addition, the back stories for the characters are non-existent. We want to know who each of the characters are and understand why they are who they are. Flashbacks would be a nice way to provide some insight. In addition, the lack of research about detective work, policing and surveillance is needed to make the context more realistic. I would love to see this show be able to hold a candle to series like Criminal Minds, Power or the Mentalist. This series has a lot of potential but the writing is poor and need to be improved. Tyler Perry often brags about how quickly he writes scripts in his own silo but it is evident that there is not benefit to doing this. A collaboration of writings who can maintain some objectivity, have there own specialty wheelhouses and know how to research may change the game for Tyler's future projects.

Overall however, the storyline is promising and has the potential to be a big hit but the writing and scene development has to come a long way still!

For some god forsaken reason, I sat through 31 episodes of this show and the pacing is just too slow. So many repetitive conversations that go on and on and 95% of the characters are so stupid or just unlikable that you really don't feel attached to any of them. At least it's sister show "The Oval" can be watched as a dark comedy because of its ridiculous plot developments or it's cliche characters, but this show is so dark that you can't really enjoy this show in the same way.

The acting is bad but the writing is worse. I keep watching hoping for answers.

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.