Incomplete?
There’s a blind character who has to endure all her scene mates making silly comments every time they use sighted phrases like “see you later.” That gets old real quick. And she has superpowers (though that’s kind of explained away in S2). So even though there is some cool disability rep, it’s spoiled by silly stuff. This mystery audio Drama is a lot like the TV show Blindspot — not sure which one came first. There are some interesting characters, but then their identity and motivations get so muddled. It’s hard to track multiple names for each character as they move into flashbacks and whatnot, not always with any framework to let audience know when scenes occur. And all the characters sound substantially the same when they’re making dying noises ... but then seem to reappear. Maybe? Who knows ... my brain just checks out. There’s an international terrorist ring, but their goals are unclear and most of their known actions are kind of petty and unsuccessful, yet they remain a major threat to our totally unimportant protagonists. That really needed more development. Meanwhile the police side of the plot is more about silly crushes and unbelievable personal issues that pop up for plot conveniences. The plot is just all so muddled. As are the sound design choices. Some voices seem to disappear entirely into some kind of digital compression? And then it’s really hard to tell characters apart during death gurgles. Which is a shame because some of the acting is really solid! Except for some of the “bad guys” who are just cartoonish and hollow. And the soundscape is pretty complete, so it’s sad some of it is unbalanced enough to be impossible to parse. And then it just ... ends. Really, it’s a shame because with some tweaks this could have been solid.
~ Violet ~ via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/31/20
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