Countdown Season 1 Episode 11 Finally Reveals What’s Wrong with the Show
In Season 1’s penultimate episode, Countdown backslides. Like many others before it, the episode spends a lot of time meandering through the investigation without a clear direction of what the team is supposed to be looking for.
This team’s greatest weakness is that it lacks a professional feel. It’s just a bunch of guys and gals shooting in the dark, hoping to hit the bullseye.
I’m not sure what I could do better in their shoes, but I know I wouldn’t spend my time chasing one clue until it leads me nowhere, then go back to the drawing board because I came up empty.
However, after watching Countdown Season 1, Episode 11, “This Is His Signature,” I believe I’ve identified the issue with the show.
Hollywood is home to many talented individuals who, once they have an idea and dive into it, produce some of the best movies and TV shows we’ve ever seen. And then comes the acclaim and accolades, and people get a little too confident.
So they think of themselves as god’s gift to earth and shoulder duties that they can share with other people because, newsflash: the world is full of talented people.
No matter how talented someone is, everyone has a limit. You can’t do everything yourself because your experience of the world is limited.
That’s why we see repetitive work from creatives like Taylor Sheridan and Ryan Murphy, who insist on doing everything themselves.
It becomes noticeable that, while they are talented writers/directors, they are also severely limited in their ability to offer something different every time. All the male leads in Sheridan’s shows are essentially the same person transplanted to a different town or city.
This is what’s ailing Countdown. Creator Derek Haas has refused to allow other writers to showcase their skills, resulting in a fairly basic show that lacks variety.
Haas writes every episode in the 13-episode first season. And while he excels in writing action scenes and villains, his characters are the same person in different fonts.
It dawns on me that the weakest aspect of the show is the writing. In this episode, notably when a teenage witness is interviewed by law enforcement, I was screaming at the TV.
Young people have not talked like that since the 1990s or 2000s, and Gen Z wouldn’t be caught dead speaking like that. It sounds like what someone older would think the kids are saying these days.
And once that comes to the forefront of my mind, I can’t stop seeing it. I can’t stop seeing that Oliveras and Meachum are the same person, and Meachum is almost like Nathan.
I find it hard to stop seeing that the characters merge into one at certain points. A case in point is when Oliveras and Bell go undercover in a bar, and they start speaking in the same manner, with the same accent and cadence.
Someone might say, ‘But they were undercover.’ Okay fine! Would it hurt to add some variety?
I know if I were one of the bad guys in this situation, I’d have been forced to shoot someone right in the middle of the head because that was the worst acting I’ve ever seen from two undercover cops.
After a decent episode in Countdown Season 1 Episode 11, we are back to the same old bull, and I’m just glad this show is wrapping up.
That said, the villain’s arc is quite good, especially in how he remains one step ahead of the team. It’s not a very effective team, but still.
The remaining time in the episode is filled with out-of-step plots that serve no purpose in advancing the overall story or developing the characters.
Shepherd’s sister is back, and who cares? Why should we care when it merely adds more unnecessary dialogue? I’ve tried to understand what this has to do with anything, but without success.
Please let me know in the comments what the sister’s reappearance is meant to signify. Are you ready for the season finale?
Stray Thoughts
- I was confident that Bell showing up at some guy’s house would not end well. That seemed so sketchy, I was screaming at him to get out. Why was the meeting so tense anyway? The cop helped them break the case, so it should have had a different tone.
- The title of the show is no longer applicable, given that the countdowns it was premised on no longer exist. But if The Rookie can be called that for seven seasons, it’s not a big deal.
- How stupid are politicians really? Is it stupidity or ego? What about hearing some guy wants to kill you, doesn’t communicate “run and hide?” Is it worth risking death for some foolish political endorsement?
- It’s scary to hear the type of stuff Todd is listening to. It’s like older Americans with Alex Jones and younger ones with Andrew Tate. Potent poison that will kill them from the inside, and that’s after they’ve caused untold suffering to others.
Agree? Disagree? Have a theory?
Let us know in the comments, or share this article with someone who will want to argue about it with you. That’s what makes it fun.
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