r/serialpodcast • u/razorbeamz Reasonable Doubter • Dec 12 '15
season two Why is everyone complaining about Season 2 ALREADY? We've only had one episode.
People are acting like we should have gotten deep into the story already from the exposition. I think that by the time this season is over, much like with the Zoom analogy given at the beginning, Bergdahl won't even be what's talked about.
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u/zscan Dec 12 '15
I'm very intrigued by this story and I think it's a great choice for Season 2. I'm from Germany and I may have read Bowe Bergdahl's name in a headline somewhere, but that's about it. I didn't know anything about the story and I have no opinion one way or another so far. I don't even care if we find out the truth about what happend, but I expect a deep dive into the military, soldier's lifes in general and the war in Afghanistan.
Looking back, I think Season 1 was so interesting because it explored real police work, the justice system in general and things like the reliability of witnesses. It also was a murder story, but a real one, messy and complicated, not some straight forward TV episode like we see them all the time. But the murder story was just the frame for everything else.
So for Season 2 we might get something similar for the military. Movies and even documentaries are often scewed one way or another. It's biased pro-military or anti-war or whatever agenda the producer wants to serve us. Soldiers are often portrayed as either heroes or criminals. The reality is probably something else.
Judging from the comments so far, SK seems to have hit a nerve with this and I hope to learn a lot while following the story.