I got a free Paramount sub this week and was trying to get through at least season 1, made it through about five episodes and that's about all I could take.
My biggest gripe is that he has no idea how to truly write tough female characters here. His answer in every single argument or conversation is to just drop an F bomb, not a single other swear word is ever used, just F this F that. It's comically lazy writing, anyone who swears throws every word at you. And F bombs don't equal "tough" anyway. His backup plan is to make sure they're in charge of everything. As if power equals toughness.
Then there is the fact that they spend more time discussing top secret stuff in restaurants than offices (does anyone even have one?) to try and make it interesting, including trying to woo a senator or congresswoman that they could, I don't know, do a formal committee brief for? Zoe's character is literally two different people home and away in a way that isn't all all realistic, her surgical husband has time to be a stay at home dad I guess, except the one time he's actually at his job and can't do it well. And that's before all the girl power stuff. I don't mind female centric movies or roles and actually enjoy a lot of them, but we are beaten over the head with it here. But good news is I got to that point before my free sub was up. So 8 dollars saved. I'm rich!
