#remember after s2 someone who cut a producer’s hair said sandra was unhappy with the direction of the show

[carsonshawson]

all in all, laura neal was tasked with the job of cleaning up everyone’s messes. i know a lot of people loved s2, but i feel like this ep really showcased emerald fennell’s faults in the sense that she completely departed from the 12 plot in favor of some nonsense fucking storyline about a tech billionaire that came out of NOWHERE (i will argue that she lost the show around ep 5 of s2 but before then it was pretty good tonally and character wise and ep 4 of s2 is still one of my faves of the series in general).

these 12 flashbacks should have been 3-5 minute scenes sprinkled in over the course of s2 as eve dug further into the 12 (after her project had been disbanded) with kenny and an off the books carolyn, ultimately leading to carolyn’s betrayal of eve when we find out like some fucked up thing she did to make the 12 the organization it is today.

suzanne tried?? i guess. a piss poor attempt, but i truly cannot imagine being tasked with rescuing the 12 plot from season 1 and keeping up with everyone’s characters. laura is trying, and she’s making good tv while she does it. i’ve found all of these episodes genuinely entertaining. i’ve found all of these episodes to tonally align with killing eve. i’ve also felt all of these episodes feel like a direct successor of s1. it’s a shame it took so long to get there.