the shield is really good, went on probably 2 seasons too long but def worth watching, feel free to give up toward the end if you get tired of it. Although the last ep was pretty cool.
I loved Sons season 1. Season 2 was OK but revolved around a rape scene that you had to re-live over and over so be warned. Have most of season 3 sitting on TiVo, it's been OK and rape free but only watching when we don't have much else. It is sort of like a linear RPG - gang gets into trouble, needs to do favor for random dude X to get cash/info, complications ensue, then eventually you get to the next town. Also they set up 2 huge plots in season 1 that I now feel like they don't know what to do with which has me worried.
Damages was one of my favorite shows season 1, dropped to OK season 2, then almost not watchable season 3, which featured long pointless dream sequences. The problem is the hook from season one was jumping back and forth in time - it worked really well there and now they feel like they are married to it I guess, but the plots of 2 & 3 didn't really do anything useful with it so it felt contrived. I'm hopeful for season 4 but not optimistic.
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