User blog comment:Thief12/Thief12 and Season 8/@comment-1194123-20100215032844

I was planning to update the blog with my new comments, but I felt like leaving it as it was and post my updates here.

Overall, and after seven episodes, this might probably rank as one of the weakest, if not THE weakest, season of the show so far. Aside from a few glimpses of tension, it has all been bland as hell and very uneventful.

Here are some random comments expanding on what I initially posted on this blog:

- I don't like the guy that plays Omar Hassan. As a matter of fact, most of the actors involved in his storyline range from mediocre to downright awful. - Most of the plots running now are obvious runarounds until they hit the real plot. I mean, they shelved Farhad Hassan in a room with two sluts and told him the deal will be finished in 5 hours, and until then? Nothing. - The few interesting characters that pop up have been offed or pushed aside: Farhad himself, Davros, Vladimir Laitanan... - My biggest complaint so far is about Renee Walker's character. The more I think about it, the more I dislike this twist they gave her. I mean, as of Season 7, she was this naive, by-the-book, young FBI agent, but all of a sudden, she had this badass past on her after being undercover for God knows how long... it just doesn't compute. It doesn't feel true to her character and it's just an obvious excuse to bring back a character that people liked. - ...and how about Jack getting stabbed and not even noticing? For a moment there I felt like they were doing something interesting, but less than a minute afterwards, he's all good and well.

All in all, there's not much to go around here. I really hope the writers crank things up for what's left because, to me, it seems like they're shooting randomly.