May I preface this by saying how much I really, really enjoy this show? I actively look forward to it every week. There are a few shows that I like but only catch sometimes; this is one of only three current shows (along with Nashville and The Americans) that I make sure to catch every episode of, or look up online if I can't watch it live. That said...
...Karen and Derek are the only two characters that I really, really like and care about. Ivy can be pretty entertaining and funny at times, but I don't like how they've taken her apart from the rest of the cast and put her in a completely separate play; I just don't think she's a strong enough character to carry her own storyline. In fact, during her one solo number during the most recent episode-- the one that supposedly was so amazing and funny that the star of her show decided to cut it because it would take attention away from him-- I found myself checking Facebook. She didn't have my complete attention. Julia is also okay sometimes, but her storylines are so all over the place-- now she's having an affair! Now she's getting divorced! Now she's mad that they're making her rewrite Bombshell! Now she likes her rewrite better, and is mad that the producers decided to stick with her original version of Bombshell!-- that it's hard to know what to care about where her character is concerned. Along those same lines...
...We don't know enough about the new version of Bombshell to care which version they go with. Yes, we've been told-- and seen inklings-- that the new version is edgier and more authentic or whatever...but we haven't seen it. We get the vague idea that they should go with the new one, but we certainly aren't invested enough in it to make Eileen's decision a cliffhanger, as they did in the second-to-last episode. They're trying to creat tension around plot points that we just don't care about. Also...
...at least once every two or three episodes, there is a musical number that is so bad that I am actively embarrassed for everyone involved. The most egregious example is the "Public Relations" number in which Tom envisioned himself playing all of the journalists, and one was a woman, and they all had really bad, stereotypical accents. I honestly have had trouble even looking at Tom since then. Also...
...the fact that Karen and Derek are the only two characters that I am super invested in has become more of a problem now that Derek has left Bombshell and that, in fact, the storyline involving Hit List has become far more compelling. I'm actively rooting for Karen to leave Bombshell and join its cast. That said...
...Jimmy is an ass-- though absolutely, he can sing, and I love his storyline and the show he's helped create. However, I absolutely don't want him and Karen to get together. I want her with Derek.
Basically, what it all comes down to is that they've split this season off into too many separate storylines, only one of which (the "Hit List" storyline) is very compelling. Like I said, I still really look forward to this show; it's just getting to the point where there are only certain characters and storylines I like, which I think is a problem.
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