The show definitely got better in subsequent seasons, but has since been canceled. Being a huge fan of the books was actually a negative for me as I was distracted by all the changes that the producers made from the source material.
Well I watched 2 episodes, then about 20 minutes of episode 3, and I'm bored to death. Nothing is happening. The wedding thing is dragging on indefinitely. The farmers w/ the Empire surveyors looking over their shoulder are doing...something? Cassian was stuck w/ a bunch of feuding morons, but finally got free of them. That easily could've all been done in 1 episode rather than 2 1/2. It's on Hulu and it's expiring soon, I doubt I'll get thru the season.
Well, it is the least exciting story arc of season 2 (just as the first arc of season 1 was arguably the weak point of that season). Though episode 3 does end pretty strong, IMO.
It does get better, but it's also a dark show. I also agree that the feuding rebels in the beginning was too much and didn't have a clear message. Basically, the show makes it clear that there isn't a "rebellion". There are different groups that are against the empire for lots of reasons that all have different ideas on how to rebel. They show that in Rogue One and Andor is meant to bridge the gap from the last of the prequels to Rogue One. In the end, it does a pretty good job of that. I think they could've taken one more season to do it, but I get that it was time to get there.
It's his thing. He's not very good at it.
Santiago is now pissing me off. He had some youthful charm, now he's just a selfish pissant.
Hard to keep it fresh. I didn't realize season four had dropped. I'll probably take a look at it in September.
I gave up after season 3 episode 1. Decided I disliked almost everyone in the show except Marcus who wants to make deserts. I also disliked the entire culture of "elite" restaurants, finding it just so pretentious and self aggrandizing. The episode where Richie finally "gets it" while working at a different restaurant, that showed me why I despise such places. In short, the original sandwich shop was better.
It's a quirky show because virtually everyone is an antihero, or at least deeply flawed. Richie was a really annoying character until he "got it" then he was a slightly less annoying character. But I agree with you the notion that a week under demanding circumstances would cause a complete reformation of a character is a little bit of a push.
I think the overall challenge I face is that these details, both in preparation, selection, combinations of food the precision of things like utensils and how and when service occurs (what Richie got) are, to me utterly immaterial. To watch these people obsess and turn their lives upside down over something so unimportant in the scheme of things is really hard to watch. I'm sure that servants creating a banquet for kings and royalty had to behave this way (still do in England) and it gives me the same vibe. I don't even like it when waitstaff pours my wine.
My favorite is when the wait staff presents my own wine to me at a BYOB restaurant. Do they really expect I'll send my own wine back? That said, maybe six months ago, we were out with friends who are wine aficionados and one of the bottles he brought was corked, so, we literally did "send it back."