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[–] 61 points 5 months ago (4 children)

The joke is that episode 30 "Fly" is famously the lowest-rated episode of the series. At 7.9/10.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Interestingly, that was the episode that made me stop watching.

    I suspect I just don't normally like watching shows about miserable people making other miserable people even more miserable, which made the fact that I really enjoyed Boardwalk Empire a surprise.

    Guess there must be some other element to it.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    Hm... yeah, I get that (not the part about Boardwalk Empire, haven't seen that yet). Most people in BB are definitely miserable!

    I liked BB a lot, especially on a second watch through many years later, but the main reason is probably just that I can understand why each character behaves the way they do - the writing is consistently "realistic" in a manner I haven't really seen anywhere else with a comparable length.

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