Netflix - Bloodline

[Money99]

I know we've been discussing this in the Netflix thread, but I didn't want to hijack it with all my questions/comments.

The series has ended and I finished watching the last episode last night.
There are a few questions that I believe would have been answered if the series was allowed to continue.
And I feel that the writers left some things open on purpose as perhaps they hope it'll be picked up by someone else.

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- I don't think Belle left her GPS on by accident. This is one storyline I feel the writers wanted to flesh out further if they had another season.
With Roy dead and Kevin in jail, would she now have sole ownernship of the business?
Perhaps she was thinking she could sell it, be done with her drug dealing, murdering husband and live a comfortable life back in Florida.
*Or maybe she did leave it on by accident and I'm reaching here, lol.
- A writer said that there was more to Meg's story, but since they cut the order from 13 to 10 episodes, they had to cut the fat and they felt Meg's journey had reached it's proper conclusion.
- Was Ozzy's character really even necessary in Season 3? I'm still not sure what purpose he held other than to add confusion and drama.
- Is Kevin really Roy's son? They alluded to it in some spots, and I'm guessing there's a good chance he was.
- Will Kevin rat on John to save himself some time?
Speaking of which, I couldn't help wonder if with Roy dying, the best play by Kevin was to go to the Feds.
They know he was a small player in this operation. The DEA could have used Kevin to flesh out Roy's contacts - which is who they really wanted anyway.
I don't feel the plot to help Kevin flee to Cuba was sound.
- Did John reveal everything to Nolan? And if so, would Nolan rat him out?
I get the sense that Nolan wanted a family more than anything - which is why he couldn't stay away from the Rayburn's.
I could envision John taking him in as a way to heal himself and atone for his sins against Danny.
- Sally ends up being a real piece of work and we see that the Rayburns were a really messed up lot.
She only cared about the house, not the family she had filled it with.
I don't think she even cared that much about her husband either - who had anger issues.
I wish the writers had also dispelled more about the murder they helped cover up to save Roy's bacon.

Overall, I really enjoyed Bloodline.
Season 1 was still far and away the best season of them all, and I do feel the show lost steam as it came to its conclusion. Episode 9 in particular was really bizarre and I'm still not sure it was necessary. I think the writers did a great job of showing John slowly coming apart, I didn't think they needed to devote an entire episode to parlay that message.
And I believe the show would have ended differently, and probably had been stronger if the writers were given the opportunity to end it on their terms instead of being forced to cut it at 33 episodes.

[JayBee74]

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Overall, I really enjoyed Bloodline.
Season 1 was still far and away the best season of them all, and I do feel the show lost steam as it came to its conclusion. Episode 9 in particular was really bizarre and I'm still not sure it was necessary.

Totally agree about episode 9 as I mentioned in the Netflix thread. I thought Danny was a good catalyst in season one but as his chances for redemption ebbed with each episode, he became nothing more than that to me. He wasn't likable in the least and his ghosts appearances in subsequent seasons would have been better if he was invisible. I liked the siblings best of all even though Kevin's continued screwups got frustrating over time.

Season 2 was my favorite.

[Money99]

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Totally agree about episode 9 as I mentioned in the Netflix thread. I thought Danny was a good catalyst in season one but as his chances for redemption ebbed with each episode, he became nothing more than that to me. He wasn't likable in the least and his ghosts appearances in subsequent seasons would have been better if he was invisible. I liked the siblings best of all even though Kevin's continued screwups got frustrating over time.

Season 2 was my favorite.

Kevin certainly became the Costanza of the group by Season 3.
I felt bad for Danny, but as you said, by the end, he was a scumbag too;
Using the Inn for illegal purposes and sending veiled, passive aggressive threats through John's daughter.

John is who I feel worst for. He basically destroyed his life to protect a family that was fractured and poisoned from its conception.

[Kanobi]

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I though Sissy Spacek was amazing in Season 3, particularly the scene with John and Kevin where she reflects on how each kid was at birth. That was really powerful scene.

[Money99]

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I though Sissy Spacek was amazing in Season 3, particularly the scene with John and Kevin where she reflects on how each kid was at birth. That was really powerful scene.

I could barely hear her during that scene, lol. We nearly had to turn on the subtitles.

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I think it's appropriate that in the end, Danny destroyed the family regardless of everything John did to prevent it.
And there was no need to hide Danny using the Inn as a drug filter, as the building was going to be destroyed anyway.
If they had just let him go to jail for drug trafficking, they probably would have been better off.
Danny would be in jail, everyone else would be alive, and John would probably still have his family.
In fact, I wonder if without the Inn, he wouldn't feel obligated to choose the Rayburns over his own wife and children.

[superjames1992]

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Totally agree about episode 9 as I mentioned in the Netflix thread. I thought Danny was a good catalyst in season one but as his chances for redemption ebbed with each episode, he became nothing more than that to me. He wasn't likable in the least and his ghosts appearances in subsequent seasons would have been better if he was invisible. I liked the siblings best of all even though Kevin's continued screwups got frustrating over time.

Season 2 was my favorite.

Season 2 was my favorite, as well. I agree about S3E9 being really bizarre. I had a hard time sitting through it.

[JayBee74]

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I though Sissy Spacek was amazing in Season 3, particularly the scene with John and Kevin where she reflects on how each kid was at birth. That was really powerful scene.

Yeah Spacek was great, but they really threw her character under the bus, huh? I didn't like her much before that scene anyway. As matriarchs go Sally was no Miss Ellie (Dallas).

John is who I feel worst for. He basically destroyed his life to protect a family that was fractured and poisoned from its conception.

Yeah, but in the end he sure got lucky. We find out Sheriff Aguirre is a pretty good guy, at least that's the way I saw him.

- I don't think Belle left her GPS on by accident. This is one storyline I feel the writers wanted to flesh out further if they had another season.

What a DumbBell. Hard to say. It might have just been a rush job convenience. If you're suggesting that she set Kevin up that's possible. Aguirre told John that the feds told him "Belle forgot", but he might not have been fully in the loop.

EDIT: An Interesting scene where confirmed addict Kevin is drinking Corona with the locals, just before getting arrested.