Joe Swanson

I went into the first half of this documentary with an open mind, willing to listen to the facts of the case, but all I found was a documentary meant to show one side of the story. They bring up her past trauma, talk about her character, talk about how the case was unfair, but never actually talk about the trial in great detail. They place the blame on someone else, which may be true, but they basically went over NONE of the facts that led to her being put on death row. You don’t get death row in Texas, especially in the 2000s, simply for neglect. How can you expect us, the viewers, to come up with a proper opinion when you frame this case in such a specific way?

The Warrior Nun starts off interestingly enough, but ends up feeling unsatisfying as the credits roll at the end of episode 10. Of all of the comics to live action Netflix series, this one does a lot right. The costumes are really cool, the various locales explored over the 10 episodes are varied and interesting, and there are an array of characters that have potential to grow into interesting characters. This show does so many things wrong at the same time it does a lot right. The writing is really poor at times which led to huge chunks of some episodes feeling empty. Exposition is liberally littered throughout each episode, which constantly took me out of the situation that was at hand. The build up is slow and lasts up to episode 5, but the build up was actually better than the latter half of the season. Throughout the season there are very odd shifts in tone that are very jarring and noticeable that casts an air of disbelief. There were a lot of plot seeds planted in these first ten episodes to make an interesting come back, but I felt so unsatisfied at the end of the last episode. Unfortunately for me, this is as far as I go with the series.