Serial

Been underwhelmed with the updates so far. They have been too confusing and a little gossipy.

 

Way, way, wayyyyy too breathlessly excited on them, plus, it sounds like an amateur operation because they don't edit out the "geez I hope this phone call works!" stuff.

 

I agree that this year has been a step backward, especially with the timing being off. That said, I thought this last episode was the strongest one I've heard in a while. Maybe I just like politics better than military, but I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next one.
Also, does anyone else feel like her update of last years case just stopped without warning or closure?
Either way, I'm enjoying catching up on the radio lab archives. What a fantastic show.

 

Season 2 ended rather abruptly. I liked the part of the last episode dealing with whether the search Bergdahl leading to any US soldier deaths. Tying it into whatever overarching point they were trying to make seemed a little forced. I guess there was never going to be a neat resolution to the season but the fact that she didn't have direct access to him really hurt the season.

 

The more I listened to it (haven't listened to the last episode yet), the more I thought that they just picked the wrong story/case for this format. With no direct access to Bergdahl, it was going to be tough to have any meaningful discoveries. The whole thing has felt like a rehashing of a story we've already heard. I have mostly listened to it as background noise when I'm doing something else, as opposed to the first season when I was hooked on every word.

 

Definitely agree. I think the "who done it?" or mystery format works better for what they're doing. This whole season, it felt like they were biting off more than they could chew.

 

Glad he's getting a new trial. He deserved one.

Also, he did it.

 

I couldn't say definitively either way if he did it or not. It's pretty clear from everything that's come out on this and other podcasts and blogs, though, that the evidence wasn't there to convict him. There's definitely reasonable doubt.

 

I lean towards he did it than he didn't and I wanted to believe he didn't do it.